Increasing rand weakness against the dollar will not bode well for the fuel price in October, Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe warned on Wednesday evening. Continue reading…
The National Assembly has agreed to former President Jacob Zuma’s pension and medical aid package, in spite of a fierce pushback from opposition parties. The decision went 197 votes in favour and 95 against, with no abstentions. African National Congress (ANC) MPs were under a three-line whip and were called from committee meetings for the.. Continue reading…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again rejected suggestions that China is a new coloniser and that his government has sold South Africa to the country by signing loan agreements for state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Continue reading…
After months of continued revelations regarding the intrigue that is Steinhoff, the reclusive mastermind behind the tangled web, Markus Jooste, will finally appear before Parliament on Wednesday. Continue reading…
A massive decline in the agricultural sector accompanied by smaller declines in transport and retail consumer sectors have dragged the South African economy into recession after nearly a decade of growth. It is a huge blow to President Ramaphosa’s controversial reforms. Continue reading…
The issue of land expropriation without compensation has simmered to a point where Parliament is on a collision course with the ANC as a political party. Having undertaken extensive consultations in various provinces on the question of the expropriation of land, Parliament has stumbled upon uncomfortable feedback that seems to be an emerging voice from.. Continue reading…
SOUTH AFRICA….DISASTER! MALEMA TELLS PARLIAMENT TO STUFF THEIR JOB… He WILL OCCUPY LAND…. He does not need anybody’s permission. He does not need the Parliament’s permission. He does not need the President’s permission. HE CAN DO WHAT HE WANTS AND NOBODY CAN STOP HIM. Is he a “GOD”? ….. That is exactly what he is.. Continue reading…
John Steenhuisen is perhaps one of the ANC’s biggest detractors. A firebrand in Parliament and an outspoken favourite in the DA, he’s no stranger to giving Mzansi’s ruling party the business. However, during a Cape Town press conference on Thursday, there was no wordplay – nor were there any trademark barbs. Indeed, the cigar handed.. Continue reading…
South Africa’s white farmers have been desperately trying to sell their lands at record pace ahead of planned government land seizures, according to a local farmer’s union. However, there are few buyers. Even Winemakers are expressing concerns. Continue reading…
In a historic landmark motion, Australia’s Parliament in New South Wales has moved to condemn the political culture of racist violence that has been fostered in South Africa and the dehumanisation and targeting of an ethnic minority. They have called for an investigation in an appropriate International forum in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
The minutes of the proceeding below detail the seriousness of the allegations will bring great relief to many in South Africa and those that have fled their homeland abroad as it will be the first official recognition of their plight. Continue reading…
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane has written to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to convene an urgent parliamentary sitting to debate the ANC’s “deliberate undermining” of the process to amend the Constitution on land. Continue reading…
City of Cape Town council Speaker Dirk Smit has confirmed that a motion of no confidence in Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille will be tabled on the council agenda for Thursday, despite allegations of due process being flouted. Continue reading…
David Makhura has pledged to return vacant land to the people, and not to wait for parliament. The Gauteng African National Congress conference has resolved to release vacant land as soon as possible for implementing expropriation of land without compensation and will not wait for the go ahead from parliament, chairman and premier David Makhura.. Continue reading…
Parliament wants to make it official policy for its most senior official to stay at five-star hotels and fly business class. This is according to a draft policy document seen by the Sunday Times. The document also proposes that all parliamentary employees undergo vetting to the top-secret level. The proposed travel policy comes as incumbent.. Continue reading…
Almost 15,000 descendants of South Africa’s white colonists are thinking of moving to Russia. They are ready to make a contribution to the farming development of the South of Russia, to invest their money in the Russian economy, and give English lessons. At the first stage, about 30 families are going to migrate. Continue reading…