Julius Malema, the enfant terrible of South African politics, feels he’s got President Cyril Ramaphosa just where he wants him. Since his expulsion from the ruling African National Congress five years ago, Malema, 37, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have targeted setting the national agenda before next year’s elections. The party has been key..
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‘The EFF is in charge – the ANC follows us’: Malema has Ramaphosa ‘where he wants him’
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South Africa Farm Seizures BEGIN: Chaos As First Expropriation Of White-Owned Farms Starts
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FIRST 7 FARMS CURRENTLY BEING EXPROPRIATED IN RANDFONTEIN. FARMERS INSTRUCTED TO LEAVE EVERYTHING. TAKE NOTHING!! REPORTEDLY THESE FARRMS DO NOT HAVE LOANS OWED TO THE BANKS – SANDI BROWN – DAILY EXPRESS – UK
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‘I will return to serve society’ – Shaun Abrahams – Former national director of public prosecutions
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Former national director of public prosecutions (NDPP) Shaun Abrahams will be taking time out after being stripped of his position at the helm of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) by the Constitutional Court.
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Farm attacks has surged following the ANC’s announcement of land expropriation without compensation
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Following the South African government’s announcement that it will expropriate the land of white owners “without compensation”, the number of farm attacks has surged in the country. Within a 48-hour period, at least five such attacks were recorded. “We see attacks every weekend and according to our figures, there is one farm attack every day..
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AgriSA vs. AfriForum’s #farmlist, who will you believe and support!!
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Afrikaner interest group AfriForum’s publication of an alleged list of farms that it claims are being targeted for land expropriation without compensation has been met with condemnation by agricultural lobby group, AgriSA.
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195 Farms to be stolen by ANC government and not 139 as said earlier
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AfriForum has published a list on its website of farms that it says have apparently been identified by the government to be expropriated without compensation. This follows the ANC’s announcement earlier in the week that the party had identified 139 farms for this purpose. AfriForum says the list of farms was kept confidential‚ however‚ and..
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South Africa on brink of ‘ANARCHY’ as president demands that 195 land is SEIZED from white farmers’
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SOUTH Africa’s white farmers have hit out in anger at the government’s decision to agree to constitutional changes to seize land from them. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced plans to allow white people’s land to be taken without compensation, which will then be distributed to black people in a move that he believes..
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Democratic Alliance tests SABC impartiality claim
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) knew President Cyril Ramaphosa’s late night announcement on land expropriation without compensation was in his capacity as ANC president and not as president of the republic, according to the Democratic Alliance (DA).
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Bantu Holomisa – UDM- accuses Nene of favouring PIC boss
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United Democratic Movement (UDM) leader Bantu Holomisa has accused finance minister Nhlanhla Nene of favouritism after the national treasury announced on Wednesday that it would launch a probe into goings on at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC).
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China commits to more investments and ‘saves’ a few company’s in South Africa
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Addressing the media during the briefing of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit held today in Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced China had committed to $14.7-billion in investments.
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Ramaphosa maybe setting the example of the favourite future mode of transport for South Africans?
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The media was full of praise for Ramaphosa, immediately after he became president, for his habit to take early morning walks down the Seapoint promenade and talk to joggers and pedestrians. With the latest announcement of possibly yet another fuel price increase in August, it becomes clear to us what Ramaphosa’s REAL motive for this..
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Cyril Ramaphosa downplays hope of a ‘quick fix’ for high fuel & VAT
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has given ministers in the economic cluster a two-week deadline to come up with measures to ease the burden of high fuel prices and the VAT hike on already struggling consumers.
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Ramaphosa dares Nigeria to sign free trade deal
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Forty-nine African countries have signed the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, but Nigeria — the continent’s largest economy — is not among them.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa put pen to paper on behalf of his country at the African Union summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania last month, and has urged Nigeria to follow suit in a speech in Abuja. South African officials have informed the African Union that they expect the deal to be ratified in Parliament by December this year.
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ANC in KwaZulu-Natal kicks off provincial land summit
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The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has kicked off its provincial land summit to consolidate a position on how to go about expropriating privately owned land ahead of next week’s parliamentary hearings on land reform.
Provincial leaders have made it clear that the summit will deal with how to implement the governing party’s resolutions on expropriation of land without compensation and not with issues of land tenure and the future of land which falls under institutions like the Ingonyama Trust.
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Brace yourself, tougher times are still ahead
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As temperatures plummeted across the county this week, fuel prices hit record highs of R16.02 for a litre of 95-octane petrol in Gauteng.
Taxi fares and the cost of basic foodstuffs are also expected to rise as a result. But beyond appealing to manufacturers and service providers to hold off on increases, there is no immediate plan for the government to help hard-hit consumers.
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