A presidential pardon could be part of the ANC’s package offered to President Jacob Zuma for him to vacate office before his term comes to an end in 2019. ANC insiders said this week there have been informal discussions between supporters of Zuma and ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa about the possibility of granting Zuma a..
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State capture: ANC plots a way for Zuma to walk free
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‘One bullet, one Boerekind’ – hate complaint lodged
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The South African Teachers Union (SAOU) filed a complaint of hate speech and racism at the Human Rights Commission (MRC) after a Facebook entry saying: “Please Zuma give us the guns to defend our democracy ‘one bullet, one Boerekind. “ According to the SAOU’s statement, the statement was made by one of the people who..
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Zuma: State capture commission must investigate all state corruption, focus on Guptas
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President Jacob Zuma wants the state capture commission of inquiry to investigate all forms of government corruption, including allegations against him, his Cabinet ministers, the Gupta family and state-owned entities. In the terms of reference seen by News24 on Thursday, Zuma says the commission must investigate whether, by whom and to what extent attempts were..
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‘All Hell Will Break Loose’ Warns Zulu King Over Land Issue
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The KwaZulu-Natal Amakhosi say that if government repeals the Ingonyama Act of 1994, what is left of the Zulu nation will be taken away. A high-level parliamentary panel has concluded that the act must be repealed or amended because its implementation has infringed on the individual land rights of beneficiaries. The act, which was born..
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ANCYL tells Tswane mayor “we are coming for you’
Taxi protest turns violent in Pietermaritzburg
Another service delivery protest for the eastern Cape
Molefe must pay Eskom back
Rock throwers apprehended
Bathabile Dlamini (SASSA) will not say why ‘trusted’ subordinates too kept her in the dark
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Social development minister Bathabile Dlamini on Wednesday declined to tell an inquiry why she thought two of her most trusted officials apparently hid a looming crisis from her for months. Dlamini has persistently blamed two different officials, then social development director-general Zane Dangor and then CEO of the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) Thokozani Magwaza,..
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Molefe must pay back pension millions, court orders
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A court ordered Brian Molefe on Thursday to pay back all the pension pay-outs made to him. A full bench of judges found against Molefe and set aside the pension agreement. The former Eskom chief executive was also ordered to pay costs. The ruling comes after trade union Solidarity approached the High Court to declare..
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Man stabbed in front of son and grandchildren
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A 65-year-old man from Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria, was stabbed in his house on Wednesday in from of his entire family Provincial police spokesperson, Capt. Mavela Masondo told the media on Wednesday that the incident occurred at Puntlyf at 03:30. “Seven armed suspects broke the sliding door and entered the house; Everything in the house..
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Icasa appointed a presumed criminal as chairman
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Rubber Mohlaloga is accused of fraud and money laundering. He and the former Chief Executive Officer of the Land Bank, Philemon Mohlahlane, are accused together with three other accused for attempting to transfer R6m from the Land Bank’s account to Masepula Dinga attorney’s trust account. The communications minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, is going to meet with..
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