South Africa’s richest man Johann Rupert said “radical economic transformation,” the policy championed by the country’s President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more than theft. “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft,” Rupert said on the sidelines of Richemont’s annual general meeting in Geneva on Wednesday. “That’s what’s happening..
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Johan Rupert: “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft”
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Zuma: Struggle For Black People Not Over Yet- Black People Must Not Be Victimised For Speaking Their Minds
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President Jacob Zuma has called on black people to learn from Steve Biko and to speak their minds without any shame. On Tuesday, the president commemorated the 40th anniversary of Biko’s death in Pretoria. The president says that black people must not be victimised for speaking their minds. “If you are black, you do what..
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Zuma won’t let Public Protector dictate to him on #StateCapture inquiry
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Pretoria – Jacob Zuma will not be dictated to by the Public Protector, or any other State functionary, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday. “One of the points we raise is that the remedial action [prescribed by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela] is telling the president [Zuma] that he has no discretion on..
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ANC KZN leaders to appeal court ruling that its 2015 election was ‘unlawful and void’
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The ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal leadership will appeal against this morning’s high court ruling that the outcome of the November 2015 provincial conference, which elected it, is unlawful. Mdumiseni Ntuli, spokesperson for the provincial executive committee, said in brief interview on the steps of the high court in Pietermaritzburg that the committee would file a notice of..
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Dlamini-Zuma warns against bad losers in ANC presidential race
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Contenders for the presidency of the ANC should not let losing cause divisions in the movement, presidential candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Sunday. “Comrades, if the branches elect you, and they put you in the contest and you accept it, then you must go in there with a spirit to win, but understanding that you..
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A new twist in the Political Party’s view about Zuma
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In theory, a President can do extraordinary things and still remain in office in South Africa, duelling parties agreed in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday during eight hours of argument. A conviction for murder, as long as the sentence is suspended, would not automatically disbar a President, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng suggested. Similarly, a conviction..
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ANC’s fight to the death – Welcome to the dirty war!
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Welcome to the dirty war. Welcome to the age of untruths, half-truths, fake news, manufactured scandal, smear, slander and lies. Welcome to South Africa as the weak, dying governing party, the once-glorious ANC, continues to eat itself up. We all knew that President Jacob Zuma’s supporters within the ANC and in the government and “independent”..
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ANC Ekurhuleni backs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
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The ANC Ekurhuleni region announced that it will back former African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as their candidate to succeed Jacob Zuma as the next party president. Briefing journalists in Benoni on Tuesday, ANC regional chairman Mzwandile Masina said the regional general council currently underway, has resolved that Dlamini-Zuma was the best candidate..
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Air force hires plane for Zuma that will cost taxpayers R25 million
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Despite the fact that Jacob Zuma’s personal designated jet, the Inkwazi, is 99.8% serviceable, he does not want to fly on the plane. Now the Air Force has to hire a plane to fly him to China and New York this week. That chartered flight will cost taxpayers R25 million. The Air Force’s budget for..
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Ramaphosa spurs Hawks to be proactive on state capture suspects.
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Cyril Ramaphosa says commissions of inquiry into state capture should not stop law enforcement agencies from investigating the culprits in the meantime. Addressing hundreds at a Cosatu rally in Seshego outside Polokwane on Sunday, Ramaphosa said the Hawks must investigate state capture. He said parliamentarians were also concerned that allegations of state capture were lingering..
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Pravin Gordhan – SA is not for sale
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South Africa’s future lies in the hands of active citizens who must stand up and make sure that state coffers are not looted by individuals with personal motives, says former finance minister Pravin Gordhan. Speaking at the Gandhi Lecture in Mountain Rise, Pietermaritzburg on Friday night, he decried alleged looting of state funds by the..
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Did Guptas sell mines they didn’t own? The Zuma and Guptas stories is just getting interesting day by day.
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Many questions remain about the Gupta family’s announcement on Wednesday that it was selling Tegeta Exploration, a company with coal mines that, according to Eskom, are critical for keeping the lights on in the country. But two questions stand out: Who is buying Tegeta, and who is selling it? Neighbours in the vicinity of the..
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