The Democratic Alliance (DA) has applied for direct access to the Constitutional Court to have the diplomatic immunity granted to Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe set aside. The party filed papers this week arguing International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane’s decision to let Mugabe off the hook for alleged assault was “wholly without legal..
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DA goes to Constitutional Court to have Mugabe immunity set aside.
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Zuma wife accused of poison plot : “Charge me or leave me alone”
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“Charge me,” says first lady Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma in the wake of President Jacob Zuma claiming officially, for the first time, that he was poisoned. While Zuma did not provide details, MaNtuli has long been at the centre of allegations that she was involved. The Sunday Times revealed in 2015 that Ntuli-Zuma had been booted out..
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Are the Guptas starting to feel the heat?
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Gupta-owned Oakbay Investments has sold Tegeta Exploration and Resources to Swiss-based Charles King SA for R2.97-billion, it announced on Wednesday. The firm is at the centre of former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s State of Capture report, which found irregularities with its dealings with Eskom. Brian Molefe stepped down as a result of the report in..
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Energy fund faces ruin if state mining company moves to Zwane’s department.
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The Central Energy Fund (CEF) faces financial ruin when Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi hands the state’s mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, to the department of mineral resources. This will take place in the few months left of this financial year. Sources in the department have told the Mail & Guardian it will..
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Makhosi Khoza, African National Congress MP, hits back at claims that she ‘insulted’ ANC colleagues.
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Makhosi Khoza has denied she insulted ANC colleagues following a boycott of a meeting she chaired last week, saying she was responding to their initial taunts. Khoza was sacked as chairperson of the portfolio committee on public service and administration last Thursday, August 17, after ANC MPs wrote a letter demanding she be removed two..
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National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete in hot water over secret ballot choice
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ANC chairperson and National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete could face sanction from her own party for allowing the motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma to be conducted by secret ballot. The Mail & Guardian has learned that the ANC’s top brass, particularly those in Zuma’s camp, are furious with Mbete for her secret..
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How Bell Pottinger REALLY Works: Ugly Hitler Video Shatters PR Myths
‘No diplomatic immunity for Grace’ – says Government lawyers.
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The South African government has received legal advice indicating that, despite travelling on a diplomatic passport, Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe does not qualify for diplomatic immunity and may be arrested for allegedly assaulting a Johannesburg woman. The Mail & Guardian has learned that frantic behind-the-scenes negotiations are underway between Zimbabwe and South Africa in..
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Zuma not invited to celebrate SA Communist Party’s 96TH anniversary – It comes as no Surprise!
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The South African Communist Party (SACP) is hosting celebrations to mark its 96th anniversary in Galeshewe in the Northern Cape on Sunday morning. General Secretary Blade Nzimande will be the key note speaker at the event. The party says the rally will also be addressed by representatives from alliance partners and the Young Communist League…
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Outspoken ANC MP Makhosi Khoza Sacked
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The ANC has removed outspoken MP Makhosi Khoza as the chairperson of Parliament’s Public Service and Administration committee citing an irretrievable breakdown of relations. This comes just two days after five of her comrades boycotted a meeting she chaired, claiming that they could not be led by someone who had breached the ANC constitution. In..
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Falling BRICS endanger their citizens’ health, starting with Jacob Zuma.
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As he launches the African Regional Centre of the New Development Bank (NDB) in Sandton on Thursday, nearly 18 months behind schedule, Jacob Zuma must have mixed feelings. Strife-riven Brazil, Russia, India and China are more risky allies than Zuma reckoned when in 2010 he accepted Beijing’s invitation to join the club. “I was poisoned..
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Backstory – NPA Chief Abrahams Is “Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing”
What is the key to why Zuma prevails, it’s what happens within the ANC and not in Parliament.
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What matters inside the African National Congress, the party that governs South Africa, is not necessarily what matters outside it. This obvious point is missed by much of the commentary on the latest unsuccessful motion of no confidence in Jacob Zuma – and in much discussion of South African politics. One result of ignoring this..
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Dlamini-Zuma: Radical economic transformation ‘pro-South Africa not anti-white’ – It is not what your comrades states!
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ANC presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has rubbished accusations that calls for radical economic transformation are tantamount to anti-white sentiment. Dlamini-Zuma said the policy of radical economic transformation was in fact “pro-South Africa“. Dlamini-Zuma was speaking on Friday at an event hosted by the Progressive Professionals Forum in Woodmead‚ north of Johannesburg. She advised white people..
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Like father, like son – Edward Zuma blames white people for South Africa’s woes
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President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward has written another installment of his open letters‚ this time blaming everything going wrong in the country on white people. Zuma said it is disgusting in the extreme that in a free and democratic South Africa land and the economy are still controlled by whites. “This conquering of our land and..
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