She was a surprise choice, but Pemmy Majodina will get a fair crack of the ANC whip. Here’s what you need to know about the ‘flamboyant’ politician. We’re getting down to the serious business of Parliamentary politics again this week. Well, at least that’s what someone should have told the ANC. Their ambitious pick for..
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Let’s ‘clown-up’ for the Politics/Parliament:- Pemmy Majodina: ANC’s new chief whip is as colourful as her wardrobe [photos]
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EFF insists that Cape International Airport’s name should be changed to the Winnie Mandela International Airport, a woman convicted of kidnapping, theft and fraud
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MEPs will be debating the renaming of Cape Town International Airport this afternoon to ANC veteran, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. The leader of the EFF, Julius Malema, tabled the motion. The party will insist that the name of the Cape International Airport be changed to the Winnie Mandela International Airport. The EFF says Madikizela-Mandela’s contribution to the..
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Condolence gift of Zulu King to #WinnieMandela in spotlight
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Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini’s gift of four cows to honour the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela did not sit well with some of his subjects.
Some, like Makhosi Ndokweni of Cumberwood in Durban, writing in Isolezwe, Independent Media’s Zulu newspaper called on the King to instead help uplift the poor people of KwaZulu-Natal and not just “prominent” people.
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De Lille in hot water: DA asks her to explain why she attended EFF Madikizela-Mandela memorial
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Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille is expected to give reasons to the Democratic Alliance on why she attended a memorial hosted by the Economic Freedom Fighters for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
DA Federal Executive chairperson James Selfe said that De Lille was required to consult the party before she attended the memorial service in Brandfort, Free State, where Madikizela-Mandela was banished by the apartheid regime.
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Remembering Stompie: Condemning Winnie Mandela
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On the 29th of December 1988, four youths were abducted from the Methodist manse of Reverend Paul Verryn in Soweto by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards, part of the Mandela United Football Club (MUFC), and taken to the Mandela home in Diepkloof.
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