Questions have been raised as her name isn’t on the roll of advocates kept by the department of justice and updated monthly. The public protector is in hot water following her order that Parliament amend the Constitution to change the mandate of the South African Reserve Bank. When the bank went to court to overturn..
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Is public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane ‘a qualified advocate’ ?
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Die Stem, disunity and the anti-state capture campaign that won’t win
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A group of civil society organisations are spending Mandela Day locked inside the Rhema Bible College in Randburg so that they can formulate a plan to “recapture” South Africa from the grasp of Zuma Inc. It’s only just begun, but already Save South Africa and the organisations its teamed up with are struggling to get..
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Open voting on the motion of no confidence must not take place under Mbete
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Political parties represented in parliament have had until the end of last week to make submissions to the speaker of parliament, Baleka Mbete, on the motion of no confidence that will soon be voted against Jacob Zuma. The UDM of Bantu Holomisa has taken the matter of a secret ballot to the Constitutional Court, which..
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Zuma offered R2bn payoff – Even a tokoloshe won’t work to get rid of Zuma
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If this were a Frederick Forsyth thriller‚ you could imagine a plot twist that would involve a multibillion-dollar payoff to a head of state to bugger off. The deal would be presented by a guy in a leather jacket and a face tattoo‚ who would go nose to nose with President Crooked Dictator to make..
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Outa lays charges of high treason and corruption against Public Service Minister Faith Muthambi
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Monday laid charges of high treason and corruption against Public Service Minister Faith Muthambi. The charges were laid at the Brixton police station in Johannesburg, following revelations that Muthambi had emailed confidential government policy documents to one of the three Gupta brothers. This emerged during the #GuptaLeaks. Recently,..
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Talks about radical land redistribution: Can Land Reform Feed South Africa?
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President Jacob Zuma is talking tough about radical land redistribution and the expropriation of farms. But if redistribution is not well targeted, it may threaten food security and benefit elites in rural areas, reports Michelle Nel. In Tugela Ferry, KwaZulu-Natal, 95% of farmers with plots of less than half a hectare are producing crops commercially…
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Gupta company may be suspended from JSE – Finally the getting what they deserve!
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Gupta owned company is faced with possible suspension by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange after being dropped by both its transfer secretary and sponsor. Oakbay Resources and Energy Ltd. was informed that the JSE is considering halting trading in its shares and is considering various alternatives, the company said in a statement on Thursday. Both appointments..
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Jacob Zuma wages war on South Africa’s institutions
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The South African president wants to take over the country’s money printing presses… “An assault on the central bank is the latest stage in a descent into crony capitalism Jacob Zuma has tightened his grip on the finance ministry, the state prosecutor, the public protector and the tax authorities. All of them, to one degree..
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How Gupta family got nod for Waterkloof – Wedding flight looks to have breached security and the law
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The DA says it will write to the Chairperson of the Defence Committee to request that Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula urgently brief the committee on how the Gupta family gained access to classified military information for their Sun City wedding in 2013. DA spokesman on defence matters Kobus Marais said the minister must appear..
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Dear ANC, don’t descend into mediocrity – similarities between the ANC and Zanu-PF are unmistakable
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As a Zimbabwean living in South Africa, the similarities between the ANC and Zanu-PF are unmistakable. The two parties may have taken divergent paths and developed differently, but now more than ever, their resemblance is uncanny. Some, like Professor Chris Malikane, steadfastly deny the comparisons, arguing that the similarities are overstated and the warnings alarmist…
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You whites will lose everything,’ Malema tells bankers
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Success is associated with whiteness, EFF leader Julius Malema said at a Rand Merchant Bank event yesterday. If white people can’t see this, and if they don’t help to solve the country’s problems, they will end up “with nothing”, he added. Malema, who was accompanied by EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, told the delegates that..
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Banana republics export bananas – Relax, South Africa It’s all under control
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I would like to take a moment to dispel some misconceptions about our government and the path upon which our country finds itself. Firstly, I strongly object to gloomy suggestions that South Africa has become a banana republic. This is absolutely not true. Banana republics export bananas and are propped up by the United States,..
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Black-owned And Led Institutions Have A Legacy of Corruption – EFF
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says black-owned and led institutions in South Africa are known for their legacy of nepotism, corruption and kleptocracy. EFF made the assertion while it was celebrating the VSB Mutual Bank decision to shut the Gupta’s business accounts. Earlier this month, it emerged that the VSB Mutual Bank closed the accounts..
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Zuma called a Zombie – son to lay charges against FM presenter
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President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward has threatened to lay a charge in the Equality Court against Lotus FM presenter Ravi Govender for calling his father a “zombie”. After the opening of the ANC policy conference at Nasrec in Johannesburg on Friday‚ Govender posted the offending comment on his Facebook page. “Just heard a Zombie Zuma..
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Zuma calls Malema a ‘crazy boy … a real mental case’
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The president compared Malema to an ‘insane’ person armed with matches threatening to burn a house while still inside. President Jacob Zuma on Saturday addressed delegates attending the party’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial general council in Mpangeni and threw perhaps his most direct off-the-cuff insults yet at EFF leader Julius Malema and UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. In..
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