If it showed anything, the recent medium-term budget policy statement has proven that South Africa does not have a government capable of dealing honestly and head on with the developmental crisis that the country finds itself in. It will not have such a government for some time, at least not until the 2019 general election..
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South Africa is held hostage to the toxic politics of the ANC
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Zuma will make an 85% profit on his Nkandla home after repaying the state R7.8m
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NEWS ANALYSIS: President Jacob Zuma has until the end of August to repay the state R7.8-million for taxpayer-funded improvements to his Nkandla home. But, ironically, that amount represents – conservatively – an 85% profit for Zuma. Combining the findings of the treasury with a 2014 report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) shows that the..
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Zuma set to announce “free education across the board” – report
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Do not adjust your computer screen, this is not an April Fool’s joke. In a sensational exclusive, TimesLive reports that President Jacob Zuma is set to make an announcement that “flies in the face of the findings of the Heher Commission”. Zuma is reportedly planning to announce free higher education across the board. TimesLive reports..
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Zuma is ready to step down: “I am not leaving the ANC. I am leaving as president”
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President Jacob Zuma is ready to hand the baton to the next incoming ANC president. Zuma said he was ready to leave his post as the head of the party happily, he remarked during an Oliver Tambo lecture at Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, on Sunday. Speaking to ANC supporters, Zuma said he will have time..
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Zuma confronted with the cruelty of farm attacks and murders
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President Jacob Zuma is surrounded by bodyguards and is therefore unaware of the true extent of crime in South Africa. That is the reason why it was necessary for the President to be confronted with the reality of the terrible cruelty of farm attacks and murders, says Dr Pieter Groenewald, leader of the FF Plus…
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#FeesMustFall protest – Naked woman arrested at UCT
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The stomach-churning stench of human faeces‚ piles of rubbish‚ ripped curtains and a commotion on campus as the woman was being dragged into a police van greeted students on Thursday. Parts of the campus were sealed off by police in riot gear and private security and at least three people were arrested. Police spokesperson Captain..
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Poverty in SA a ‘direct baby’ of apartheid – Zuma
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Poverty is a direct baby of apartheid and not the making of the ANC-led government, said President Jacob Zuma in Parliament on Thursday. Zuma was responding to questions when he was confronted by statistics about the gradual increase in poverty levels in the country. In August this year, Statistics South Africa released the Poverty Trends..
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The only thing falling faster than the Rand is the Presidents eyelids: Zuma caught napping during Gigaba’s mini budget speech
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A screenshot of Jacob Zuma taking a nap during Malusi Gigaba’s mini-budget speech has gone viral. Gigaba delivered his “maiden” budget speech on Wednesday – and the forecast was pretty grim. But if you’re hoping that President Jacob Zuma was going to zoom in to try and boost the confidence of consumers and investors, you’re..
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Zuma, his Nigerian friend, the road and a new statue
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Nigerian governor who conferred honours on President Zuma is a narcissist, runs a bankrupt government, forced the state to celebrate his 55th birthday and is surrounded by acolytes who believe he made the sun stand still. Rochas Okorocha, the Nigerian host of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, had been celebrating his 55th birthday for nearly..
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Zuma reshuffles cabinet again, Nzimande and others out
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Huge news this Tuesday morning as the presidency has announced another cabinet reshuffle. After weeks of rumours building up again, Zuma has finally decided to pull the trigger and axe Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. There are five main changes to the cabinet in total. Zuma released the following statement announcing the reshuffle. After careful..
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I am leaving Nigeria as a hero‚ says Zuma after massive statue of him unveiled – You got to be joking!
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Nigerian civil society groups were flabbergasted after waking up to a statue of South African President Jacob Zuma that was unveiled over the weekend. Rochas Okorocha‚ billionaire‚ education philanthropist and governor of the Imo State‚ unveiled the bronze statue and named a street after Zuma during his two-day visit to Nigeria which concluded on Sunday…
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The Shocking Truth About Racism in SA – is not what you have been told…
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“How Can We Believe You Mr President?” – The Shocking Truth About Racism by Juju Mkize a Top Black Academic At the University Of Cape Town This article from December 22, 2016 has recently resurfaced in social media and we feel it is of great importance to share it with you. This is the lie..
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The true financial cost of Hurricane Jacob
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Over 1 month, six months, one year, three years and even five years. In rand as well as US dollars. Against the developed world and now also against the emerging market world. Take your pick; it doesn’t matter. These are the current facts of the returns of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange relative to the major..
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Zumas house of cards tumbling around him
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On this day in 2008, the then ANC national executive committee (NEC) met to deliberate on the controversial Nicholson judgment. The die had already been cast. Outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court a week earlier, the then ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema had declared “the problem in the country is Thabo Mbeki and his people”…
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‘The new Guptas’ score billion-rand deal
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South Africa’s “new Guptas” — former jailbirds Gayton McKenzie and Kenny Kunene — are being lined up to be BEE partners in a multibillion-rand gas deal. The pair, said to enjoy a cosy relationship with President Jacob Zuma, travelled to Russia three weeks ago to sell themselves to Russian company Rosgeo as possible BEE partners..
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