Author: Mawande Amashabalala

ANC's Gauteng, KZN task teams full list to be unveiled next week
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ANC’s Gauteng, KZN task teams full list to be unveiled next week

The ANC will reveal the full list of names who will make up the provincial task teams of its Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal next Monday.   This was revealed by ANC’s... Read more.
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SIU and Eskom want Koko slapped with punitive costs order 

The SIU and Eskom have asked the Pretoria High Court to punish former Eskom executive Matshela Koko with a punitive costs order for seeking to intervene in the settlement... Read more.
Jacob Zuma was on Robben Island as an agent of enemy forces –  Mbeki 
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Jacob Zuma was on Robben Island as an agent of enemy forces –  Mbeki 

Former ANC president Thabo Mbeki stunned the party’s national executive committee (NEC) members when he questioned the existence of the trial that resulted in... Read more.
Ronald Lamola a misfit for foreign affairs minister
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ANALYSIS | Ronald Lamola a misfit for foreign affairs minister

Where is Ronald Lamola during the diplomatic rows in which South Africa is the central point? This question is more relevant to ask because his predecessor, Dr Naledi... Read more.
EFF leads opposition as MKP struggles to get off the blocks
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EFF leads opposition as MKP struggles to get off the blocks

The debate on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) delivered by President Cyril Ramaphosa last Thursday has revealed that the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has... Read more.
Sona's call to unite divided people, geopolitical affirmation of BRICS
Politics

Sona’s call to unite divided people, geopolitical affirmation of BRICS

As expected, President Cyril Ramaphosa took the opportunity at Sona to address the elephant in the room, the shifting platonic plates in geopolitics, and sought... Read more.
Dean Macpherson fires Kwazi Mshengu
Politics

DA Minister Macpherson pulls trigger on ANC’s Mshengu

The drama at the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure continues after Minister Dean Macpherson fired advocate Kwazikwenkosi Mshengu as chairperson of the... Read more.
MDDA chief executive Shoeshoe Qhu
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State entity dragged to court for lowering CEO qualification criteria

A concerned citizen has dragged the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) to the Joburg High Court, seeking to set aside the appointment of the entity’s... Read more.
Bongani Bongo appears in court
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ANC bigwig Bongani Bongo demands R38m for wrongful arrest

Advocate Bongani Bongo, the former state security minister, has informed the state attorney that he was demanding R38-million for wrongful arrest and prosecution... Read more.
President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to the 14 soldiers killed during combat in the DRC.
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Ramaphosa’s three-way headache as race for NYDA board kicks off 

President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to have a headache selecting the new board chairperson of the highly contested National Youth Development Agency (NYDA).  This... Read more.