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Much of the more than R10 billion irregular expenditure at the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality won’t be recovered any time soon as officials place a great emphasis on write-offs as opposed to clawing back their lost money.
The company contracted for demolition work on the razed parliamentary buildings, despite a chequered track record with government contracts, faces penalties after failing to complete its work on time.
The ANC is not confining itself to a 0.5 percentage-point VAT increase, and the door to engagement on the matter remains wide open, says the party’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula.
The ANC secretary general said the ANC would not water it down to ‘Kiss the Boer’, nor would it prescribe to other parties what they must sing
While the ANC will not prescribe what other parties can sing or chant, the party does not believe the Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer song is relevant in the current political space, said ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.
As you walk into the ANC Gauteng headquarters in Jan Smuts Avenue, a collection of portraits of past presidents hangs on the wall. Interestingly, it does not include President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is serving his second term as party president.
Therese Wagner said no deal had been made with the Trump administration but Kinshasa was exploring forms of cooperation
MPs want answers from the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure after toing and froing about whether the dome housing the National Assembly chamber would be available for a crucial budget vote.
Vuyo Zungula insists the party will remain independent, despite its alliance with Jacob Zuma’s party
A defiant Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his detractors can “continue barking”, but nothing will stop him, Zanu-PF and the country from moving forward.
The Durban-based metro’s historic “dome” symbol will likely be removed from the City’s logo should the governance and human resources committee – where ANC councillors enjoy the majority – succeed in pushing it through the ANC, IFP and EFF-led council next week.
The president’s choice in selecting a new ambassador amid a historic downturn in diplomatic relations also speaks to an existential dilemma for his party
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US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Bozell III as Washington’s new ambassador to South Africa amid a historic diplomatic deep freeze between the two countries. The nomination is one of many for several diplomatic postings around the world, published on the website of the US Congress. It followed 10 days after Washington expelled South […]
The Economic Freedom Fights won’t back a motion to remove Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, despite acknowledging the same concerns raised by opposition parties about his leadership
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Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has been tasked with fostering peace in the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel has criticised the judges who ruled that EFF president Julius Malema’s “Kill the Boer” chant did not constitute hate speech, and has accused them of adopting a “radical ideological interpretation” of the Constitution.
“We are also people, and we have rights,” a young representative of the LGBTQIA+ community said, defiant in the face of the homophobia that reared its head as the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs conducted a public hearing on the Marriage Bill in Mthatha on Monday.
When the ANC’s NEC meets on Friday, the tensions between the US and SA are expected to dominate the discussions.
The employee has opened a criminal case alleging he was unlawfully detained in the workplace
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The State Security Agency has distanced itself from what it calls “diversionary tactics” being employed through the allegations presented in the so-called Operation Sibonkolo report.
More than 30 000 Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) supporters gathered at the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Stadium in Ulundi, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday, to celebrate the party’s golden jubilee.