
‘Arrogance led to her fall’: Political parties react to Nkabane’s axing
The parties said the higher education minister’s dismissal was a vital step towards restoring accountability amid governance failures and allegations of political interference
SATURDAY, 09 AUGUST 2025, 03:14
The parties said the higher education minister’s dismissal was a vital step towards restoring accountability amid governance failures and allegations of political interference
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Buti Manamela as minister of higher education and training.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rebuked ‘some opposition parties’ that have labelled Operation Vulindlela a form of ‘privatisation’, describing the criticism as ‘baseless and misguided’.
EFF leader Julius Malema and his co-accused Adriaan Snyman are back in the East London regional court on Monday.
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has reiterated that embattled police minister Senzo Mchunu will not step aside from party duties.
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The MK Party has gone to the Constitutional Court seeking to have President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to suspend police minister Senzo Mchunu revoked.
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Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane snubbed Parliament by failing to attend a meeting in which she was supposed to account for the administrative mess relating to her controversial appointment of SETA chairpersons.
The budget debate takes place at a critical time, just days before the National Assembly is expected to adopt the Appropriations Bill.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has started a mapping exercise to identify and understand high-risk zones across the city, focusing on drought-prone areas, inland and coastal flooding hotspots and the stormwater drainage network.
The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
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Giving the police licence to kill is not the answer to crime, says incoming acting police minister Firoz Cachalia.
Embattled higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane has annoyed the parliamentary committee on higher education by snubbing its scheduled meeting to attend the annual national student leadership induction programme at the Buffalo City TVET college.
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The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations
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The US homeland security department said on Tuesday a deportation flight carrying immigrants from different countries had landed in Eswatini.
The ANC secretary general said the party backs the inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa into corruption claims against the police minister
He was also ordered to stop publishing defamatory statements against Polokwane mayor John Mpe and his family on all social media platforms
The DA’s spokesperson on international relations, Emma Powell, claims the United States denied President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoy, Mcebisi Jonas, a diplomatic visa in May this year.