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PHALA PHALA SAGA: Impeachment committee agrees that Ramaphosa should testify

Yesterday at 21:38 PM, via Daily Maverick

Amid ongoing litigation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment proceedings, MPs on Wednesday agreed he would be called to testify. That decision is part of the preparatory work Parliament’s impeachment committee can still do after Ramaphosa obtained an interdict against ‘public impeachment hearings’.

WHY ARE WE WAITING?: DBE’s guidelines to protect LGBTQI+ pupils still not done after 7 years

Yesterday at 21:08 PM, via Daily Maverick

For seven years, the Department of Basic Education has kept long-awaited guidelines on sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics trapped in administrative drafting loops. The Social Inclusion in Education Working Group warns that government delays are driving vulnerable children out of classrooms, and one Western Cape School is already offering a practical...

EXPLAINER: Unpacked: Each party’s arguments in the Expropriation Act case

Yesterday at 20:57 PM, via Daily Maverick

The DA, a member of the Government of National Unity (GNU) coalition, has joined AfriForum and the Institute of Race Relations in challenging the Expropriation Act, which would allow the government to expropriate land without compensation in some circumstances.

ANALYSIS: SA electricity shake-up might plug billing gaps, but sparks will fly

Yesterday at 20:55 PM, via Daily Maverick

While Eskom’s success in ending load shedding is a crucial triumph of the Ramaphosa era, many people are now living without electricity for much of the time because they simply cannot afford it. A new billing system is supposed to change all of this. Expect a big fight.

Kruger elephant deaths: The question SANParks still hasn’t answered

Yesterday at 20:38 PM, via Daily Maverick

The debate surrounding 951 elephant deaths in the Kruger National Park has largely become a discussion about conservation science. It should instead be a discussion about public accountability, the ethical limits of state authority over wildlife, and why every deliberate killing of a wild elephant demands individual justification.

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