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South Africa let me down, says ousted Mugabe
phumlani · 24 March 2018
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Zuma was poisoned and nearly died‚ but his guards knew nothing about it
Over 10 years‚ police reported only two VIP security breaches — and neither was the poisoning of then-president Jacob Zuma in 2014. In a report on the government’s 6‚600-strong private army of VIP protectors that he says costs R2.6-billion a year‚ Gareth van Onselen says he combed through South African Police Service annual reports between […]
phumlani · 22 March 2018
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Ramaphosa proposes single African currency: AU Summit
KIGALI – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday strongly punted the idea of creating a single homogeneous currency for African countries in a bid to attract infrastructure investment and enable ease of intra-African trade. Speaking as a panelist on financing intra-Africa trade at the African Continental Free Trade Area business forum in Kigali, Rwanda, Ramaphosa […]
phumlani · 21 March 2018
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Zuma used R15.3m of public money to avoid jail: Maimane
Maimane says this figure was confirmed by the state attorney. A letter from the state attorney revealed that Zuma spent the money over nine years on the so-called spy tapes case. TIMELINE: The spy tapes saga It includes all legal costs pertaining to the National Prosecuting Authority’s decision not to prosecute Zuma on charges of fraud, […]
phumlani · 14 March 2018
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Malema gets ready to tackle Ramaphosa over Zuma
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Wednesday appear before the National Assembly for his first oral question and answer session since Parliament elected him as president of the country in February‚ and echoes of #paybackthemoney will reverberate for some observers when Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema stands up. Malema will be asking Ramaphosa to tell […]
phumlani · 13 March 2018
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‘Malema must return to ANC’
ALMOST a year after he first called on Julius Malema to come home to the ANC, David Mabuza has repeated that he would like the EFF founder and leader to return. The ANC deputy president’s appeal on Sunday, made while on a drive in Mamelodi to whip up enthusiasm among voters to register for the […]
phumlani · 12 March 2018
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Fikile Mbalula resigns as a member of Parliament
Former police minister Fikile Mbalula has resigned as a member of Parliament‚ the ANC said on Friday. Jackson Mthembu‚ the ANC’s chief whip in Parliament‚ said the resignation was effective from February 26. Mbalula was recently ousted from the cabinet of President Cyril Ramaphosa. He has since taken up a post as head of the […]
phumlani · 9 March 2018
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Mnangagwa unhappy about Mugabe’s renewed involvement in politics
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is gradually losing patience with his former boss Robert Mugabe as the latter becomes visible once again in politics – a few months before high-stakes general elections. But last month Mugabe met with African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki and told him that he was toppled via a coup. Since then he […]
phumlani · 9 March 2018
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EFF: HELP SHOPS REMOVE LISTERIOSIS LINKED PRODUCTS!
THE Economic Freedom Fighters is calling on all its supporters to help shop remove products linked to listeriosis. In a statement the EFF calls on “all fighters and all fellow South Africans to visit nearby outlets of Pick n Pay to help them remove all products that have been declared to spread listeriosis from their […]
phumlani · 8 March 2018
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Mugabe acolyte forms new Zimbabwe political party to challenge Mnangagwa
FILE: Former President Robert Mugabe. Photo: JEKESAI NJIKIZANA / AFP HARARE – A retired Zimbabwean general and acolyte of ex-president Robert Mugabehas formed a political party to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the polls later this year, the new grouping said on Monday. Mugabe, 94, was forced to step down last November following a de facto military […]
phumlani · 6 March 2018
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Public Protector admits to leaving out information from Vrede report
Mkhwebane did not clarify why the scope of the investigation was not expanded , but she said that the Gupta leaks were not reliable enough to be used in the report (Madeline Cronje/M&G) COMMENTS LinkedInTwitterGoogle+FacebookEmail Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane did not include information about the Gupta family in her office’s report into the Vrede dairy farm, because […]
phumlani · 6 March 2018
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ANC is no longer interested in nationalising the SARB
ANC president and President of SA Cyril Ramaphosa. CAPE TOWN – The ANC has withdrawn its motion to discuss the nationalisation of the South African Reserve Bank. The party was set to lead a discussion on the SARB’s mandate in Parliament on Tuesday, a decision that was criticised by some opposition parties. The ANC said it […]
phumlani · 6 March 2018
Politics
South Africa let me down, says ousted Mugabe
I guess this guy is as arrogant as the Swazi Prime Minister
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Zuma was poisoned and nearly died‚ but his guards knew nothing about it
Over 10 years‚ police reported only two VIP security breaches — and neither was the poisoning of then-president Jacob Zuma in 2014. In a report on the government’s 6‚600-strong private army of VIP protectors that he says costs R2.6-billion a year‚ Gareth van Onselen says he combed through South African Police Service annual reports between […]
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