Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

The Democratic Alliance has claimed victory after the Constitutional Court ordered that South Africans who lost their citizenship when they took up those of other countries were treated unfairly and that they be allowed to remain South Africans even after taking citizenship of other countries. The Apex court found that a South African Citizenship Act of 1995 that required South Africans to apply for and get a letter from the home affairs minister allowing them to retaining citizenship before taking up that of any countries was unconstitutional. The DA launched the court action 10 years ago and said today’s ruling…

A defiant Democratic Alliance continue with its legal challenge of the Employment Equity Amendment Act which it claims constitutes reverse racism. Lawyers for the DA started arguing the merits of their case in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria with the hope of repealing the transformative piece of legislation.Both the ANC and the government ( the DA is part of the latter) have slammed the former opposition accusing it of being anti-transformation. “We are dismayed by the DA’s court bid on the Employment Equity Act, which we view as an attempt to disrupt efforts aimed at achieving equitable representation,…

The Democratic Alliance will not be abandoning its court challenge against the Employment Equity Amendment Act. The party said on Monday it was ready to argue its case in the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday morning to show how the transformative law undermines South Africa’s investment prospects. “The DA is ready to begin argument tomorrow in our seminal court action to ensure fair access to jobs and employment for all South Africans. Our court action, which was launched more than 2 years ago, during the 6th Parliament, argues that the Employment Equity Amendment Act discriminates unfairly and unconstitutionally,” said…

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has sparked concerns among from world leaders with his rejection of Russia’s ceasefire.The proposed 5 day ceasefire comes at a time of Russia’s 80th anniversary of Victory Day marking the May 9 liberation of the world Nasizm that was led by the Soviet Union which also backed an anti colonialism pushback on the African continent.Zelensky did not just reject the ceasefire but hinted at possibly targeting the Victory Day celebrations to be attended by dignitaries from across the world including Chinese president Xi Jinping as well as a high level delegation of African leaders, a move…

The Economic Freedom Fighters has vowed to push for the collapse of the South Africa’s national coalition , the Government of National Unity. The party has consistently rejected the GNU as serving white interests, demand that the ANC dump the Democratic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus to form accommodate ‘like-minded parties including itself. This week the EFF accused right-wing groupings such as Afriforum of simply refusing to be led by a black government and of actively encouraging racism in South Africa. The party’s Gauteng chapter marched on Friday marched on Kleinfontein, the whites only settlement outside Pretoria, demanding it be…

The EFF believes the continued existence of whites only settlements will cement racism in South Africa. The party’s Gauteng chapter on Friday marched on one such enclave, Kleinfontein outside Pretoria demanding that it be dismantled. Thousands of EFF members descended on the area in what the party said was only the beginning of a fight against racism. “Our people are landless, they are canned like sardines, while White people illegally occupy land and the state is scared of addressing the ma “Our people don’t have land, they are crammed like sardines, while white people illegally occupy land and the state…

Political parties used May Day to try and galvanise support this as part of early campaigning ahead of next year’s local government elections. The biggest worker federation COSATU held its main rally in Mpumalanga where its leadership shared a platform with those of alliance partners the ANC and the South African Communist Party. This year’s May Day is the first under the Government of National Unity which has seen the ANC under pressure to compromise on some of the transformation agenda it has set out to pursue. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the rally and gave an undertaking that the ANC…

The search for 3 police officers who disappeared last week while travelling from Free State to Limpopo has led to a gruesome discovery. A search by divers at the Hennops River in Centurion resulted in the retrieval of 5 bodies with 3 believed to be those of the missing officers. Constables Cebekhulu Linda, 24, Keamogetswe Buys, 30, and Boipelo Senoge, 20, were last seen at a petrol station in Grasmere, outside Johannesburg. While police are convinced that three of the bodies are those of the missing officers there’s no indication of who are the two others retrieved from the river.…

The South African anti-Ukraine lobby has intensified its campaign against the regime of Vladimir Zelensky which they accuse of war crimes including but not limited to the targeting of civilians and forcefully drafting Ukrainians into the army regardless of their age or health status.The South African lobby accuses countries arming Ukraine and Israel of being complicit in war crimes and have embarked on campaigns to try and disrupt the flow of weaponry. The lobby has among others engaged political parties to probe the activities of German company Rheinmetall which they accuse of diverting ammunition made at its South African operations…

There is still uncertainty about how the VAT increase reversal will be implemented following an eleventh hour decision by the National Treasury. The ministry of finance announced the reversal on Thursday morning citing talks with political parties which he said had agreed on alternative sources of revenue to cover the R75 billion rand budget shortfall. The Economic Freedom Fighters has raised questions about the feasibility and legality of the reversal arguing that to do so, the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will have to completely withdraw the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals adapted during a heated session and includes a 0.5…