Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
uMkhonto Wesizwe Party has withdrawn the nomination of its Deputy President Dr John Hlophe as its representative on the Judicial Services Commission. Hlophe’s withdrawal follows failure by MKP to overturn a court decision instigated by the DA effectively barring him from serving in the JSE or have the body postpone interviews of candidates for various judicial positions which started on Monday In Johannesburg. Hlophe and MKP had requested the body to halt the interviews in order to allow him time to deal with the legal challenge by the DA but the request was rejected with the JSC deciding through a…
South Africa has become a sought after partner on the global stage with many countries competing for ties with the country that is the last on the African continent to be liberated.Vietnam has become the latest to court Pretoria and this week a large team of the senior leadership of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam coming into the country to lobby the ANC with whom they have had fraternal relations build on resistance resistance politics. The ANC regards the Communist Party of Vietnam as a long time ally having assisted in the resistance against apartheid.The Vietnamese delegation led by…
Black residents and business owners in Hartbeestpoort have warned of possible retaliation against alleged white residents who are trying to force them out of the area through violent attacks including the burning of their businesses. On Friday, residents and business people marched to several places including the local Crocodile mine and police station demanding an end to racism as well as for Africans to be included in the town’s lucrative economy spurred by tourism with the Hartbeestpoort Dam as the main attraction. The latest incident was the burning down of the resort Bubbles owned by businessman Thabiso Mathibedi who since…
The ANC is set to reclaim power in the City of Tshwane following the removal of Cilliers Brink as mayor which effectively ousted the metro’s Democratic Alliance led coalition government. Councillors voted overwhelmingly for Brink’s removal in a motion of no confidence opposed only by the DA, Freedom Front Plus and ACDP on Thursday. The motion of no confidence against unified parties that identify as “progressive” with occasional singing and embracing of each other during the proceedings. “We take serious exception to the consistent labelling of this motion as an ANC motion. This is a motion of the people of…
The ANC’s allies in the so called tripartite alliance have criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa for not acting against defiant basic education minister Siviwe Rwarwube who refused to attend the signing ceremony for the Bella Bill citing her party’s opposition to parts of it. In retaliation, the biggest teacher union, SADTU, a dominant affiliate in Cosatu has snubbed the minister by not inviting her to its national conference underway in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Rwarwube is the first minister in the education portfolio to be snubbed by the union since the dawn of democracy and now the alliance partners want her taken to…
A war of words continues between the Democratic Alliance and Action SA in what has become the messiest break-up in South African politics. In the latest the two have accused each other of negotiating deals with the ANC behind the other’s back leading to seemingly irreconcilable differences with a motion of no confidence against Mayor Celliers Brink ( of the DA) scheduled for next week thursday which may seel the fate of the so-called “multi-party coalition”. Brink, who has vowed to not go down without a fight, briefed the media at the municipal offices in Pretoria on Thursday where he was…
The death of former Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan brought a moment of reflection for the ANC which has been experiencing electoral decline and lost its parliamentary majority for the first time during the May 29 National and Provincial Elections. The ANC in Gauteng held a memorial service for Gordhan in Johannesburg on Tuesday where speakers, one after the other, vowed to do the part to rescucitate the ailing liberation movement. “This GNU is not the final stop, its halfway stop, the final stop is still coming and that is when we reclaim power in 2029,” said Provincial chairperson Panyaza…
Management at the Road Accident Fund have called on the government to move with speed in signing into law an amendment bill aimed at saving the fund from unscrupulous groupings whom it says are exploiting loopholes in current legislation. The RAF executives briefed the media at the fund’s headquarters in Centurion where it was indicted the bill was currently with the justice minister for processing. Amongst others the bill seeks to relieve the fund from obligations ordinarily reserved for insurers, exempt it from having to compensate foreign nationals, legal or otherwise as well as having to settle claims in lump-some. …
There’s been mixed feelings following the death of the controversial former minister of Pravin Gordhan who’s family reported he succumbed to illness on Friday morning while in a hospital. The ANC, the government and political parties on the right have all hailed him as a selfless leader who stood for good and sacrificed himself for the country while on the left the likes of the Economic Freedom Fighters said his legacy is that of being anti-transformation and running down state owned enterprises.President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was saddened by Gordhan’s passing describing him as a “lifelong activist”.Ramaphosa also praised Gordhan’s…
The ANC has slammed reports that former public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan who is fighting illness in an undisclosed hospital has died. The Secretary General Fikile Mbalula held an impromptu press briefing at the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg and said Gordhan is alive and getting the best medical care possible. Earlier in the day there were claims he died with his family denying the reports. Mbalula visited Gordhan in hospital to convey well wishes and described his condition as “critical”. “I spoke to him on behalf of the ANC and on my own behalf to wish him a speedy recovery…