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ANC, IFP in a midst of a court battle over control of Mtubatuba Municipality

Written by on 11 January 2022

The African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are in the midst of a court battle over the control of the Mtubatuba Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Last month, the Pietermaritzburg High Court granted the IFP an order instructing the speaker to convene a special council meeting. The IFP wants to remove the Speaker, Mayor […]

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks about his departure from ANCWL event

Written by on 7 January 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa, Her Majesty MmaKgoshi Manyaku Thulare and Provincial Chairperson Cde Chupu Mathabatha, in a meet and greet with members of the royal family at Moshate wa Maebe a Tjate in Mohlaletsi, Sekhukhune Region.   African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has broken his silence on what led to his premature departure from the […]

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ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa visits BaPedi Kingdom

Written by on 5 January 2022

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has visited the BaPedi Kingdom, with his Deputy, David Mabuza, meeting with the traditional leaders in Polokwane. African National Congress top leaders are spending the week in Limpopo, building up to the party’s 110th birthday celebrations. There’s some hive of activity in Polokwane on Wednesday morning and those scenes are […]

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Heavy police presence in Bloemfontein ahead of suspended ANC SG Magashule’s court appearance

Written by on 3 November 2021

Ace Magashule appears at the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State province, South Africa. There’s a heavy police presence on Wednesday morning at the High Court in Bloemfontein, in Free State, ahead of the appearance of suspended African National Congress(ANC) Secretary-General Ace Magashule, 10 others and five companies in the R255 million asbestos case. Ace […]

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PRESSURE MOUNTS ON FRASER TO EXPLAIN REASONS BEHIND GRANTING ZUMA PAROLE

Written by on 9 September 2021

Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser admitted that he approved Zuma’s medical parole, while the medical parole advisory board advised against it. Calls are mounting for Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser to release his reasons for overturning the medical parole board’s recommendation not to release Jacob Zuma on medical parole. Zuma was sentenced to 15 months […]

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Opposition parties slam Zuma parole decision

Written by on 6 September 2021

Officials enter the Estcourt Correctional Centre, where former South African president Jacob Zuma began serving his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court, in Estcourt, on July 8, 2021. Disgusting, and a mockery of South African law, is how some of the country’s opposition parties, are reacting to the news, that Jacob Zuma’s being released on […]

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NFP leader Zanele Ka-Magwaza-Msibi has passed away

Written by on 6 September 2021

National Freedom Party (NFP) President Zanele KaMagwaza-Msibi was at her voting station at the Thengisangaye Public Primary School in Ulundi in northern KwaZulu-Natal.   National Freedom Party Leader Zanele Ka-Magwaza-Msibi has passed away. She was 59-years-old. This has been confirmed by NFP MP and close ally of Ka-Magwaza-Msibi, Achmed Shaik Emam. Ka-Magwaza-Msibi was Deputy Science […]

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Dlamini to be prosecuted for perjury

Written by on 24 August 2021

Former Minister Bathabile Dlamini is to be prosecuted for perjury. The charges relate to her testimony during an inquiry by the Constitutional Court in 2018 into the social grant crisis. Judge Bernard Ngoepe found Dlamini’s conduct had been “reckless and grossly negligent” and has ordered her to pay a portion of the costs of litigation. […]

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KHAYELITSHA ANC WARD COUNCILLOR SURVIVES SHOOTING

Written by on 13 August 2021

Ward 93 councillor, Thando Pimpi, said that he could not speculate on what the motive for the attack was and that and he was allowing SAPS to do their job. The motive for the attack on an African National Congress (ANC) ward councillor in Khayelitsha remains unclear at this stage. A week ago, gunmen opened […]

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