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The president is expected to address the two houses of Parliament at 2pm. JOHANNESBURG – With just over two hours to go until President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils government’s plan to revitalise the economy, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (Dtic) believes South Africa has both the potential and the capability to pull the country […]

National Assembly Secretary Masibulele Xaso on Thursday said the independent three-member panel to decide whether Mkhwebane has a case to answer should be able to start its work by 1 November. Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A possible inquiry into the removal of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is now a […]

The president will spell out government’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. CAPE TOWN – An economist believes South Africa can emerge from recession and the COVID-19 crisis a better country. The president will spell out government’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. He’s under intense pressure. Economist Miyelani Mkhabela said […]

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Bowman Gilfillan director Christopher Todd said Siyabonga Gama went to the High Court because he believed that the disciplinary process was a conspiracy, and he believed that there was no merit in the charges against him. A video screengrab of former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama. Picture: YouTube JOHANNESBURG – Bowman Gilfillan director Christopher Todd on […]

Madikizela and Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula led a provincial taxi lekgotla on Thursday in Cape Town. WC Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela at the taxi lekgotla in Cape Town on Thursday, 15 October 2020. Picture @MbalulaFikile/Twitter CAPE TOWN – Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said many people have lost hope the taxi industry can ever be redeemed. […]

Political parties have expressed their unhappiness about not being able to respond to what the president says when President Ramaphosa unveils the plan during this afternoon’s joint sitting of Parliament. The National Assembly of South Africa on 22 May 2019. Picture: @GovernmentZA/Twitter. CAPE TOWN – Political parties say they must be allowed to debate what […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is presenting government’s coronavirus economic recovery plan to a joint sitting of Parliament. FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa said that despite the lower rate of coronavirus infections in the country, it was too soon declare victory in the fight against COVID-19. Speaking in Parliament where […]

The president is focusing on four key areas as he tables his economic recovery plan to a joint sitting of Parliament. President Cyril Ramaphosa in the National Assembly. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – South Africans can expect a jobs-focused economic recovery plan when President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a joint sitting of Parliament at 2pm. The […]

OPINION In 1987, after a group of Afrikaner leaders and academics broke rank and went to meet the African National Congress (ANC) in Dakar, Senegal, for talks about how to bring democracy and peace in a country that was teetering at the brink of abyss, a new term emerged to define those Afrikaners: the New […]