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Zimbabweans & other foreign nationals forced to seek refuge at Katlehong police station
"It is a shame - especially in a country like South Africa where everyone has been up in arms bemoaning the scourge of violence against women - that South African women are now complicit and at times ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 22:05hrs | 1 | by City Press
Was the man who 'bribed' Ramaphosa murdered?
The Watson family has asked for space to grieve in the wake of the death of controversial businessman, Bosasa chief executive Gavin Watson, on Monday morning.Valence Watson, one of Gavin Watso...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by City Press
Peter Moyo fired by Trevor Manuel chaired Old Mutual
The board of Old Mutual on Tuesday announced that it had fired its suspended chief executive Peter Moyo due to "a material breakdown in trust and confidence"."Moyo's actions since the suspensi...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 17:26hrs | | by City Press
Masisi promises to quit as Botswana's showdown looms
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi will quit if, under his watch, the Botswana Democratic Party does not perform well in the upcoming elections.Masisi, who said this while on a state visit t...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:19hrs | | by City Press
Power drunk Ian Khama to form new party?
Botswana's former president won't rule out joining new party, but doesn't want to rule from the graveBotswana's former president, Ian Khama, has not ruled out the possibility of one day return...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 17:16hrs | | by City Press
Mnangagwa business associate's planes impounded in Botswana
South Africans' involvement with Botswana's election politics caused embarrassment once again when two planes of the controversial South African businessman, Zunaid Moti, were impounded at Francistown...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 15:10hrs | | by City Press
ANC calls for Malema to return
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule has, for the first time, revealed that the party wants EFF leader Julius Malema to return to the divided organisation."I love Julius. I am talking to him to...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 22:12hrs | | by City Press
Ramaphosa will be removed as president next year, replaced by Mabuza
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa's wishy-washy stance on the ANC's resolutions, including expropriation of land without compensation, will be used as a basis to remove him at the party's nationa...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:36hrs | | by City Press
Rocks from mountain crush huts in Zimbabwe
Thirty-year-old Chipo Dhliwayo was sleeping in her hut when the devastating Cyclone Idai landfall rolled huge boulders over whole villages in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district in Manicaland province las...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by City Press
Botswana is going backwards, says Ian Khama
Botswana's former president, Ian Khama, has vowed not to rest until stability in his country is restored.Speaking to City Press on Friday night at the Intercontinental Hotel at OR Tambo Inter...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 15:44hrs | | by City Press
Sipho Pityana is a 'drama queen', 'angry old man'
Black Business Council (BBC) president Sandile Zungu has responded to a scathing open letter from Sipho Pityana by questioning "the ethics and drama queen antics" of Pityana and calling him an "angry ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 18:45hrs | 2 | by City Press
Ramaphosa was a double agent during apartheid?
Cope president Mosiua Lekota has stopped just short of calling President Cyril Ramaphosa a sellout during today's state of the nation address (Sona) debate.Lekota used day two of the debate to...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | | by City Press
South Africa to seize Bushiri's assets including luxury cars, private jet
Not only are the preacher and his wife facing fraud and money-laundering charges, but their assets are also up for seizureAs controversial "prophet" Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary fight fo...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by City Press
ANC pledges to assist Zimbabwe
The South African government and the ANC are singing from different hymn books when it comes to the current crisis in Zimbabwe, whose citizens have taken to the streets over the past few weeks in prot...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by City Press
Ian Khama, Masisi feud hits alarming levels - Coup possible in Botswana?
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi sanctioned an impromptu meeting yesterday - dubbed a "special conference" - at the height of disunity within the ruling Botswana Democratic Party.He begg...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 27 | by City Press
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by City Press
Plot to oust 'Uncle Tom' Maimane grows
The resignation of DA policy head Gwen Ngwenya this week has emboldened a lobby within the party to push for leader Mmusi Maimane to leave his position after elections.Ngwenya resigned in an e...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:29hrs | | by City Press
Ramaphosa using ANC integrity commission to purge Zuma loyalists
The ANC is at odds about the status of its integrity commission rulings, with some members arguing that the structure is used to settle factional scores.The matter was among the dominant subje...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by City Press
Fresh bid to nullify Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC election
A fresh bid to nullify the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader is under way, with unhappy party members claiming that Ramaphosa was elected by bogus Mpumalanga branches at the party's ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:35hrs | | by City Press
Dejected Chamisa refuse to accept defeat
A dejected Nelson Chamisa has refused to accept defeat in the Zimbabwean presidential election and has accredited his loss to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for releasing "fake results"."Th...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:17hrs | | by City Press
'My money is on the MDC'
Zimbabwe arrived at a monumental crossroads this morning as millions of citizens poured into polling stations to cast their votes in a crucial election, which seeks to break the country's relationship...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by City Press
Grace Mugabe to be issued with SA warrant of arrest?
The South Gauteng High Court has set aside the decision to grant former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity.Judge Bashier Vally handed down the judgment on Monday and said t...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | | by City Press
Patrice Motsepe capturing South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has issued a stern warning to business mogul Patrice Motsepe, saying that he will do to him what was done to the Gupta family.On the occasion of ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by City Press
Cyril Ramaphosa 'dodged a coup' in SA
South Africa narrowly averted a mutiny by soldiers loyal to former president Jacob Zuma on the eve of his forced resignation in February.Highly placed sources within the security forces and AN...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 19:55hrs | 1 | by City Press
Tension ahead of Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe's political parties are trudging along towards the July 30 elections to choose a new administration, although there is simmering tension over state media bias, the role of the military and di...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 16:04hrs | | by City Press
Zim-born investment banker disrupting SA health sector
THE founder of the black-owned-and-managed healthcare listing - RH Bophelo - Quinton Zunga is a calculating investor and knows exactly what he wants.Chatting to the Zimbabwe-born investment ba...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | | by City Press
'SA won't follow Zimbabwe land reform road'
The ANC on Friday reiterated its support for land expropriation without compensation, coming on the back of a successful Parliamentary motion on Tuesday to review the property clause in the Constituti...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by City Press
Mzilikazi: A Mountain Falls
Each of our public holidays has a special meaning - a particular reason for its existence. Heritage Day, which South Africans celebrate every year on September 24, is no different. The day has been se...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 09:17hrs | 3 | by City press
Dr Dlamini-Zuma ready to lead South Africa
ANC presidential candidate Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma used an invitation by the ANC Youth League in Limpopo to finally accept nomination to be president.Dlamini-Zuma was well received in Polokwane...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 09:49hrs | | by City Press
South Africa's finance minister is a Zimbabwean?
Ministerial spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete says next week Mentor will probably say Gigaba is an 'extraterrestrial'.In the wake of the media storm that followed EFF allegations that former home...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 21:31hrs | | by City Press
South Africa white party leader barred from Zambia
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has been barred from entering Zambia and has been stuck on a South African Airways aircraft for the past few hours as Zambian officials told him he was not welcome in that coun...Published: 26 May 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by City Press
Codesa was a betrayal of South Africa's black struggle
Former constitutional judge Albie Sachs had to shield the Constitution against sharp criticism from students dismissing it as a "betrayal".On Tuesday night Sachs delivered the Oliver Tambo cen...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 14:52hrs | | by City Press
SA's rich and poor must negotiate trade-offs or risk Zimbabwe moment
The very rich and the very poor needed to urgently come together to negotiate trade-offs at an economic and land Codesa, or the country is at risk of ruin, Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba ha...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 13:40hrs | | by City Press
ANC veterans to send 600 'combat ready' soldiers to defend Luthuli House
The ANC's military veterans wing in KwaZulu-Natal is deploying 600 "combat ready" former guerrillas to "defend" the governing party's Luthuli House against the "enemy" marching to demand President...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 16:20hrs | | by City Press
Helen Zille's shelf life is over, says DA veteran
Helen Zille's shelf life is over, and it is time to retire, says DA veteran Douglas Gibson.According to ...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by City Press
Zuma gets rid of Gordhan, ANC caucus expected to get rid of Zuma
President Jacob Zuma is on a suicidal mission and this time there is no turning back for him, ...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 23:16hrs | | by City Press
Gordhan planned to discredit Jacob Zuma in the US
A report stating that finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, planned to meet foreign businesses to discredit President Jacob Zuma is believed to be the reason for their rec...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 18:42hrs | | by City Press
Zuma plans to fire Gordhan, says senior ANC officials
President Jacob Zuma has told senior leaders of the South African Communist Party that he plans to fire Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, Bloomberg reported this morning.The news agency sai...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by City Press
Zuma stands firm on calls for land expropriation without compensation
President Jacob Zuma took a strong stand at this weekend's national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Irene in Gauteng, defending his position on the issue of land expropriation without compens...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 11:42hrs | | by City Press
King Zwelithini condemns xenophobia attacks
In a scenario not unlike a church ceremony, King Goodwill Zwelithini called on the sick to march towards him so he can pray for them – a move unprecedented for royalty, City Press reported....Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by City Press
Zuma stuns Zweli Mkhize at ANC rally
President Jacob Zuma stunned ANC deputy president hopeful Zweli Mkhize when he made a surprise arrival at the event where Mkhize would have looked to launch himself in the run-up to this year's el...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by City Press
ANC tables formal motion for Zuma to step down
In a surprise move against Jacob Zuma, tourism minister Derek Hanekom tabled a formal motion for the president to step down, leaving the Zuma camp grabbing for straws in what could potentially be ...Published: 27 Nov 2016 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by City Press
Generations tops TV ratings again, thanks to Jack Mabaso
Jack is back - and Generations: The Legacy is reaping the viewership benefits.Veteran actor Vusi Kunene's return to the SABC soapie as Jack Mabaso is one of the reasons Generations: The Legacy...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by City Press
Undressed Zuma statue erected, destroyed
AMID the heated debate around public art in Cape Town - and the fall of the Cecil John Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town - a mysterious bronze statue resembling President Jacob Zuma as ...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:19hrs | | by City Press/News24
'Rhodes Must Fall' campaign gains momentum
University of Cape Town students are demanding that management make public its stance on their calls to have the statue of Cecil John Rhodes destroyed.They are also demanding that Vice-Chancel...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by City Press
Male pupil raped with broomstick
Kimberley - A group of white Northern Cape high school boys have videoed themselves raping a fellow black pupil with a broom stick, according to reports....Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 09:14hrs | | by City Press
Generations could be leaving our screens
Just when viewers were starting to get used to Generations: The Legacy, it could be leaving our screens.That's if the 16 actors sacked from Generations last August are successful on Tuesday in...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 16:14hrs | | by City Press
SA girl kidnapped and held hostage in Zimbabwe over dad's debt
Johannesburg - A four-year-old girl from Limpopo was kidnapped and held hostage in Zimbabwe for seven months - because her parents could not settle a R1 550 debt.After months of trying to get...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 18:25hrs | | by Sizwe sama Yende, City Press
'Malema not welcome at Mugabe's Zanu-PF congress'
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema will not be welcome at Zanu-PF's congress in Harare this week."We do not recognise the EFF, we only work with the ANC (African Nationa...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 18:21hrs | | by City Press
Senzo Meyiwa suspect arrested at Beitbridge border post
A suspect in the murder of Bafana Bafana captain and Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa has been arrested at the Beitbridge border post that links Limpopo to Zimbabwe, City Press reported....Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 10:38hrs | | by City Press
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