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ANC delegate to Harare told Zanu-PF they want to oust Ramaphosa
A Zimbabwean senior ruling Zanu-PF official told The NewsHawks that when South Africa's governing ANC leaders visited Harare in Sept 2020 to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis, one of them intimated that the...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa will take no further action against minister over controversial Zimbabwe flight
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he would not be taking further disciplinary action against Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for a controversial flight that ferried ANC delegates to Harare in Se...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa flip flops on Mapisa-Nqakula's trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) that the ministerial handbook is often flouted when he approves ministers' requests for travel abroad on "urgent" busines...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trip was not for leisure, Mapisa-Nqakula tells Parliament
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told Parliament her controversial flight to Zimbabwe, on which she ferried several high-ranking ANC officials in an air force jet, wa...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's white party demands minutes of meeting between Mapisa-Nqakula and Zimbabwean counterpart
The DA wants to see the minutes of the meeting between Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and her Zimbabwean counterpart, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, during a visit last mont...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's delegation to Zimbabwe cost ANC more than R105 000
The ANC has been slapped with a bill of more than R105 000 for its officials' trip to Zimbabwe aboard an air force jet with Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula.This ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA opposition parties demand Ramaphosa fire Mapisa-Nqakula
President Cyril Ramaphosa's reprimand of Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for taking ANC officials on an air force jet to Zimbabwe isn't enough - she should be fired, two...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC defiantly tells Zanu-PF that it will be back to meet MDC
THE South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party yesterday defiantly told Zanu-PF that its delegation would soon head back to Harare to meet other stakeholders as part of efforts to init...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC admits abuse of govt resources in jet trip to Zimbabwe
The ANC has undertaken to reimburse the government for the costs incurred during its controversial use of an air force jet on a party-political mission to Zimbabwe last week after a public backlash....Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa Air Force jet to Zimbabwe saga explained
South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) National executive council member and chair of the ANC's subcommittee on International Relations Lindiwe Zulu says the ANC delegation that travelled to H...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 11:01hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa, Mapisa-Nqakula cross swords over ANC trip to Zimbabwe?
President Cyril Ramaphosa wants a detailed report, within 48 hours, from Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after an ANC delegation accompanied her to Zimbabwe on a SA N...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
DA 'disgusted' by ANC using SANDF jet to fly to Zimbabwe
The DA has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to clarify why an ANC-led delegation was able to fly to Zimbabwe, to meet with ZANU-PF party officials, using a SA National Defence Force (SANDF) air for...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
AfriForum wants Public Protector to probe ANC's use of military jet for Zimbabwe trip
Lobby group AfriForum has written to Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, asking her to investigate the ANC's use of a military jet in its trip to Harare, Zimbabwe. In a letter to Mkhwebane, A...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SANDF defends use of air force jet by an ANC delegation that travelled to Harare
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Thursday that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula travelled to Zimbabwe for official work and gave her ANC colleagues a lift.This,...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 15:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nuclear loaded Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets'
Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a major escalation of the Kashmir conflict.An army spokesman said one plane had fallen inside Pakistani territory and a pilot had be...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 11 | by BBC
Malaysian airliner crash can be a turning point for Ukraine crisis
The downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine could be a turning point for the Ukraine crisis, if it convinces reluctant Europeans to get behind tougher "sectoral" sanctions long-sought by ...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Reuters
House of Commons Rhodie motion 'a racist stance'
Political parties and analysts yesterday joined Zimbabweans in denouncing the move by the British Parliament to move a motion condemning the shooting of Air Rhodesia Viscount RH827 by Zipra forces dur...Published: 12 Feb 2013 at 04:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gaddafi seen in Zimbabwe: MDC spokesman
A UK tabloid, The Sun, c...Published: 27 Aug 2011 at 13:39hrs | | by thesun
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