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BREAKING: Johannesburg's Zimbabwean mayor dies in car crash
Johannesburg's mayor Jolidee Matongo, a Zimbabwean only elected to the position last month, has died in a car accident.Matongo was involved in a car accident after the ANC program in Soweto wh...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 20:13hrs | 7025 | by Staff reporter
SMM saga sucks in Cyril Ramaphosa
FRIENDS of Shabanie and Mashava Mines Holdings (FoSMM) have filed papers at the Johannesburg High Court seeking an order to compel South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to ignore an administrator ap...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:17hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa captured court denies Magashule's leave to appeal his ANC suspension
Suspended African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule has been denied leave to appeal his suspension from the ruling party.Magashule had lodged the leave to appeal applicat...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1418 | by Staff reporter
'Former Spy Boss released Jacob Zuma from prison'
South African opposition Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen is contesting National Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser's decision to release former President Jacob Zuma on par...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 11:40hrs | 3339 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mdc-Alliance and United Party for National Development cooperating against the Zimbabwean government
The MDC-Alliance has proclaimed that its relations with the United Parties for National Development (UPND) have scaled new heights following the latter's win in Zambia's 12th of August 2021 elections....Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:34hrs | 2119 | by Staff Reporter
Sphithiphiti Evaluator abused because of her pro-Zuma views
The 36-year-old woman identified as Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi and known as "Sphithiphithi Evaluator" on Twitter, has finally spoken out about her social media accounts, her political beliefs and her abu...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1094 | by The Star
Africa to receive 10m additional COVID-19 doses
African Union member States are set to receive additional 10 million doses of Astra-Zeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines over the next three months through a new partnership between the French governme...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
ANC crumbles under Cyril Ramaphosa
UNDER President Cyril Ramaphosa, the ANC seems to be falling apart. The once-glorious movement seems to be a former shadow of its past. These sentiments are shared by, among others, the staff ...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:06hrs | 5829 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Hichilema in 30 minutes meeting
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema got down to serious business yesterday soon after taking his oath of office in Lusaka with a 30-minute diplomatic meeting with President Mnangagwa where they agree...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Zimbabweans to take a leaf from Zambia
President Mnangagwa and Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema, who will be sworn-in today, held a long telephone call on Sunday during which they agreed to work together in the development of the...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ramaphosa discuss Hichilema's shock election victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday held a private meeting in which the election of Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema as the country's...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 3748 | by Staff reporter
Sadc renews call against Zimbabwe sanctions
SADC yesterday reiterated calls for the unconditional lifting of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe and urged the world to support reforms that are underway. It commended President Mnangagwa for helping ma...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Zuma requests financial information for his trial, Ramaphosa's ANC seals documents?
Former South African President Jacob Zuma's legal team has requested the Africa National Congress (ANC) to produce its financial records. This is in relation with the Armsdeal payments.Lawyers...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 11:22hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ramaphosa hold talks
President Mnangagwa yesterday held a tête-à-tête with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the 41st Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government here. Foreign Affairs...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Scared Ramaphosa extends soldiers' deployment on SA street
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that he has extended the deployment of the South African National Defence Force to assist police fight crime and maintain law and order in the cou...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 09:54hrs | 3045 | by Staff reporter
Malema goes after Ramaphosa, captured NPA
EFF leader Julius Malema has given the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) an ultimatum to prosecute President Cyril Ramaphosa for his role in the Marikana massacre within three months or his party w...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 17:44hrs | 3084 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'eyes Thandi Modise as his new deputy'
New defence minister Thandi Modise was recalled from parliament to the national cabinet to position her for a higher post in President Cyril Ramaphosa's administration during his second term.M...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 10:16hrs | 4081 | by Staff reporter
Nothing so special about a president such that can't be held answerable to the people
Do people truly understand what being a nation's president means? Do we appreciate what that role entails? If we did, why, then, would anyone regard this as some lofty position, which renders ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 18:36hrs | 533 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'I remained with Zuma to end state capture' says Ramaphosa vs Mnangagwa colluded with Mugabe to loot
History will show just how close the late Nelson Mandela's "Rainbow democratic South Africa" came to collapse and become just another African Banana Republic like Zimbabwe during former President Jaco...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 20:40hrs | 1487 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Ramaphosa's piecemeal approach to Cabinet reshuffling lands former unionist as new Finance Minister
Unionists across the African continent and in particular the Acting President of NMWUZ - Mine Workers' Union of Zimbabwe Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka have hailed President Cyril Ramaphosa's recent Cabi...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 19:33hrs | 962 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Ramaphosa throws Zuma under the bus
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has distanced himself from the former President Jacob Zuma administration's dealings with the infamous Gupta family that is accused of capturing the st...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:52hrs | 7709 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa deploy soldiers to guard his houses
THE SANDF confirmed on Monday that it had deployed soldiers to both of President Cyril Ramaphosa's homes, in Pretoria and Cape Town.This was in addition to the presidential protective benefits...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 11:28hrs | 5260 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa appears to be using the ANC's step-aside rule to target, purge political opponents
President Cyril Ramaphosa increasingly appears to be using the ANC's "step-aside" rule to target and purge his political opponents, while affirming his untouchable supporters, before next year's elect...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 09:25hrs | 801 | by Clyde Ramalaine
Ramaphosa's grip on state security machinery targets 2022 re-election
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa's announcement of sweeping changes to the Cabinet last week may have appeared radical but did little to dispel the notion that he is paralysed by a commitment to protracted c...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:08hrs | 840 | by Cyril Madlala
Mboweni says Ramaphosa ship sailing in the wrong direction
Tito Mboweni is no longer South Africa's finance minister as he was replaced by Enoch Godongwana.President Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed on Thursday night he had accepted a "long-standing request"...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 12:42hrs | 5026 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's political prisoner admitted to hospital
South Africa's jailed former president, Jacob Zuma, was admitted to hospital for medical observation on Friday, the government's Correctional Services department said.Zuma has been held at Est...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 12:26hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa appoints Khumbudzo Ntshavheni as his communication/ propaganda minister
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Khumbudzo Ntshavheni as the new communication minister.She replaces Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, who has been moved to the small business development minist...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 10:27hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa appoints scandal-ridden Godongwana as finance minister
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced 10 changes to his cabinet, including the appointment of close political ally Enoch Godongwana as his new finance minister.Godongwana succ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 10:15hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get 5m doses from AU facility
Zimbabwe should soon start receiving initial shipments of its 5 million share of the 400 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine secured for Africa by the African Union (AU), the African Vacc...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa 'lacks will to fire Zweli Mkhize'
President Cyril Ramaphosa lacks the will to take action against the embattled Health Minister Zweli Mkhize because he needs the ANC NEC top member's support to be re-elected for the second term at the...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans denied vaccination in South Africa
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are reportedly failing to get COVID-19 jabs due to lack of identity documents. This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the st...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in SA points to failure on democracy
The spate of violence that is engulfed South Africa shows that not all citizens have internalised constitutional democracy and the rule of law as the organising principle of the post-apartheid society...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 243 | by Mashupye Maserumule
SA under Ramaphosa becoming a military state, political analyst claims
POLITICAL analyst and University of South Africa (Unisa) Professor Tumi "BB" Senokoane said South Africa was fast becoming a military state reflecting the apartheid system which opposed freedom for al...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:13hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
'Entrepreneurship, no politics, will solve our problems' insist Masiyiwa - rubbish, solution is good governance
"Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities" screamed the headline. When you are rich, Strive Masiyiwa, is filthy rich and so when he speaks even the rich and powerful si...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1398 | by Nomusa Garikai
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities
Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union's Special Envoy in the fight against COVID, talks about how he led the creation of the Africa Medica...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | 2167 | by Agencies
Insurrection! Sounds like copy and paste United State America's 6th of January 2021 - a global circus!!
This is how low ANC has sunk to equate the last weeks violent events in South Africa as an insurrection. Again to term hungry population as criminals is a sign of a government that has lost authority ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 22:02hrs | 416 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe MPs on SA crisis intervention
LEGISLATORS have called on Zimbabwe and its regional counterparts to urgently take action on the raging South African crisis to rescue locals who could have been caught in the crossfire following rece...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1845 | by Staff reporter
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 889 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Malema more closer with Ramaphosa than Zuma
EFF leader Julius Malema says he was "never close" to former president Jacob Zuma - contrary to popular belief.Instead, Malema said during an interview on Kaya FM, he is "more close" to curren...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 09:56hrs | 3221 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's desperate security agents claim 'looted SA goods Botswana and Zimbabwe-bound'
SOUTH African security agents have reportedly confiscated several goods worth thousands of rand as smugglers attempted to move the loot into Zimbabwe and Botswana following days of rioting in the neig...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Africa welcomes a new Dictator
"The country's law enforcement agencies will track down, identify and act against those who lit the flame, and those who spread it," said the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. By those words...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:38hrs | 8631 | by Sam Wezhira
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | 3106 | by Nomazulu Thata
Calls mount against 'Zulu' security cluster ministers over lapses
THE startling admission by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the government was caught napping during the violent protests and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng was a sign that he was let down by his ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:40hrs | 3172 | by Mayibongwe Maqhina, Tarryn-Leigh Solomons, Mervyn Naidoo
Jacob Zuma is not to blame for South Africa's mess
At the time of going to press, over 100 people had been killed and hundreds hospitalised after riots and protests related to the imprisonment of former South African president Jacob Zuma.Don't...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:06hrs | 802 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 2602 | by Staff reporter
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from SA social unrest
THE turmoil in South Africa following the recent jailing of former president Jacob Zuma and subsequent social unrest characterised by rioting and looting for many other reasons - including deprivation...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:24hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa deploys military tanks in KwaMashu a first after the end of apartheid
South African National Defence Force tanks are starting to roll into areas in KwaZulu-Natal province.This deployment forms part of Operation PROSPER, which started on 12 July with the deployme...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:12hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after social media as he cracks down on protests
South Africa, rocked by violent protests that have turned deadly, is now looking to social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to crack down on looting and destruction of property and infrastr...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1854 | by Tawanda Karombo
South Africa's Ramaphosa walking on a tight rope
I HAVE been watching countless videos about the crisis in South Africa.I have been enjoying the witted debates going on. South Africa is at a turning point, a turn into uncharted territory....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:13hrs | 1470 | by The Watcher
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