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Man convicted for undeclared US dollars yet Ramaphosa walks free
THE conviction and sentencing of Mohammed Ameen who was caught with over half a million of undeclared US dollars has fueled African Transformation Movement's (ATM) determination to ensure that Preside...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 12:02hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa is weak and afraid
When Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula treated a South African Air Force plane as a private jet and gave several ANC honchos a lift to Zimbabwe in 2020, the nation was rightfully enraged....Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 11:23hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
'Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's case is political'
Embattled former Speaker of Parliament has been released on R50,000 bail after she appeared before Magistrate Anna Oosthuizen in a packed Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Thursday morning.The St...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula?
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is expected to hand herself over to the police in Pretoria on Friday as factionalism within the African National Congress reaches fever pitch.The Mail and Guardian publ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money hidden in couch 'was not declared to Sars'
The DA has revealed that the US dollars hidden inside a couch on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm was not declared to the SA Revenue Service.Party leader John Steenhuisen said Sars...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bleak future for Zimbabwe's returning citizens
ZIMBABWEANS expected to return from South Africa in four months' time after the expiry of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) face a bleak future as the government has failed to put in place socia...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki questions Ramaphosa's fate amid Phala Phala probe
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has to decide what must happen if a parliamentary process finds that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the Phala Phala saga.Acc...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa praise singer appointed to panel to investigate criminal activity at Phala Phala farm
The EFF has slammed the appointment of President Cyril Ramaphosa's "praise singer" associate Professor Richard Calland to the independent panel set to investigate whether there is a prima face evidenc...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 22:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe -SA frosty relations hit new low
RELATIONS between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa continue to deteriorate amid growing anger in the neighbouring country over the immigration crisis at a...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Captured' SA's Acting Public Protector to withdraw Mkhwebane's court applications
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka who some sections of the SA society allege is captured by President Cyril Ramaphosa, indicated that the Office of the Public Protector will withdraw the suspend...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mapisa-Nqakula rejects UDM, ATM request for Parly probe into Ramaphosa
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has declined requests by the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and the African Transformation Movement (ATM) for a parliamentary probe into allegations...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC Parliamentarians defend their embattled Ramaphosa
The ANC is circling the wagons around President Cyril Ramaphosa to protect him from parliamentary scrutiny as he faces his biggest political crisis during his term as the president."Now you wa...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 16:28hrs | 13 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Cyril Madlala
Sadc unsettled by Rwanda's Mozambique deployment
FRESH fissures have emerged in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after Rwanda last week deployed a contingent of 1 000 troops to conflict-ridden northern Mozambique ahead of the region...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pravin Gordan's ally calls for Ramaphosa to fire security cluster ministers
An ally of Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan is calling for the firing of South Africa's security cluster ministers who are viewed to be close to the Zulu community.Yusuf Abramjee an Indian and a well k...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique signs agreement for SADC troop deployment
Mozambique has, after initial hesitance, signed an agreement allowing the immediate deployment of troops from the 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) to help fight an Islamic State...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 12:04hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa deploys 27,500 soldiers to KZN and Gauteng, at what cost?
Defence Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told Parliament, preparations are underway to deploy 25,000 additional soldiers in the battle to restore calm in Gauteng and KZN.She was briefing ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing of ex-pres...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to finance Mozambique war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is struggling to mobilise sufficient resources to contribute to the Southern Africa Development Committee Standing Force (SADC SF), which is supposed to s...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African minister of Defence refuses to deployed army in KZN
Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says the army will not be deployed in KwaZulu-Natal because there is no war in the province.She says her department will only ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 13:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Mapisa-Nqakula defends decision to give ANC delegation airlift To Zimbabwe
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Wednesday again defended giving an African National Congress (ANC) delegation a lift to Zimbabwe.Mapisa-Nqakula came under cri...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:12hrs | 5 | 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
South Africa to deploy drones at Beitbridge border to block border jumpers
South African Minister of Defence Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has told the country's Standing Committee on Public Accounts that her ministry will be deploying drones along parts of the Beitbridge border p...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
'Cyril Ramaphosa knew about Harare military jet trip'
The battle between President Cyril Ramaphosa and Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula is heating up. Mapisa Nqakula is said to be "extremely angered" by the discipline imposed upon her by Ramaphos...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 07:18hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sanctioned Mapisa-Nqakula's controversial trip to Zimbabwe
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave "verbal approval" for Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's controversial trip to Zimbabwe, where she "ferried" ANC officials along with her on an SA Air Force flig...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 09:49hrs | | 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
More questions over SANDF jet misuse by Ramaphosa's ANC to Zimbabwe
The ANC delegation to Zimbabwe shared a flight with Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, which was en route to the neighbouring country.Political analyst Ralph Mathekga has questioned the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trashes ANC in explosive meeting
FRESH details have emerged from last week's stormy meeting between Zanu-PF and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), revealing that the two former liberation movements main...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | | 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
'Ramaphosa's role in the controversial trip to Zimbabwe should be probed'
The African Transformation Movement wants President Cyril Ramaphosa's role in the controversial trip to Zimbabwe probed.The party has asked the Public Protector to investigate.A SANDF ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 18:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ANC to reimburse govt for party delegation's Zimbabwe trip on airforce jet
The ANC will reimburse the government for costs incurred by a party delegation for a trip to Zimbabwe to meet Zanu-PF leaders, ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule said. In a statement on Tuesd...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa sweats over ANC Zimbabwe trip
South Africa's Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has provided President Cyril Ramaphosa with a report on the circumstances that led to ANC officials flying to Zimbabwe for a fact-finding missio...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa to be impeached over ANC's Zimbabwe trip?
Even when President Cyril Ramaphosa was satisfied with Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's explanation of the ANC's use of the state aircraft for party purposes in Zimbabwe, the president and m...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC delegation to Zimbabwe, violated Covid-19 rules
THE Democratic Alliance (DA) says it now wants President Cyril Ramaphosa not just to request a report from Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula but to act against her and oth...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1 | 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
Ramaphosa wants a report on military plane which flew to Harare
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, is the commander-in-chief of that country's army, has directed Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula to furnish the him - within 4...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 18:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grudgingly accepted Ramaphosa mediation in Zimbabwe crisis
A delegation from South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday held talks with top Zanu-PF officials, aiming to break a political paralysis that has spawned a deep economic and h...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1 | 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
ANC delegation to defy Zanu-PF and meet Chamisa's MDC?
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ANC delegation to raise complaints over influx of Zimbabweans in SA
THE ANC delegation jetted into Harare Tuesday evening amid reports the South African ruling party was strongly concerned over the continued influx of Zimbabweans fleeing their country during the curre...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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