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South African education bill threatens Ramaphosa, DA deal
The second-biggest party in South Africa's unity government said on Wednesday that an education bill President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to sign into law this week endangers the coalition deal, the first ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 13:51hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
NEC members disagreed with Cyril Ramaphosa
With the municipal elections looming, the ANC, leading the Government of National Unity (GNU) is in distress after some members of the ANC's national executive committee (GNU) d's stance that the ...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa has long been engaging Helen Zille for a coalition
The DA's federal chairperson, Helen Zille, has intimated that President Cyril Ramaphosa had long been in negotiations with her party about the possibility of a coalition before the decision was taken ...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 14:15hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Helen Zille says South Africa's GNU was a lie
In a dramatic twist, DA federal chairperson Helen Zille has, for the first time, publicly admitted that the multi-party government in its current form is not a Government of National Unity (GNU)....Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 14:10hrs | 2370 | by Staff reporter
DA to protect Ramaphosa, guns for Mashatile
While the DA will now protect ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa over the Phala Phala scandal, it still wants Ramaphosa's deputy Paul Mashatile answering to the police for several allegations - including c...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 10:05hrs | 1928 | by Staff reporter
'Deal with Phala Phala, not Dr Hlophe'
The DA had better prospects of winning on the Phala Phala matter involving President Cyril Ramaphosa, which they were "flip-flopping" on, than they did on challenging uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) lead...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:13hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Gwede Mantashe slams 'deputy Jesus' Helen Zille
In a recent statement, ANC National Chair Gwede Mantashe has issued a stern warning to DA Federal Leader Helen Zille, accusing her of acting like a "parallel president" and posing the biggest threat t...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:44hrs | 3731 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's MK Party takes SABC to court for misleading the public
Former President Jacob Zuma's MK Party has filed court papers with the Johannesburg High Court demanding that the SABC stop using the phrase "Government of National Unity" (GNU), claiming it is mislea...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 20:55hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
MK Party to march against 'racist' Helen Zille
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) will embark on a massive march in Durban on Wednesday amid a wave of criticism against DA federal chairperson Helen Zille for referring to the MKP and EFF as "dogs"....Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:34hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says MKP has evidence to back its IEC vote-rigging claims
The Electoral Court case of rigging the elections against the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will be reopened, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma has warned, saying they have hu...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oppenheimer, Soros exerting undue influence to prevent Hlophe's ascension
In a contentious development, a coalition of civil society movements has raised objections regarding the appointment of Judge John Hlophe to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).The issue has...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:18hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Tony Leon reminds Ramaphosa of who's in charge
President Cyril Ramaphosa's plea to avoid a public spectacle over negotiations with the DA "mean nothing" after former DA leader and GNU negotiator Tony Leon wrote another letter reminding Ramaphosa o...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 14:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Hellen Zille's DA panics over MK's Electoral court application
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party had not provided evidence to support claims of election vote rigging.This is contained in the party's answering affidavit subm...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 13:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC issues deadline to DA for new Cabinet proposals
Sources within the ANC have revealed that the party has issued a deadline of 5pm on Sunday for the DA to accept new cabinet proposals.The ultimatum comes after protracted negotiations between ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 15:42hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo and Russia: Lessons from South Africa
Among those Zimbabweans observing the elections in South Africa was Owen Chikukwa in Cape Town.The loss of power by the African National Congress can easily be explained. Brother Owen put it s...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:46hrs | 10 | by Kenneth Mufuka
South Africa's white party suspends MP over anti-Black videos
South Africa's Democratic Alliance (DA) suspended on Thursday a newly sworn-in member of parliament after an old video of him calling for the killing of Black people resurfaced on social media....Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 16:03hrs | 8 | by Reuters
DA leader throws Ramaphosa under the bus over Phala Phala scandal?
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says the Phala Phala matter was not discussed in negotiations with the African National Congress (ANC).Steenhuisen says the law must follow its...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 14:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zuma to expose 'white agents'
Umkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party leader, Jacob Zuma, through the party's spokesperson addressed the media on Sunday night where he slammed the newly formed Government of National Unity. Zuma while ...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC has not learnt from history
In 2018, ANC chose Cyril Ramaphosa as President because they believed that white capital liked him and thus he would attract western investment into the country. However, things did not quite go accor...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:23hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
DA's Moonshot Pact rebranded under GNU name
The Government of National Unity (GNU) appears to be nothing more than the failed Democratic Alliance (DA)'s Moonshot Pact, rebranded under a different name.The African National Congress (ANC)...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:09hrs | 1 | by Junior Lebese
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 2 | by Sipho Seepe
ANC members set to picket in protest against possible ANC-DA deal
ANC supporters who voted for the party "in good faith" in the general election on 29 May are expected to picket in Johannesburg on Thursday morning, demanding its leaders reject going into a coalition...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ANC - DA coalition spits on veterans graves
ANC heavyweight and National Executive Committee (NEC) member Lindiwe Sisulu has slammed talks of an ANC-DA coalition, saying such a coalition would be spitting on the graves of fallen Struggle heroes...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ANC must not give us a mini-apartheid
In a powerful public pronouncement, ANC veteran Lindiwe Sisulu has called for a "Black Pact" alliance to counter the proposed coalition between the African National Congress and the Democratic Allianc...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa refuses to go, seeks coalition with DA
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign as ANC leader despite leading the party to the historic loss of an electoral majority it has held for 30 years, the Mail & Guardian has learned....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 11:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Trouble in SA's political space, the moon seems to be going down
There's trouble in space - the moon seems to be going down at the Multiparty Charter (MPC), as the Democratic Alliance (DA) seeks to breach the Moonshot Pact charter agreement of not going in a coalit...Published: 27 May 2024 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA urges caution over Zille's citizenship stance
Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Community in South Africa, Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena, believes people should take South Africa's opposition party leader Helen Zille's comments on giving Zimbabwean migran...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Helen Zille will not chase Zimbabweans from South Africa
Democratic Alliance (DA) federal executive chairperson Helen Zille has indicated that if her party takes over in South Africa, they will not be populist and chase Zimbabweans out of the country....Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Redi Thlabi: the black woman weaponized against South Africa
South Africa is under attack by Western countries led by the US due to its BRICS membership and non-aligned geopolitical policy. This isn't surprising, given the West's frustration with the country's ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:46hrs | 2 | by Larmbert Ebitu
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ramaphosa can only lose and Malema has everything to gain
As things stand, Cyril Ramaphosa has no more than six years to get South Africa on the road to shared wealth and prosperity, while Julius Malema has at least a decade to build his base and whip up the...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Ismail Lagardien
Is South Africa ready for a white president?
SOMETIME in October this year, there was a leaked audio purportedly recorded in 2019 at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in which the Democratic Alliance (DA) federal council chair Helen ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Ginimbi to 'tour' Australia
The arts and entertainment scene definitely has royalty whether for good or bad reasons and the media seems to always feed from that fodder willingly and with such a keen and voracious appetite they s...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets support from DA to attack Zimbabwe?
The events of the last weeks have been knee shacking and deeply depressing. The peaceful demonstrations in Zimbabwe were hijacked by the regime change financiers. The onslaught Zimbabwe received from ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:26hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Maimane's money & monkey tricks
Last week the South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane handed a letter to the Zimbabwean embassy in that country requesting to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Digging to the roots of Maimane's stunts
Last week the South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane handed a letter to the Zimbabwean embassy in that country requesting to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:56hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
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
De-Westernisation towards Decolonisation
Most of what are called African problems today are problems that Europe and America have caused or at least promoted in the continent.Most African problems, including civil wars and genocides,...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zille forced to offer apology for glorifying colonisation
Helen Zille, former leader of South Africa's main opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), has publicly apologised for her tweets saying there were some positive aspects of colonialism.She said he...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Maimane pre-judged Zille
Cape Town - Western Cape premier Helen Zille says party leader Mmusi Maimane and the DA's federal executive "pre-judged" her when arriving at their decision to suspend her from party duties.Ac...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC calls for 'pro-apartheid' Zille's resignation
The African National Congress in the Western Cape yesterday called for the immediate resignation of former Democratic Alliance party leader and Western Cape premier, Helen Zille."She has humiliated th...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rent-a-black' beneficiary makes u-turn on Madam Zille suspension
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has seemingly made a U-turn in its suspension of former party leader Helen Zille with the latest statement claiming the party has written to her to signify their intention...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
War breaks out between Maimane and Zille
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has accused the party’s federal executive of not complying with its own constitution.In a statement published on her Twitter account Zille said there was a c...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maimane suspends Helen Zille from DA
DA leader Mmusi Maimane has announced that former party leader and Western Cape premier Helen Zille has been suspended from the DA following her controversial tweets about colonialism.Accordin...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 12:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
White Propaganda: Hellen deZille, and Colonialism's intra generational theft and insult
The world heard Helen DeZille premier of the Western Cape province of South Africa stand up for white supremacy when she tweeted early inn the morning on 16th March 2017 that "For those claimi...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 09:57hrs | | by Bhekuzulu Khumalo
Of Pravin Gordhan and Zimbabwe interests
Depictions of South Africa's Treasury boss, Pravin Gordhan, who was dismissed last week, smack of malice if not a grand plot.One then has to ponder whether South Africa's recently sack...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Christopher Mugaga
Mbalula attacks Pravin Gordhan
Durban - Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan is not a hero of "our people" but a hero of fat cats and capitalists, ANC NEC member Fikile Mbalula said on Friday.Most of those who took pa...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa hardly recovered from the race sentiment of apartheid
It is very easy to think it is the flash, not the flame; that burns big logs. The local media excitedly reported on the resignation of an aide of Mujuru's Nats, in the process missing the actual burni...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Gordhan or the nation?
The prospects for a genuine revolution, for a radical economic transformation, are not looking good for Zuma and the ANC. The liberation movement is sorely dividedA FEW months ago President Mu...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
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
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