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'Not possible to give the DA deputy president post'
AS South Africans eagerly await the announcement of Cabinet, following President Cyril Ramaphosa's swearing in on Wednesday, media reports suggest that the Democratic Alliance is demanding the post of...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
MK Party emboldened by arrest of Ramaphosa linked IEC official on fraud charge
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) says it isn't surprised that a top official of the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) has been charged with fraud.This simply underlined their belief that some I...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 08:46hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa implicated in a tender for pals scandal
President Cyril Ramaphosa is once again implicated in a tender for pals scandal.While South Africans are fixated on the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet appointment, govern...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:07hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa instructs Lesufi to include DA members in his Cabinet
Sources have confirmed to IOL that President Cyril Ramaphosa has instructed Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to include members of the DA in his provincial cabinet.Ramaphosa's intervention comes...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 15:56hrs | 1557 | 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 | 1901 | 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 | 579 | by Kenneth Mufuka
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 266 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Ramaphosa's step aside joke exposed
Corruption-accused former minister Zizi Kodwa will remain a member of the National Assembly despite missing the swearing-in ceremony last week.Kodwa is scheduled to be sworn in next week by Sp...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 21:20hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
ANC's Nomusa Dube-Ncube rejects diplomatic post
Nomusa Dube-Ncube, former premier of KwaZulu-Natal, has declined an offer to serve as an ambassador.Her tenure as premier ended recently when the ANC chose Thami Ntuli, IFP provincial chairper...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 12:32hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Does Mnangagwa learn anything from his foreign interactions?
So, today, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa had a visit from the FRELIMO Secretary General, Daniel Francisco Chapo.This is the man who will also be the party's presidential candidate in M...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:37hrs | 614 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ramaphosa's wife once worked at Zimbabwe's Parirenyatwa Hospital
South Africa's accomplished First Lady, Dr Tshepo Motsepe, was at the side of her husband Cyril Ramaphosa as he was sworn in as president of the 7th administration on Wednesday, 19 June 2024.D...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 17:54hrs | 4121 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2543 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa's government of selective unity,' says Dr Imtiaz Sooliman
Founder of Gift of the Givers, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, one of the country's leading community outreach programmes in the continent, has poured cold water over the Government of National Unity led by the A...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 08:33hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested for using fake ID at Ramaphosa's inauguration
A Zimbabwean national was yesterday arrested for using a deceased person's ID to gain access to President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration.According to Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, spokespers...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 08:04hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looks forward to deepen relations with South Africa
President Mnangagwa congratulated President Cyril Ramaphosa on his inauguration, expressing his anticipation of strengthening the relationship between Zimbabwe and South Africa. Mnangagwa, who...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:37hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Babra Rwodzi slams lies peddled against Mnangagwa's wife
The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has strongly denied allegations by some media outlets that First Lady Dr. Auxillia Mnangagwa is profiting from the sale of the national fabric. ...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:21hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition should learn from SA'
Zimbabwe maintains strong adherence to democratic principles, similar to South Africa, but faces challenges with its opposition, which often does not accept unfavorable election results, according to ...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:20hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe confident next white minority-led SA admin will succeed
Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration, the new South African government is expected to advance the country, according to Zimbabwean Ambassador to South Africa David Hamadziripi. I...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:17hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zim under Mnangagwa is now worse than Zuma's SA!
Who can forget the daily live broadcasts of the 'Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture' in neighboring South Africa?I, for one, made sure not to miss any of these hearings.Eac...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 15:13hrs | 639 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
IEC, ConCourt ignoring South Africa election rigging evidence
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party says the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Constitutional Court have ignored evidence provided to support the party's claims of last month's elections being rigged....Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:10hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in South Africa to witness 'the return of apartheid'?
President Mnangagwa has arrived in South Africa for the inauguration of his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa.South Africa's African National Congress and the Democratic All...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 08:59hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
ANC becomes first liberation movement to hand power back to white minority
On the eve of Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration as South Africa's president for an uncertain second term he's unlikely to complete; a term certain to be remembered as the lowest moment for the ANC since ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 08:27hrs | 1227 | by Jonathan Moyo
ED2030 sloganeering lacks practicability
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, the ED 2030 campaign sloganeering lacks practicality. It is corrosive, divisive and erosive. It contradicts the time-honoured lead...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:26hrs | 94 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Mnangagwa leaves to attend SA President's inauguration
President Mnangagwa departed from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on Tuesday afternoon to attend the inauguration of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, schedule...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:25hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves to attend SA President's inauguration
President Mnangagwa departed from Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on Tuesday afternoon to attend the inauguration of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, schedule...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:25hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe, SA to push for a prosperous Africa
President Mnangagwa emphasized the continued collaboration between Zimbabwe and South Africa for a prosperous Africa during his visit to South Africa for President Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration. ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:19hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Challenging situation ahead for SA
THE latest from South Africa is that Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected president by the country's seventh Parliament.His election follows an agreement between the African National Congress (ANC...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 09:24hrs | 743 | by Tapiwa Gomo
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 | 1353 | by Staff reporter
White-led DA party seal South Africa unity pact with ANC
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa's new government of national unity, a step chang...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:32hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa re-elected as president of South Africa in a deal with the DA-vil
AFRICAN National Congress (ANC) leader, Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected to serve a second term as president of the Republic of South Africa.Ramaphosa, who was nominated alongside the Economic...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:06hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Ramaphosa on re-election
President Mnangagwa has extended his congratulations to South African President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as the country's Head of State. Following a decisive victory over EFF leader Ju...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 10:58hrs | 90 | 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 | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF quakes over Ramaphosa's ANC poll disaster
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed Zanu-PF supporters at a politburo meeting in Harare, rallying them against perceived Western interference aimed at weakening liberation movements in the region. ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:57hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa has 'lost his grip' on ANC NEC
President Cyril Ramaphosa's leadership of the ANC stands on shaky ground after reportedly ‘losing his grip' on the National Executive Committee (NEC).Highly placed sources within the NEC say...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 12:15hrs | 2110 | 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 | 139 | 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 | 85 | by Sipho Seepe
Without Zuma's 58 MPs parliament will collapse
Should the MK Party's (MKP) 58 MPs decide not to show up in parliament, as its leader Jacob Zuma has indicated to be a possibility after their contesting of the 2024 national elections, the Natio...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:46hrs | 1207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims Zimbabwe close to joining BRICS
President Mnangagwa announced that Zimbabwe is nearing the possibility of joining the BRICS economic bloc, bolstered by its strong relations with existing members. Established in 2009 by Brazi...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:39hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zuma calls out 'snakes' in Ramaphosa's ANC
LEADER of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Jacob Zuma says the formation of the party was to protect the ANC against President Cyril Ramaphosa.Zuma used a snake as an analogy, saying a man of ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:38hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's pro whites party won't join MK Party, EFF, PA in unity govt
The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will only agree to be part of the African National Congress' (ANC) proposed government of national unity (GNU) if the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, Economic Freedom...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 12:24hrs | 3700 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana Buhlungu lands ambassador role with Umthwakazi Funerals
Nkayi-based musician Sikhosana Buhlungu has secured his first brand ambassador role with Umthwakazi Funerals Pvt Ltd.The signing ceremony, held at DAB Three Studios in Bulawayo on Wednesday, w...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:29hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
MK to have an open mind when meeting Ramaphosa's ANC
UMKHONTO WeSizwe (MK) has engaged with the African National Congress (ANC) regarding the formation of a coalition government. These discussions are focused on negotiating with an "open mind, while fir...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:28hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
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 | 816 | by Staff reporter
Will Cyril Ramaphosa be next South African president?
WHILE negotiations are underway to form a new government, News24 took a look at what the Constitution says are the next steps that must take place after the election results are announced in electing ...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 08:00hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zuma and Ramaphosa must find each other
IT'S time for political leaders in South Africa particularly the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) to bury their differences and defend not only the legacy of the revolutionary...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:53hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
'Naledi Pandor as SA President'
Singer and activist Simphiwe Dana believes international relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor would make a good president.Dana recently took to social media to put the spotlight o...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 15:16hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
Eastern Cape floods: death toll spikes to 10
The South Africa Police Service (SAPS) confirmed that the number of flood victims in Eastern Cape has spiked to ten (10) following identification (in the afternoon) of another female body that went mi...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 13:14hrs | 233 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in South Africa
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 | 3260 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa mourns Eastern Cape flood victims
President Cyril Ramaphosa conveyed his condolence message to families in the Eastern Cape who have lost loved ones following recent floods which swept awa...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:20hrs | 216 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in South Africa
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 | 2205 | by Staff reporter
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