President Jacob Zuma will today deliver his final State of the Nation Addressas the leader of the African National Congress, although his term as the country’s president expires only in 2019. The ANC is expecting 10,000 people to attend its People’s Assembly on Cape Town’s Grand Parade. Parliament’s presiding officers have made it clear that any attempts to disrupt Zuma’s address tonight will be dealt with. Keep updated with the LATEST […]
Average dam levels across the country have increased slightly and are up 0.6 percentage points compared to last year, the Department of Water and Sanitation said on Wednesday. The dam levels had risen to 55.56%, compared to 54.9% at the same time last year, spokesperson Mlimandlela Ndamase said. There was still a very long road to recovery and South Africans faced the possibility of a difficult winter. Average dam levels in […]
President Jacob Zuma says he is not feeling any pressure about the State of the Nation Address on Thursday night. The 2017 SONA comes amid renewed calls from opposition parties on the president to step down following the Constitutional Court ruling on Nkandla and the former Public Protector's report on the State of Capture. But speaking to the SABC while putting the final touches to his speech, President Zuma brushed […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, has acknowledged that she is aware of a request from the Economic Freedom Fighters that the Assembly should debate the legitimacy of President Jacob Zuma Thursday night, instead of allowing the State of the Nation Address to go ahead. EFF chief whip, Floyd Shivambu says this request was made in a letter to Mbete. Shivambu says they will again request the debate, but […]
A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-US citizenship has been declared Somalia's new president. Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo was named the new leader after two rounds of voting on Wednesday and quickly took the oath of office. Incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud conceded defeat. "History was made, we have taken this path to democracy, and now I want to congratulate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo," Mohamud said. The country is trying to […]
The US Senate has confirmed Senator Jeff Sessions as attorney general despite fierce debate over his civil rights record and a push by Democrats to block him. President Donald Trump's choice was given the greenlight on Wednesday by a vote of 52-47. Sessions had faced accusations of racism, and a Senate panel rejected him for a federal judgeship in 1986 amid concerns over allegedly racist comments he had made. "This […]
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court dismissed a case against President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday lodged by an activist who accused the aging leader of violating the southern African country's supreme law during protests last year. The case was the first time a private citizen has asked the court to decide whether actions by 92-year-old Mugabe, the world's oldest leader, violated the constitution. Mugabe, who has ruled the former British colony since independence […]
Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. The attack occurred in the port city of Bosasso early on Wednesday, Yusuf Mohamed, the governor of Bari region, told Reuters news agency. "Three al-Shabab fighters stormed the International Village Hotel this morning. Four guards and two of the attackers died in […]
The deployment of almost 450 soldiers to Parliament ahead of President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address on Thursday is a breach of the separation of powers‚ according constitutional law expert Pierre de Vos. He said: “In the wake of the decision of the president to deploy more than 400 soldiers to maintain law and order during the opening of Parliament‚ it is difficult not to be worried. “This‚ […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
