President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will be engaging with police management about complaints that officers did not respond effectively in the 8-year-old Tazne Van Wyk murder case. Van Wyk’s body was found in a stormwater drain in Worcester last week. The President met with the family and parents of the little girl, saying the suspect should not be granted bail and must receive a lengthy prison sentence. Ramaphosa also says […]
The debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA) descended into a shouting match in the National Assembly after an ANC MP accused EFF leader Julius Malema of domestic violence. As Malema made his way to the podium, following Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu, National Council of Provinces chairperson Amos Masondo said the EFF had 42 minutes of the debate allotted to them. While Malema had […]
While President Cyril Ramphosa’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) was once again filled with ambitious plans, many continue to question the practicality of its implementation. In a colourful event on Thursday evening, not short of drama, Ramaphosa outlined his vision for South Africa’s future. Aside from the professional glitz and glamour that adorned the red carpet ahead of his speech, the president was not graced with a cordial […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa must be brave enough to give a real diagnosis of South Africa when he delivers his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, several economists agreed. Ramphosa's fourth address - since taking over the presidency in February 2018 - comes as the economy continues to limp along gingerly, crippled by rolling blackouts, growing unemployment and inequality. The ANC president is leading an impatient nation which is […]
Religious and interfaith leaders met with President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Buildings this week in a bid to a give a voice to the moral challenges facing the country. The Muslim Judicial Council, Jamiatul Ulama and the United Ulama Council of South Africa were among the Muslim organisations represented at the dialogue, which included a broad range of leaders from different faith denominations. The meeting aimed to work towards […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa‘s application for a judicial review of the Public Protector’s report on the CR17 Bosasa donation will be heard in the High Court in Pretoria Tuesday and Wednesday.In her report, Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane found that Ramaphosa deliberately misled Parliament when he failed to divulge the details of the donations his African National Congress (ANC) presidential campaign received; in particular, a payment from Bosasa. The late CEO of […]
Eskom says it does not expect to implement load shedding on Sunday. The power utility says its technicians have successfully returned Koeberg Unit 1 to service after a planned outage, which has added an additional 900 megawatts to the system. Eskom says its teams will continue to work around the clock to return units from planned and unplanned outages. It also says it will give consumers an update about its […]
The Presidency says there was no ill intention on the part of the Eskom board when it told President Cyril Ramaphosa that there would be no load shedding before January the 13th. The President’s spokesperson Khusela Diko says unforeseen circumstances resulted in renewed power cuts – despite the assurance of the Eskom board. “The President had made the statement that there would be no load shedding during the Christmas period up until January […]
South Africa’s nuclear energy expansion programme formed part of wide-ranging talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday afternoon, but no conclusion was reached on the matter, a spokesperson said. Russia has been one of the countries vying to build new nuclear power reactors in South Africa that would produce around 9.6 Gigawatts of energy. But the controversial project, which gained momentum during former president Jacob Zuma’s […]
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.
