The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation has urged South Africans to unite in calls for President Jacob Zuma to step down. The foundation is holding a press briefing, in the wake of Zuma’s announcement of a cabinet reshuffle. It comes just a few days after Ahmed Kathrada’s death. Today also marks one year since Kathrada’s famous open letter to Zuma to resign. Kathrada’s widow Barbera Hogan said Zuma has become a rogue […]
South Africans are reeling after waking up to another shocking cabinet reshuffle, reliving the Nene-gate saga of 2015. At midnight, President Jacob Zuma announced 10 changes to his cabinet, including firing beleaguered finance minister Pravin Gordhan. While there were no surprises that Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas would be chopped, the decision to put Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba at the helm of Treasury has raised eyebrows. Many analysts […]
However, should another vote of no confidence arise, Zuma may find himself without a job if enough ANC MPs are disgusted. In what can be described as a purge of dissenting voices, president Jacob Zuma last night axed a number of ministers and deputy ministers in a major Cabinet reshuffle. In reaction, political analyst Daniel Silke said the president had cemented his own support in Cabinet. “Zuma has ultimately done […]
President Jacob Zuma has fired Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in his biggest Cabinet reshuffle yet since assuming office in 2009. In a brutal display of power, the president fired five ministers, including former tourism minister Derek Hanekom, who asked for Zuma to be recalled last year. He also appointed six new deputy ministers. Zuma now faces a revolt in his own party, with senior ANC leaders opposing his dramatic cuts […]
Jacob Zuma is considering offering to step down next year, at least 12 months before his term as South African president ends, under a deal with opponents in his ruling party that would see Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan leave office now, two senior party sources said. Zuma is due to be replaced as party leader at an African National Congress (ANC) party conference in December after serving his allocated two terms, […]
The tripartite alliance is divided over the possible recall of Pravin Gordhan as Finance Minister. The South African Communist Party (SACP) is fighting back against the president's rumoured plans to recall Gordhan. It says the ANC should not gamble with the legacy of people like Ahmed Kathrada. President Jacob Zuma met with his cabinet late Wednesday. Details are yet to emerge on what was on the agenda. There has been […]
President Jacob Zuma will not attend the funeral of ANC veteran Ahmed Kathrada‚ in accordance with the family’s wishes‚ the presidency said on Wednesday. Kathrada passed away in the early hours of Tuesday after spending the past month in hospital‚ recovering from brain surgery to remove a blood clot. Kathrada was a strident critic of Zuma and last year wrote an open letter‚ calling on the president to resign after […]
Treasury officials confirmed to Business Day that preparations were being made for the possible cancellation of the US leg of the tour. President Jacob Zuma has ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to return from an investor roadshow in the UK, saying the trip was 'unauthorised'. And the second leg of the roadshow - to the US - to be led by Gordhan's deputy Mcebisi Jonas, has been called off following instructions […]
President Jacob Zuma has extended well wishes to struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada who is recovering in hospital after an operation to remove a blood clot on the brain. Zuma extends good wishes to 87-year-old Kathrada and urges South Africans to keep the struggle veteran in their thoughts. Kathrada was admitted to the hospital more than a week ago. He is one of the vocal stalwarts about the direction the ruling […]
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.
