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Parliament did not hold president to account‚ majority in ConCourt holds

The National Assembly had not held President Jacob Zuma to account as required by the Constitution‚ said Constitutional Court Justice Chris Jafta in the majority judgment he read on Friday. Justice Jafta said there were four judgments‚ two reaching a particular outcome and two with a different outcome. But Jafta said there was a majority judgment of the court. He said the application by the Economic Freedom Fighters and other […]

29 December 2017

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ANC stalwarts call on party’s new leadership to recall Jacob Zuma

The ANC stalwarts say that the party’s leaders and members must be informed that the days of unacceptable behaviour are over and that a starting point and clear message to the country should be the recall of President Jacob Zuma. The stalwarts on Thursday congratulated Cyril Ramaphosa on his election as president of ANC and expressed the hope that it will be “a breath of fresh air that we as […]

22 December 2017

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Ramaphosa takes jabs at Zuma

Newly elected ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa launched a thinly veiled attack on his predecessor Jacob Zuma during his maiden speech at the party's national conference on Thursday morning. Ramaphosa went on the attack, alluding that under his administration the ANC would not be a party of words but a party of action. "Those who are deployed by our movement should always be a source of pride and not a source […]

21 December 2017

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Fee-free education plan ‘architect’ sets the record straight

The so-called architect behind President Jacob Zuma's fee-free education plan says it was not his brainchild alone, but rather a collective effort. Speaking to PowerFM presenter Iman Rappetti at the ANC's 54th elective conference on Wednesday, Mukhove Morris Masutha said the plan was aimed at "decommodifying education" and addressing the lack of trust between higher education students and the ruling party. Clad in white ANC regalia, a passionate Masutha said […]

21 December 2017

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Zuma should not spend another day as president: ANC veteran

President Jacob Zuma should not spend one more day as head of state‚ according to ANC veteran Sydney Mufamadi. “We don’t know why he should stay for one more day after this conference. He knows he has got nothing of value to add towards what the ANC is trying to do‚” Mufamadi said on Radio 702 on Wednesday He said the ANC needs to be the organisation that earned the […]

20 December 2017

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Ramaphosa’s election ‘too little, too late’ – Maimane

The election of Cyril Ramaphosa as the new president of the African National Congress (ANC) is "too little too late" for the party, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said in a statement on Monday. "The ANC is dead and cannot self-correct, no matter who is at the helm," DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement shortly after the result was announced. "This is because the party itself is held together […]

19 December 2017

News

#ANC54: Credentials released

Addressing media on Sunday morning Deputy Secretary General of the African National Congress Jessie Duarte explained that the adoption of the credentials at the 54th ANC National Conference was delayed by one day given the outcome of the court order on KwaZulu- Natal (KZN), the Free State and the Bojanala region in the North West. “We have decided that PEC’s of KZN and the Free State, those who are not […]

17 December 2017

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Cyril will lead ANC, says Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has put his head on the block about who will win the ANC's hotly contested leadership race this weekend. Malema suggested on Thursday that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa would be the ruling party's next president. The ANC is meeting from Saturday to Wednesday to decide its future. A new leader is expected to be announced by Sunday. "For those asking for my predictions, I think he […]

15 December 2017

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Zuma to appeal ruling that Ramaphosa should appoint new prosecutions boss

President Jacob Zuma will appeal a high court ruling that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa should be the one to appoint a new National Director of Public Prosecutions. A full bench of the North Gauteng High Court found that Zuma cannot appoint a new prosecutions boss because there is a conflict in that the NPA is deciding whether to bring back charges of fraud and corruption against Zuma. The court gave […]

14 December 2017

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