#CabinetReshuffle: Chief Justice Mogoeng warns ministers: Cape Town – Hinting at the constitutional delinquency of the previous administration, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng implored newly appointed ministers and deputy ministers to “swear faithfulness to the Republic and obedience to the Constitution”. Justice Mogoeng was speaking ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of several new ministers and deputy ministers, the beneficiaries of Monday evening’s reshuffle. President Cyril Ramaphosa fired 10 ministers on Monday, including former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane, former public enterprises minister Lynne Brown and Cogta minister Des van Rooyen. In a packed room at Tuynhuys, where the swearing-in ceremony was taking place, Justice Mogoeng…
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Rifts and bickering get to DA caucus chair: Cape Town – The DA’s city council caucus chairperson, Suzette Little, has resigned with immediate effect amid victimisation claims of DA councillors who voted against a no-confidence motion in mayor Patricia de Lille and renewed simmering divisions in the party. Little, a mayoral committee member, said in…
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EFF guns for NMB mayor after DA rejects #LandExpropriation: Parliament – The EFF has threatened its coalition with the DA in the metros by first tabling a motion of no confidence in Nelson Mandela Bay metro mayor Athol Trollip in April. EFF leader Julius Malema warned the DA in Parliament on Tuesday this was a warning shot to its coalition partner over the issue of the expropriation of land without compensation. The motion was passed by the House with a majority of 241 MPs against the DA’s 83 members. Parties in Parliament agreed that the issue be referred to the…
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Reasons for Guptas’ naturalisation challenged: Parliament – A R25 billion investment, employment of 7000 staff and R1million worth of charity in the country were deemed by Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba as “exceptional circumstances” to grant naturalisation of the Gupta family. This emerged on Tuesday when the portfolio committee on home affairs received documentary evidence of the Guptas’ investment and charity contributions in the country. Gigaba used his ministerial discretion to grant citizenship to the Guptas despite the fact that several members of…
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South Africa:Land Expropriation – No One Will Lose Their House, Says Party: [News24Wire] “No one is going to lose his or her house. No one is going to lose his or her flat. No one is going to lose his or her factory or industry.” ……
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South Africa:New Deputy President Says He Has Been the Target of a Smear Campaign: [News24Wire] Newly-sworn-in Deputy President David ” DD” Mabuza has dismissed talk about him being linked to criminal dealings as a smear campaign that started as far back as 2009. ……
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Father of slain Ngcobo cop says family lost its main support: Constable Kuhle Mateta (27) was gunned down allegedly by cult leaders while on duty at the station last Wednesday. ……
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Alexis Bizos: AfriForum’s domestic abuse case designed to embarrass me: Advocate Gerrie Nel announced on Tuesday that his unit has taken up a case of assault and domestic abuse on behalf of Bizos’s wife, Monique van Oosterhout. ……
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Listeriosis outbreaks difficult to investigate, says NICD: The food-borne disease has so far killed 172 people nationally, with more than 900 confirmed cases being treated. ……
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Salary payment glitch hits ANN7, New Age staff in pockets: Johannesburg – Former Gupta-owned media houses had to dispatch company cars to fetch staff from their homes as many have been left broke due to unpaid salaries. Some of the ANN7 and The New Age staff had not been paid their salaries by on Tuesday afternoon despite a communication from management that everybody was to be paid by the end of business on Tuesday. Management had claimed that the problem was caused by an internal system error, which had been resolved by…
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