Immersive two-person exhibition featured in the South African Pavilion:
Immersive two-person exhibition featured in the South African Pavilion:
Candice Breitz, Love Story, 2016. Featuring Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore. Right to Left: Farah Abdi Mohamed, Jose Maria Joao, Luis Ernesto Nava Molero 7-Channel Installation: 7 Hard Drives.
.com | West Rand ANC and Youth League want Ramaphosa:
Johannesburg The ANC and ANC Youth League in the West Rand have resolved that they would like to see the party's deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa ascend to the presidency at its 54th National Elective Conference in December. The two, who are already characterised by some in Gauteng as staunch Ramaphosa supporters made the public declarations on Friday evening during a public lecture in honour of the longest serving president of the ANC – Oliver Reginald Tambo.
.com | Finetown, Ennerdale take Mashatile to task over housing:
Johannesburg Gauteng Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements MEC Paul Mashatile conceded on Friday that government had dragged its feet in terms of service delivery and apologised to the Ennerdale and Finetown communities. Mashatile was speaking at a meeting in the Region G offices with the steering committees of Ennerdale and Finetown, following violent service delivery protests for housing.
South Africa won’t appeal judgement blocking nuclear power deal:
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's energy ministry will not appeal a high court ruling blocking an agreement with Russia to build nuclear power reactors but will sign revised pacts and continue with nuclear plans, it said in a statement on Saturday. South Africa signed intergovernmental agreements with Russia, France, China, South Korea and the United States in 2014 as part of plans to build a fleet of nuclear power plants at a cost of between US$ 30 billion and US$ 70 billion.
#KaraboMokoena killer gives good men a bad name: #Mbalula:
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula on Friday, strongly condemned the killing of Karabo Mokoena, who went missing weeks ago and was subsequently found dead and burnt. “Our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Karabo, for the brutal murder.
Court fight looms over #BrianMolefe’s return to Eskom:
South Africa's opposition parties said on Friday an urgent high court action would be launched to interdict Brian Molefe from returning to Eskom. Leaders of opposition parties, including the Economic Freedom Fighters, Democratic Alliance, African People's Convention and the United Democratic Movement, as well as civic organisations Save SA and Freedom Movement slammed Molefe's return to take the helm at Eskom, and accused President Jacob Zuma of “running a Gupta State”.
Afropunk is heading to its spiritual home – Africa:
Afropunk is finally coming to Africa. The global festival that has been one of the biggest cultural movements for the past 14 years is welcoming South Africa into the family with a two-day musical extravaganza in Joburg.
UPDATE 1-Protesters disrupt Lonmin’s Marikana mine in South Africa:
May 11 Platinum producer Lonmin said on Thursday community protesters demanding 1,000 jobs were disrupting output, damaging property and intimidating employees around its Marikana operations in South Africa. The ructions around Marikana are the latest flare-up on South Africa's restless platinum belt between impoverished communities seeking a bigger slice of the mineral pie and companies grappling with depressed prices and rising costs.
South Africa’s Gigaba tones down ‘radical’ talk amid investor unease:
South Africa's finance minister has sought to allay investor fears over his pledge of “radical economic transformation”, toning down the rhetoric just over a month into the job to talk more of “inclusive growth”. South Africa's Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba speaks at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 meeting in Durban, South Africa, May 4, 2017.
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