Eskom bosses are “ill-disciplined”, the Hawks commanders are “humiliating” Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Des van Rooyen’s comments on the elite unit’s investigation are “totally unfortunate”. After an ANC national working committee meeting yesterday, ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe pulled no punches when he slammed the behaviour of senior party members and the Hawks over the […]
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education on Thursday sought to rebuff “media reports…that the accused in the sexual video case denies that the people he is seen with in the video are learners”. An explicit clip allegedly showing a man having sex with a pupil‚ while another was present‚ in a cottage at Ekucabangeni High School […]
President Jacob Zuma was roasted yesterday and his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, tore a strip off the Hawks for their bull-in-a-china-shop handling of the Pravin Gordhan case At the funeral of former Eastern Cape premier Makhenkesi Stofile, at the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Ramaphosa said he had full confidence in Gordhan, as Zuma himself […]
The ANC in Limpopo intends to investigate how factionalism within the organisation might have affected the outcome of the local government elections. Addressing the media during a briefing in Polokwane on Thursday in the presence of other party leaders‚ ANC provincial secretary Nocks Seabi said they would have to understand how factions had impacted the […]
The board of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday decided to go with the recommendation of its electricity sub-committee to challenge a court judgment on electricity tariffs. Nersa said in a statement that it was appealing the North Gauteng High Court judgment delivered on 16 August as it was flawed. “Nersa […]
President Jacob Zuma flew out of the country this morning and will remain abroad for a fortnight as Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan slugs it out with the Hawks. Gordhan yesterday said he would not comply with the summons by Hawks head General Berning Ntlemeza to present himself at the unit’s offices today. The Hawks said […]
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi plans to roll out new regulations for the labelling of cosmetics in South Africa. The proposed regulations‚ which have been published in the Government Gazette for public scrutiny‚ aim to bring about better “regulatory oversight” over cosmetics sold in the country. Among the proposed amendments are that manufacturers‚ packers‚ distributors‚ importers […]
The ANC yesterday switched its support of Judge Siraj Desai to take over as public protector, recommending Busisiwe Mkhwebane instead. Mkhwebane, an advocate, was relatively unknown when she was interviewed for the post. She was backed by all the parties except the DA. She will now be recommended for the post to the National Assembly, […]
The Hawks could not be reached for comment on Tuesday following a report that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and four former SA Revenue Service (Sars) officials have been summoned to report to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation later this week to face criminal charges. According to the Daily Maverick‚ Gordhan‚ former Sars Deputy Commissioner […]
Security in and around the University of Limpopo’s Turfloop campus will be beefed up following the shooting of a student this week. The off-campus incident happened in the ealry hours of Monday morning at the nearby Mamotintane village. According to police the 25-year-old student had just left his room to answer a call of nature […]
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