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Parliament Committee overseeing Presidency set to elect chairperson

South African Parliament The newly established Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on the Presidency will elect its chairperson on Wednesday.  The National Assembly approved the establishment of the committee last year. The aim of the committee is to oversee the Presidency’s budget and administration. It will also seek to enhance the accountability of the executive.  The committee will call the President and…

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Ramaphosa conveys condolences to the Lekota family

President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has conveyed his condolences to the Lekota family. He says he and the late Congress of the People, COPE, leader Mosioua Lekota have come a long way as activists. Lekota died in the early hours of Wednesday morning at a hospital in Midrand, Johannesburg. He was an anti-apartheid activist…

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Social media reacts to Lekota’s passing

Congress of the People party (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Social media users say they will remember late Congress of the People party, COPE, leader Mosiuoa Lekota as someone who contributed to the struggle against apartheid and served the nation with distinction. Seventy-seven-year-old Lekota died on Wednesday morning at a Johannesburg hospital. Public Works and  Infrastructure…

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Ramaphosa acknowledges progress by eThekwini Working Group in KZN

President Cyril Ramaphosa in Durban President Cyril Ramaphosa says there are tangible signs that the Presidential eThekwini Working Group has addressed some service delivery issues in the Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.   The group has brought together different spheres of government as well as business and organised labour to tackle the problems in Durban.   Ramaphosa says the group must…

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Mosiliki outlines her role in the disbandment of the PKTT

Deputy National Police Commissioner responsible for policing, Lt General Tebello Mosikili  testifying before Ad Hoc Committee Deputy National Police Commissioner responsible for policing, Lt General Tebello Mosikili, has outlined her role in the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) at the end of 2024.   Described as the receiver in chief of the now infamous disbandment letter…

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Ramaphosa says eThekwini pulled back from brink of collapse

President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa says within two  years the eThekwini metro has been pulled back from the precipice of collapse to the threshold of fostering economic growth. Ramaphosa says this is thanks to the work of a presidential working group that brought together different spheres of government, the business sector and organised labour…

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Mosikili denies allowing O’Sullivan to enter criminal justice system

Deputy National Police Commissioner responsible for policing, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili. Deputy National Police Commissioner responsible for policing, Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili, has denied that she allowed private investigator, Paul O’Sullivan, to infiltrate the criminal justice system. Mosikili has been testifying at the Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town that is investigating concerns regarding national security….

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