Govt generated billions in infrastructure investment: Ramaphosa

[File Image] President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders at the Good Hope Chamber in Parliament, Cape Town. President Cyril Ramaphosa says government generated about R400 billion in infrastructure investment last year. He says the private sector played an important role in what he describes as…

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MKP gives President deadline to resign or will go to ConCourt

FILE | uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) members march in Gauteng. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has warned that if President Cyril Ramaphosa doesn’t resign by the end of today, it will approach the Constitutional Court. The party’s spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela says that Ramaphosa violated a section of the constitution when he appointed Professor Firoz Cachalia…

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Committee rejects Nkabane’s apology for not appearing

FILE | Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane addresses a press briefing. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has rejected the apology that Minister Dr Nobuhle Nkabane has submitted. She has requested the committee to excuse her after it asked her to appear before it to account for the debacle surrounding…

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Mchunu awaits judicial commission of inquiry to tell all

[File photo] Police Minister Senzo Mchunu addresses the National Policing Summit on at Emperors Palace Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has responded to allegations by KwaZulu-Natal provincial commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, linking him to corruption. Mchunu says he will await the judicial commission of inquiry established by President Cyril Ramaphosa to give his side. Mchunu…

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IFP retains ward 23 in Abaqulisi Municipality in KZN

IFP supporters The IFP has retained ward 23 of the Abaqulusi Municipality at Vryheid in the north of KwaZulu-Natal in a by-election, in the process widening its margin of support. Yesterday’s by-election was held after IFP ward councillor, XJ Zungu passed away in April this year. According to the IEC, the IFP secured 51% of…

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uMkhonto weSizwe Party supporters to march to the Union Buildings

Supporters of uMkhonto weSizwe Party. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s members will march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria this morning. The party’s Deputy President, John Hlophe, will lead the total shutdown march, which is aimed at demonstrating the MK Party’s support for KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. This follows Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police…

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ANC in KZN celebrates 75th Anniversary of SABC News

SABC News microphone The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has joined the nation in celebrating a historic milestone, the 75th Anniversary of SABC News. Today marks 75 years since the existence of the SABC News Service. It was in 17th of July 1950, when SABC News aired its first radio news bulletin from Broadcast…

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Maluleke, Meyer to head SA’s National Dialogue

Tshwane University of FILE | Technology (TUT) Vice-Chancellor Prof Tinyiko Maluleke. President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Vice-Chancellor Prof Tinyiko Maluleke and former politician Roelf Meyer as co-chairs of the upcoming National Dialogue. Maluleke and Meyer form part of the 31-member Eminent Persons Group, which has been selected to guide and…

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