SA to seek audience with US to discuss concerns: Ramaphosa

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the keynote address at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Nasrec, Johannesburg on February 20, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue to seek an audience with the United States (US) with the aim of discussing issues of concern to the White House. This comes after the…

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Tensions brewing between new, outgoing Free State ANCYL leadership

African National Congress (ANC) party flags. 1 minute Tensions are brewing between the newly-appointed Free State African National Congress (ANC) Youth League leadership and the outgoing 10th Provincial Executive Committee following the conference outcomes. Former ANCYL provincial secretary Mayibuye Bangane has written to the ANCYL national executive committee calling for an investigation into the outcome…

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E Cape communities look to Mabuyane’s SOPA for economic solutions

Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 1 minute Eastern Cape communities are pinning their hopes on Premier Oscar Mabuyane to come up with tangible and practical solutions to socio-economic challenges plaguing the province. Mabuyane will deliver his State Of the Province Address (SOPA) for the seventh administration tomorrow in Bhisho. Poverty,…

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Steenhuisen sets record straight regarding BEE allegations

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen speaks in Parliament. 1 minute Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says he has no idea what the motive is for the allegations levelled against him by Sakeliga, an organisation opposing BEE. He says the narrative being spread must not affect trade relations for South Africa. Steenhuisen was speaking at a…

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ANC to outline future of Gauteng, KZN structures

A delegate stands near a banner at an ANC event. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) will discuss the future of its KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng leadership structures today. The party’s National Working Committee (BWC) is yet to decide on the names for its reconfiguration of the two Provincial Executive Committees. The ANC resolved to…

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EFF to oppose any tax hikes targeting ordinary people

EFF Treasurer-General Omphile Maotwe speaking at the EFF National People’s Assembly in Nasrec, Dec 2024. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has firmly pledged to oppose any tax hikes targeting the ordinary citizens and low-income earners. There are growing calls urging Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to avoid increasing Value Added Tax (VAT) in his…

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My Vote Counts challenges Political Funding Act

A man walks past election posters. 2 minutes Advocacy group, My Vote Counts, is challenging the Political Funding Act in the Western Cape High Court today. The organisation claims the Act falls short of its constitutional goals of transparency, openness and accountability. My Vote Counts is objecting to provisions that allow donations below R100 000…

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