A total of 25 trading stalls suffered irreparable damage and the cause remains under investigation by the South African Police Service.
·6 months ago
The general election in South Africa in May conveyed mixed messages: one was that democracy is maturing, the other that it is failing. The good news was that this was very clearly an outcome of a discerning electorate displaying a nuance...
·over 3 years ago
“The world changes, revolutionaries die, and the children forget!” In the song “Nizalwa Ngobani?”, `South African songstress and musical icon, Thandiswa Mazwai opens the song with a statement that has resonated in my heart and mind as So...
·over 1 year ago
I met with US President Joe Biden in Washington to discuss several issues of concern to both our countries, including peace and security, climate change and food security
·6 months ago
Dear Fellow South African, The United Nations will this week begin the 75th session of its General Assembly, where the nations of the world gather to seek collective solutions to global challenges. In any other year, heads of sta...
·over 2 years ago
On Sunday the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) announced that the dismissed Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku had the right to challenge the preliminary findings against him. The SIU found that Masuku failed to uphold the Constituti...
·over 2 years ago
The launch of the Presidential Employment Stimulus last week marks a fundamental shift in our approach to tackling unemployment. We are undertaking a far-reaching and ambitious public investment in human capital, with the state as bo...
·over 2 years ago
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe addressed a joint sitting of Parliament on the debate to the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, 21 October 2020, National Assembly. The Minister highlighted that When the pan...
·over 2 years ago
Good leadership has the potential to fill voids, while poor leadership exposes the cracks. The role of strong leadership is identifiable when it is missing and easily ignored when present. A common mistake made is to replicate examples o...
·over 2 years ago
The day all Democratic Alliance ( DA) members have been waiting finally dawned and after a neck on neck contest. The DA finally has a new leader . Voting for Leadership Candidates took place using the online OpaVote platform and ...
·over 2 years ago
Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs critical of him as Ghana’s president. But during the period leading up to independence in 1957 and the early years of independence, most Ghanaian ...
·over 2 years ago
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has released the results of the by-elections, which took place on Wednesday in 95 wards across 55 municipalities in all nine provinces. In a briefing the commission said the elections pro...
·over 2 years ago
For three years, between 2015 and early 2018, there were popular protests across Ethiopia, but particularly in the country’s two largest regions – Oromia and Amhara. The popular discontent was driven by the 27-year-long marginalisat...
·over 2 years ago
Former South African president Jacob Zuma says he won’t comply with a Constitutional Court order to appear before a commission on corruption. It can be tough when you are a former president in a democracy you have attempted to subv...
·about 2 years ago
On 21 January 2021, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Political Party Funding Act. The law will come into effect on 1 April 2021. Under this law, political parties with seats in Parliament will get some operational fundin...
·about 2 years ago
The proposed tariff hike, which is far higher than the current inflation rate, would have a devastating impact on the residents of Johannesburg
·6 months ago
" It is my intention to convene a meeting with the community to outline how we can work together to improve on what is being done, and to repair and rebuild Eldorado Park"
·6 months ago
Kenya is in the throes of another agonised constitutional debate. Proponents of the new push for amendments argue that the time is right to cure deficiencies in the 2010 constitution. Yet that document is only a little over 10 years old,...
·over 2 years ago
As the dust settles on the Democratic Alliance’s elective conference that saw its interim leader, John Steenhuisen become the official federal leader of South Africa’s official opposition. Let me say from the start that his elections aff...
·over 2 years ago
As Nigeria marks its 61st anniversary of independence, its citizens are stuck in a general anomie of despondency. This is as a result of general insecurity in the country, rising unemployment and high-cost of living. It is also an age...
·over 1 year ago
It has been weeks since we were all hit by the news that the former spokesperson of Carl Niehaus was to begin his political movement. This, following his expulsion from the ANC on issues of misconduct. With Niehaus announcing his intima...
·2 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded his official working visit to the United States at the invitation of President Joseph Biden
·6 months ago
Sometimes, the best thing politicians can do to take a society forward is – nothing. This reality is key to understanding the prosecution on corruption charges of the secretary-general of South Africa’s governing African National Congres...
·over 2 years ago
With The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) announcing its decision to approve Eskom’s plan to increase the electricity tariff, many have expressed their anger and frustration at this decision. The fact remains: with all ...
·2 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has used the first issue of his newsletter for the year to speak about South Africa’s energy crisis. This, amid hours on end of load shedding, and a negative impact on various industries.President Cyril Ramaphos...
·about 2 months ago
This position is a top priority for the Multi-Party Government as we aim to make Johannesburg a safe and secure city where the rule of law is upheld at all times
·6 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has escaped the prospect of appearing in a courtroom this week. This comes as the Joburg High caught granted the president an interdict against the private prosecution brought against him by his predecessor, Ja...
·2 months ago
The DA and ANC are set to square off once again regarding the ANC’s Cadre Deployment Policy. The two parties convened in court yesterday and each brought their own arguments forward regarding the governing party’s policy. Court proceedin...
·about 2 months ago