Tag Archives: Cyril Ramaphosa

State of the nation: Zuma to focus on ’5 priorities’

President Jacob Zuma’s state of the nation address this year will be the first to be delivered in the context of the National Development Plan (NDP), the Presidency said on Sunday. “In Sona 2013, the president will provide an update … read more »

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South Africa: President Jacob Zuma retains leadership of ANC

South African President Jacob Zuma has been reelected as leader of ruling party, the African National Congress. This permits him to be the head of state of the country for a further seven years. Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has been chosen … read more »

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South Africa: White arrogant voice v black apologist voice

Lukhona-Mnguni A while back, I penned a letter titled, “Dear White People in South Africa” and it raised mixed discussions, some marred by bigoted racism of the worst kind from the white community and a patch of disorganized apologetic voices … read more »

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South African President Jacob Zuma ‘must step down’

President Jacob Zuma and Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa must resign following the death of mineworkers at Lonmin’s Marikana operations, in the North West, expelled ANC Youth League President Julius Malema said on Saturday. “President Zuma decided over the massacre of … read more »

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Hotel bans Malema

Expelled former ANCYL leader Julius Malema has been barred from entering Luthuli House and other party offices, and has also been banned from a plush boutique apartment in Cape Town. A reservation manager at the Waterfront Village hotel in the … read more »

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S.Africa: Malema waits for decision on suspension

LAWYERS for three ANC Youth League leaders had until midnight yesterday to file written heads of argument to the ANC appeals committee, party spokesman Keith Khoza said. At time of going to press, Khoza said he did not know if … read more »

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No Zuma, no cry

Rhyno So, Malema is finally losing ground, and for the moment it seems we averted yet another fierce attack on our golden path to true third world “Africadom”. Jacob Zuma is sitting point blank, centre stage on the pedestal of … read more »

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Fighting poverty in South Africa: the NDP, ANC and a political Big Beast – By Desné Masie

Over the years, the South African government has released a plethora of strategies and initiatives in its post-apartheid policy reforms. Many of these recommendations and programmes have evidenced middling success, and even outright failure. The latest such proposal is the … read more »

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The end of Malema

Xolani Mbanjwa, Carien du Plessis and Charl du Plessis, City Press Johannesburg – Not long ago he was the golden boy of Polokwane. On Saturday, ANC Youth League supporters urinated on a Julius Malema T-shirt and set it alight. This … read more »

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Malema: Guilty as charged

Johannesburg – Guilty as charged. This was the verdict of the ANC’s appeals committee in the case of Julius Malema and his top four lieutenants, announced at Luthuli House on Saturday. The National Disciplinary Committee of Appeal (NDCA), led by … read more »

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