Oliver Ngwenya


Oliver Ngwenya

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Date archive forApril, 2014
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, April 29th, 2014

ANC Majority Used to Muscle the Work of the Nkandla Committee

In a show of their increasing awareness of the use that could be put of their majority status, the ANC has vetoed the work of the Nkandla Committee and put on hold its deliberations until fifth parliament is co... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, April 28th, 2014

Freedom Day – The Different Party Perspectives

Sunday was the twentieth Freedom Day celebration and it came barely a fortnight before the arguably most contested election since the demise of apartheid in 1994. Across the width and breadth of the country, th... Read more »
By Sinethemba Mandyoli On Monday, April 28th, 2014

Mzonke ‘The Rose of Qumbu’ Fana Defends His Title in Fashion

Over the weekend the Rose of Qumbu was born in the small Town of Qumbu in the Eastern Cape. Qumbu is where the Cape Town based Mzonke Fana was born about 4 decades ago but returned this weekend after a 20 year ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, April 28th, 2014

Zimbabwe’s MDC-T Leader Morgan Tsvangirai Suspended

It all started after the country’s July 2013 elections in which the main opposition party, MDC-T, was completely whitewashed by the ruling ZANU-PF. Then the blame game started. Many in the party blamed th... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, April 27th, 2014

Freedom Day: Congratulations From the Queen; Malema says Nothing to Celebrate

As South Africa celebrates its twentieth anniversary as a democratic country, there is a lot of anticipation as to what the ruling party has got lined up for the celebrations they have earmarked for the whole c... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, April 26th, 2014

South African Mother in England Kills Own Children

South Africa seems to be appearing in the international media for all the wrong reasons of late. A South African woman is facing charges of murder in England following the discovery of the couple’s three ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, April 24th, 2014

We Have not Read the Nkandla Report – ANC MPs

President Jacob Zuma seems to be getting off the hook as regards the Nkandla Saga. This emerged recently when the members of the committee that was set up to look into the president’s response to the Thul... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, April 19th, 2014

Opposition Parties Want IEC Chair Pansy Tlakula to Step Down

The call for the Chairperson of the independent Electoral Commission to resign seems to have gathered momentum showing a great measure of seriousness on the part of the opposition political parties. On Friday, ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Pistorius Trial: Bull Terrier Nel Making Waves in and out of Court

The bull terrier is really making waves. On Tuesday, he grilled the defence’s expert witness with his incisive questions and his surprising attention to detail. He raised many questions about Roger Dixon&... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Ten Year Ban from South Africa for Overstaying

The Home Affairs Department no longer allows foreigners to travel on expired visas! Under Directive 43, a foreigner could travel across the borders of the country with impunity as long as they presented a recei... Read more »