Government to Limit Land Ownership and Stop Foreigners from Buying Land

The African National Congress has made a decision to put a cap on the ownership of land and is also in the process of formulating policies that will curb the ownership of land by people of a foreign nationality. This was announced by the party’s Secretary General, Mr Gwede Mantashe, when he spoke to the media soon after his party’s Lekgotla in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Mr Mantashe said that the ANC’s decision-making meeting had decided to put a limit to the... Read more »
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By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, January 11th, 2015

ANC Celebrations: Zuma Speaks on Corruption, Eskom and Land Acquisition

Despite having gone in the firing line himself a number of times, African National Congress leader, Jacob Zuma disputed the fact that his party is the main cause of corruption and moved to assure those members ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

Parliament to Respect High Court’s Decision to Set Aside the Suspension of EFF MPs

Parliament has announced that it will respect the judgement made in the Western Cape High Court which sought to set aside the suspension of some members of the Economic Freedom Fighters from parliament followin... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, December 17th, 2014

Malema Warns of Mass Take Overs

The president of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema has advised his followers to take their pledge a step further and implement their revolution rather than theorizing. He was speaking on the backgrou... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

Opposition Parties to Put Pressure on Baleka Mbete

The opposition parties have indicated that they intend to increase the pressure on Baleka Mbete to step down as speaker of parliament. This was announced by various members of parliament from the opposition par... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, November 12th, 2014

Attempted Land Grab By EFF Stopped By Police, Condemned By ANC

It has been reported in the media that some members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Nellmaphius in Tshwane made an attempt to grab land in what it refers to as the expropriation of land. In response t... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

NUMSA Expulsion: Seven Other Unions Support Metalworkers

The plot is definitely thickening in the feud within the labour federation, Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU) and its affiliates over the expulsion of one of its feeder unions, National Union of Me... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, November 9th, 2014

COSATU and NUMSA Split: A Real Change in South African Politics

In what has been described as a tragic event by the ANC, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), on Friday voted to oust the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) from the powerful... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, October 25th, 2014

Zuma – Mantashe Rift: Mail and Guardian Insist they are Right

The African National Congress (ANC) has refuted claims made by an article in the Mail and Guardian on Friday that there is a rift between the party’s leader, President Jacob Zuma and its Secretary General... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Parliament Sergeant-at-arms Pleaded with Malema in Sepedi

National Assembly Seargent-at-arms,  Regina Mohlomi, says she pleaded desperately  in Sepedi with the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Julius Malema, to leave the House following the instruction given... Read more »