Articles containing the tag ‘president
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, August 17th, 2014

Resounding Mathunjwa Welcome as Government Shuns Marikana Commemorations

On Saturday, AMCU president, Joseph Matunjwa, arrived to a resounding welcome to Wonderkop near Marikana to a gathering was to commemorate two years after the fateful day when when forty four people were killed... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, July 27th, 2014

Shakes Mashaba Appointed as the New Bafana Bafana Coach

It was described by the Sports minister, Fikile Mbalula as coming back for a ‘second bite’ when the South African Football Association president, Danny Jordaan, announced that Ephraim ‘Shakes&... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Friday, July 25th, 2014

Patricia De Lille Speaks of Dossier and Evidence at the Arms Deal Commission

Thursday was a busy day for the current mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille in Pretoria when she stood before the Seriti Commission. She submitted an affidavit in which she said that the fact that government ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, July 20th, 2014

Malema Takes Modise to Court over Parliamentary Ejection

When the president of the Economic Freedom Fighters promised that he would bring fireworks into parliament, he was talking literally and he seems to be keeping to his word. He has decided to take embattled chai... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, July 5th, 2014

NPA Boss Mxolisi Nxasana to be Probed

There appears to be conflict of information regarding the happenings at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) as it has emerged following the report in the New Age this week. The New Age reported that there ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 28th, 2014

SIU’s Delay to Release Nkandla Report Suspicious – DA

The country’s main opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has interrogated the fact that many days after it started its work on investigating the spending of more that a quarter of a billion rand on upgradi... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, June 17th, 2014

The State of the Nation Address: It’s Flat, say the Political Analysts

The President of the Republic of South Africa, on Tuesday evening presented the State of the Nation Address in Parliament, Cape Town. He started his seventh State of the Nation Address by acknowledging the pass... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 14th, 2014

MaMbeki Funeral Proceedings Cut Short Due To Adverse Weather Conditions

Epainette Mbeki was finally laid to rest on Saturday in her home in Idutywa, Eastern Cape. Speaking at the burial of the near centinarian, the deputy president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that the de... Read more »
By Robert On Wednesday, June 11th, 2014

Jacob Zuma Will Report Back About Nkandla In July

South African president, Jacob Zuma, has stated that he will provide a report on the Nkandla controversy within the next 30 days. President Zuma has recieved a provisional copy of the Special Investigating Unit... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Sunday, June 8th, 2014

Outpouring of Support as Nation Mourns the Death of MaMbeki

Former president Mbeki and his wife Zanele arrived in East London to attend the funeral of Thabo’s mother, Epainette Mbeki who passed on Saturday morning at the age of 98. The former first family were qui... Read more »