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Ramaphosa’s ‘Patronage Cabinet’ costing South Africa millions of Rands

This year alone our 35 ministers and 37 deputy ministers will earn R163.5 million and over R510.5 million over the medium-term. by Desiree van der Walt MP – DA Shadow Minister of Public … [Read More...]

South Africa’s reading crisis: focus on the root cause, not the peripherals

Ingrid Willenberg, Senior Lecturer in Education, Australian Catholic University Nearly a quarter of a century into democracy, four presidents and several curricular revisions later, South Africa … [Read More...]

How a deal with provincial strongmen is haunting the ruling ANC

Steven Friedman, Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Last year South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) elected a new leadership which was the result of a … [Read More...]

Your President in Parliament

President Ramaphosa announced in parliament that he will donate half his presidential salary to the new Nelson Mandela Thuma Mina Fund, to be launched on July 18, and administered by the Nelson … [Read More...]

Municipal irregular expenditure up by 75%

General Report on the National and Provincial Audit Outcomes 2016 - 2017 Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu’s report released in Parliament Wednesday shows that municipal irregular expenditure has … [Read More...]

Armscor retains management and operation of Simon’s Town dockyard

defenceWeb Armscor takes note of the decision by Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula not to allow a proposed take-over of the Simon’s Town naval dockyard by … [Read More...]

The tragic sorry state of the SANDF

defenceWeb - 21 May 2018 Opposition parties – the Freedom Front Plus (FF+) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) – both bemoaned the sorry state of affairs in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) in … [Read More...]

ANC to test the Constitution on EWC

The ANC must pass the Expropriation Bill now and insert a clause... that says 'without compensation'. News24 ~ The ANC has resolved that it will test the Constitution, as it pertains to land … [Read More...]