Category: News
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Rise Mzansi announces participation in GNU
Reading Time: < 1 minute Rise Mzansi has decided to join the Government of National Unity. The party’s National Leadership Collective took the decision last night bringing the number of parties participating in the GNU to nine. The party says it has been consulting with various political parties over the last two weeks on how…
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Picking a cabinet a big challenge for the President: Analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes South Africans are eagerly waiting for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of the new cabinet. It’s not clear when he will make the announcement. Ramaphosa is reported to be consulting with leaders of parties that have opted to join the Government of National Unity (GNU). The PA, PAC and Rise Mzansi are…
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From MPs to the President, what do they earn
Reading Time: 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce his cabinet on Sunday. As the country waits to see the make-up of the seventh administration, we take a look at the salaries these ministers will earn. According to the Constitution an independent body should make recommendations regarding the salaries, allowances and benefits of…
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IEC reiterates nothing underhanded with election results dashboard update
Reading Time: 2 minutes The IEC has reiterated that the results for the national and provincial elections as well as the seats assigned to political parties on the 2nd of June have not changed. This, as it sought to explain the update it made on the dashboard of its online results platform. The update resulted…
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Parly Deputy Speaker Annelie Lotriet sees new role as historic
Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance Member of Parliament, Annelie Lotriet, has described her new position as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly as a great responsibility. This is as the ANC and the DA reached a deal to form a Government of National Unity (GNU) together with the Patriotic Alliance, GOOD and the IFP…
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Pomp and ceremony for presidential inauguration
Reading Time: 2 minutes The presidential inauguration to be held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria today will be accompanied by pomp and ceremony befitting an incoming head of state and government. Much of this will include the participation of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), with a full battalion pledging its allegiance to…
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Health lobby group calls on Ramaphosa to downsize his Cabinet
Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to downsize the new Cabinet and prioritize the health budget instead. The call comes ahead of Ramaphosa’s inauguration today. Ramaphosa was elected President of the country during a National Assembly vote last Friday. He was up against EFF…
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Crowds descend on Union Buildings for presidential inauguration
Reading Time: 2 minutes Members of the public have started trickling in at the Union Buildings ahead of today’s presidential inauguration. Among those who arrived at the crack of dawn for the formal occasion are elderly members from the Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue Federasie (SAVF) in Ruimte, north of Pretoria. The pensioners, who are mostly over 80…
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Heightened security in Gauteng due to Presidential inauguration
Reading Time: 2 minutes The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) says they have heightened police visibility in the Gauteng province ahead of the Presidential inauguration. Traffic officials from the Tshwane, Ekurhuleni and Johannesburg Metro Police Departments have also been deployed at all key points. Deputy Police Commissioner Lieutenant General and Chairperson of NATJOINTS,…
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John Steenhuisen hits back at Zuma over GNU remarks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has rubbished claims by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader and former President Jacob Zuma that the recently-constituted Government of National Unity (GNU) is meaningless. Steenhuisen was speaking to SABC News on the sidelines of the Presidential Inauguration underway at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.…