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South African politics are changing The ANC's popularity has declined, leading to the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) with the DA and other political groups, but tensions are rising between the DA and other political groups as the DA has eroded the popularity of the ANC. Demanding control over key government departments And that Termination of Director's ContractThis has drawn criticism from the ANC and could make the transition to power extremely difficult. Tolerance, Accordance, and Respect for the Country's Constitution To establish a truly inclusive, efficient and representative GNU. The South African political landscape has seen…
Good Luck Band members Juliet Harding and Ben Peters welcomed their baby, Skylar Scout Lulu Peters, after an intense labor. Good Luck Band members Juliet Harding and Ben Peters have welcomed a baby, Skylar Scout Lulu Peters. Harding said her newborn daughter has already taught her a lesson or two in her short time on this earth. Harding had been planning for a home birth for months, but her daughter apparently had other plans. “The concept of a calm, fear-free, empowering birth led by a team of midwives was (and still is) the perfect idea of how I imagined giving…
Reading Time: 2 MinutesThe Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said in court documents that there is no evidence of significant fraud in attempts by the newly formed Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party to annul the 2024 national and provincial elections. The commission filed a response in the Electoral Tribunal, opposing the application which it claims is based on a “totally unsubstantiated list of allegations.” This comes after the MK Party filed papers earlier this month seeking an order declaring the May 2024 elections invalid as they were not free and fair. The party claimed there were discrepancies in the count of more…
Reading Time: 2 MinutesActionSA parliamentary group leader Athol Trollip said he wanted an investigation into the swearing-in of former Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Zizi Kodwa, into parliament. Kodwa was sworn in on Tuesday along with 58 other Mkhonto weSizwe (MK) party members. He was formally charged with corruption earlier this month and resigned from his ministerial post. The charges come after a National Bribery Commission report recommended he engaged in corruption involving alleged bribes amounting to R1.6 million. Trollip said Kodwa's reinstatement went against what the African National Congress (ANC) and the president have been saying for years.…
Reading Time: Five MinutesThe seventh administration’s constitutional process has been delayed as signatories to the Statement of Intent (SOI) have struggled to find each other. These talks are being led by the SOI, and the 10 parties who signed are legally bound by it. Since taking office, all executive power has been in the hands of President Cyril Ramaphosa, but South Africans are eagerly awaiting the announcement of his cabinet and therefore executive branch. The president still has constitutional powers, but to what extent does the letter of intent dictate how the president can carry out his constitutional duties? The…
Reading Time: 2 MinutesThe Umkhonto weSizwe party says it will picket outside the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court in KwaZulu-Natal. This follows the arrest of the Pietermaritzburg district manager of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for allegedly tampering with ballot papers in the recent national elections. The party announced earlier this month that it would file a lawsuit in an international court over allegations of fraud in last month's elections. “The picketing and protest march is legal and was initiated by our area in Pietermaritzburg in collaboration with the MK party,” MK KZN spokesperson Vincent Mdunzi said. “This is to expose our…
Reading Time: 3 MinutesWe can’t expect trash politics, but we can certainly expect the executive to be held to account, and we can’t expect the MK Party to be part of the proposed Government of National Unity (GNU).These are the views of Umkhonto weSizwe parliamentary leader, Dr John Hollophe. It's judgement day for the MK leaders who have finally arrived at the party to be sworn in as MPs. Though the party still intends to contest the election results, its 58 MPs are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work. “Some of the parties in the Government…
Dr Musa Mutombeni recalls how in 2021 his wife Liesel Rowley surprised him with celebrations for his 30th and 31st birthdays. He penned a lengthy message about the celebration on Instagram and flooded his timeline with gorgeous photos from the event. On this day in 2021, Liesel secretly organized a 30th/31st birthday party for my amazing, awesome, beautiful, handsome, sexy, incredibly lovely husband (I couldn't have a 30th birthday party because I turned 30 in 2020, aka social distancing season, aka COVID-19, aka banana bread and pineapple mukunboti season). And it was all a secret. Under the lie of “let's…
Reading Time: 2 MinutesPolitical analyst Professor Ntsikelelo Breakfast says forming a minority government is not what the country needs if the seventh administration fails to form a Government of National Unity (GNU). Professor Breakfast made the comments amid protracted negotiations over the GNU, which was formed after the African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in the May 29 elections. It has been a week since Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in as the country's president in a hotly contested election on May 29. But Ramaphosa is yet to announce his presidential title. This has led to speculation about the possibility…
former Western Cape judge John Hollophe; Jacob Zuma's Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) party considers itself the official opposition and will use that role to fight for the abolition of private land ownership, the party's new leader, former judge John Horofe, said on Tuesday. “With the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) now part of the national unity government, we consider ourselves the official opposition in the country,” Hlophe said after being sworn in as MPs along with other members of his party. “We will be working very closely with other progressive parties in the opposition, I have the EFF in mind. [Economic Freedom…