President Zuma’s photographer suspended over ‘skimpy clothing and seductive conduct’
A squabble over a government employee’s alleged skimpy dressing and seductive conduct in front of President Jacob Zuma and his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, has led to her suspension. Siyasanga Mbambani, an assistant director of media production in the presidential unit of the Government and Communications Information System (GCIS), was suspended on Friday. This took place […]
South Africa’s True Cost of SONA Revealed – R11 Million and Counting
Replies to questions I submitted immediately following the State of the Nation Address (SONA) have revealed that the cost of the 2017 edition has reached an astonishing R11 million. On 2 February, Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana told media that R4 million had been budgeted for the event. However, replies to written questions to the […]
South Sudan President Kiir to Give State of the Nation Address
South Sudanese President President Salva Kiir will Tuesday afternoon deliver the state of nation address in Juba. President Kiir is expected to brief parliamentarians on a number issues the young nation was grappling with. They include the recent wave of high level resignations from his government. Those quitting accuse President Kiir of spearheading a tribal […]
S.African Govt to Conduct Pre-Colonial Land Audit to Transform The Historic Patterns of Ownership, Use And Occupation
Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti says government will conduct a colonial land audit to transform the historic patterns of ownership, use and occupation. The Minister said this when he participated in day one of the debate on the State of the Nation Address at the National Assembly on Tuesday. He said this […]
Julius Malema Lambasts White Shirts for ‘Squeezing His Balls’
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema said security in Parliament “squeezed his balls” during the tussle to forcibly remove him from President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address. In a tweet on Friday afternoon, Malema posted a photo of security guards, dressed in white shirts, holding him. “The bastard is squeezing my balls yeses, […]
Punch Up, Smoke in South African Parliament, Violence Outside
A massive brawl, involving Economic Freedom Fighters members and security dressed in white shirts, broke out in Parliament ahead of President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Tear gas, or pepper spray, was also apparently used in the public gallery in the National Assembly as EFF MPs were forced out, though it was […]
