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December 5, 2016

MPs’ canteen out to stop diabetes

Apart from insults, parliament has been serving meals to to staff and MPs this month to beat diabetes. The food ranges from pearled wheat and spinach salad, to home-made popcorn sprinkled with herbs. The menu overhaul was prompted by World Diabetes Month this month. According to NGO Diabetes

November 29, 2016

Trump set to roll out his ‘dream team’ for health care reforms

President-elect Donald Trump will roll out two top members of what he will cast as a “dream team” on Tuesday to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, a transition official told Reuters on Monday. Trump is set to name Georgia congressman Tom Price as Health and Human Services

November 29, 2016

Union calls for Zuma to resign are ‘strange’ – ANC

Cape Town – The calls by Cosatu-affiliated unions for President Jacob Zuma to resign are “strange”, as the African National Congress has never interfered with the leadership of these unions, ANC national spokesperson Zizi Kodwa said on Friday. Kodwa said the party had noted

November 29, 2016

‘Abused’ Zuma to face grilling in Parliament

Cape Town – President Jacob Zuma will face a tough grilling during his last question-and-answer session for the year in the National Assembly. Zuma will answer questions in Parliament on Wednesday, his first appearance since he blasted the Speaker for not “protecting him” during his

November 24, 2016

Jacob Zuma says banks’ move to close Gupta accounts is ‘suspicious’

The decision by four major banks — Nedbank‚ Standard Bank‚ First National Bank (FNB) and Absa — to stop doing business with the Gupta family is suspicious‚ and that is why the banks need to be investigated‚ President Jacob Zuma said in Parliament on Wednesday. “The action looks suspicious

November 24, 2016

EFF accuses ANC of using apartheid laws to fight political opponents

The Economic Freedom Fighters has accused the ANC of refusing to change apartheid laws because they want to continue to use them to fight battles against political opponents. This is after the ANC shot down a motion tabled by the EFF in Parliament on Tuesday calling for all apartheid laws to be

November 24, 2016

‘Save South Africa from President Jacob Zuma’

South Africa needs to be saved from President Jacob Zuma himself‚ ANC stalwart and Save SA convenor Sipho Pityana said on Wednesday Pityana’s remarks came days after Zuma took a swipe at the Save SA campaign‚ dismissively asking who the country should be saved from. Jacob Zuma says banks’ move

November 24, 2016

Committee ‘unanimously nominates’ Dintwe as inspector-general of intelligence

Parliament’s joint standing committee on intelligence selected Stlhoumamaru Dintwe as its preferred candidate for the position of inspector-general of intelligence‚ the legislature announced on Thursday. The former head of the police practice department at the University of South Africa was

November 24, 2016

Evidence of corruption against SA’s acting police commissioner was ‘ignored’

Evidence of corruption against SA’s acting police commissioner was ‘ignored’ Phahlane is reportedly being probed after contacting witnesses after discovering that his property was under scrutiny by Ipid. File photo Image by: SIMPHIWE NKWALI Evidence of alleged corruption against South

November 24, 2016

‘There was prompt corrective action to lance the boil’ – advocate argues urgency of NPA trio’s suspension

Freedom Under Law and the Helen Suzman Foundation began their arguments before the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday on why they want President Jacob Zuma to suspend National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shaun Abrahams and two other prosecutors with immediate effect. The

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MPs’ canteen out to stop diabetes