Johannesburg – While some of Jacob Zuma’s staunch supporters are ready to see him leave the Presidency this week, others have warned party president Cyril Ramaphosa that removing Zuma now could shatter his fragile hold on the party and the unity they have portrayed. The ANC is holding its

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Stockholm – Swedish clothing giant H&M on Tuesday said it had withdrawn from sale a green hoodie with the inscription “coolest monkey in the jungle” after an ad featuring a black child triggered racism accusations. The company apologised on its Twitter account and said it

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Pretoria – The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) on Sunday said it will approach the US Embassy to ask for an explanation on a recent statement by President Donald Trump in which he apparently termed African countries as being “shitholes”.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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