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ANC has ordered Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board to rescind Brian Molefe’s return.

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“We met with Lynne Brown and all of us present said ‘comrades, that decision must be rescinded’,” ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe. The party’s top six summoned Brown to Luthuli House on Monday. He said the party warned that the matter was likely to end up in court. The DA approached the high court in..
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Duplicitous UK Gov ignored Mugabe atrocities in Zimbabwe for “fear of a mass white exodus” and to protect business interests.

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British government officials remained “willfully blind” to the massacre of tens of thousands of dissidents in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe in order to protect the UK’s political and business interests in the violence-wracked country, new research claims. According to thousands of documents obtained under Freedom of Information laws by Dr. Hazel Cameron, a lecturer in international relations..
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Just a question – Should the broadcasting Act be amended ??

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The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s recent proposal to amend the Broadcasting Act (1999) is, in principle, correct. But the manner in which the SABC wants the Act changed is helpful to the SABC and to marketing its case to the public. The Act, specifically the regulations regarding television licence fees, prescribes payment of a fee..
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Lindiwe Sisulu’s court bid will help reverse effects of apartheid.

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The Western Cape ANC welcomed Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s decision to take the Western Cape government to court over the sale of the Tafelberg property, saying it will help reverse the legacy of apartheid. In March, the provincial cabinet announced it approved the sale of the property to the Phyllis Jowell Jewish Day School..
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It is OK to abuse tax money as long as you beat a ‘deadline’ when a new law comes into effect

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Public officials who abused taxpayers’ money to get themselves government tenders amounting to R48 million are legally off the hook. More than 200 state employees, who were reported to management for dodgy dealings, couldn’t be touched because a new law hadn’t come into effect yet. And government can’t do anything about it, according to Eugene..
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The SABC wants you to PAY PAY PAY for the sins of Hlaudi

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Look we’ve all heard quite a few ridiculous things come from government officials over the years, we’re even used to ridiculous things coming out of the SABC (#RememberHlaudi). It seems though, that the SABC may still be on the crazy train, that’s if you listen to the latest comment by their CEO at least… Channel24..
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According to Rule 13 of the Uniform Rules of Court, Zuma must explain the reshuffling of his Cabinet.

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Zuma has to explain why he reshuffled his Cabinet because a rule governing high courts about reviews of its decisions demands that he does so, Judge Bashier Vally said on Tuesday. Rule 53 of the Uniform Rules of Court, which governs high court proceedings, was established to regulate on a national basis the procedure to..
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WEF ditched democratic, inclusive pretences by facilitating new G20 privatisation.

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Durban’s World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa conference hosted some of the world’s most controversial politicians last week: not just Jacob Zuma and Malusi Gigaba, Robert Mugabe, Yoweri Museveni, King Mswati and Edgar Lungu, but also the most powerful man in Europe, German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble. At a lecture on Thursday at the University of..
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Zuma has nowhere left to hide

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It is absolutely mind-boggling that Zuma refuses to come to terms with reality. For a while now he has abused the race card to waspishly dismiss a groundswell of protests against his ruinous leadership. This past week, however, his ability to resort to his trademark sniggering and ad hominem attacks launched against protesting South Africans..
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Mugabe declared that Zimbabwe most developed country after SA at the World Economic Forum on Africa

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President Robert Mugabe has told the world that his country is the second most developed in Africa in comments that are likely to befuddle suffering Zimbabweans. The Zimbabwean leader is out in South Africa’s port city of Durban, venue for the World Economic Forum on Africa. Reports from the international convention say President Mugabe took..
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