Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe says some ANC members are destroying each other.Mantashe said there is also a tendency to attack President Cyril Ramaphosa.He adds the ANC has failed to exploit cracks in the DA.ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe has spoken out against an emerging tendency for ANC leaders of…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille no longer has the power to discipline suspended public works director-general Sam Vukela.President Cyril Ramaphosa granted it to Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu.Vukela was suspended after an investigation report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) implicated him in allegations of fraudulent contract management and irregular payments…
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has approached the ANC's integrity committee to account for the controversy around the CR17 campaign.He told the party's national executive committee (NEC) he is prepared to subject himself to the party's processes. This appeared to disarm Ramaphosa's detractors in the NEC as the party's top brass deliberated on corruption. In a…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: GCIS President Cyril Ramaphosa said Cabinet had established an inter-ministerial committee on the employment of foreign nationals. Ramaphosa said the inter-ministerial committee would deal with the migration of foreign nationals for employment and decisions on special dispensation permits.He said it was important to "resist the urge to blame our economic challenges…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. As we count the devastating cost the coronavirus pandemic has had on our economy, we must resist the temptation to relegate the critical issue of climate change to the back-burner, writes Cyril Ramaphosa in his weekly newsletter.Dear Fellow South African,The coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the social, economic, business…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…