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30 Aug 2012
 
 
Act on corruption – Gordhan
ECONOMY
South Africans need to work together to prevent the country from giving in to a culture of greed and corruption, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday. "Let me tell you that from where...
 
 
29 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Dene Smuts, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on the latest artistic rendition of the Presidential anatomy (29/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The ANC would do well to ignore the latest artistic rendition of the Presidential anatomy, as it should have ignored the first. The Spear saga has clearly triggered a new genre: the Naked Emperor....
 
 
DA: Statement by Junita Kloppers-Lourens, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Science & Technology, applauds discovery of anti-Malaria compound (29/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The DA welcomes the news that the University of Cape Town (UCT)’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre (H3-D) has identified a compound that has the potential to both prevent and cure Malaria....
 
 
28 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Annette Steyn, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, proclaiming that Tina Joemat-Pettersson can’t take the heat (28/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The infamous Tina Joemat-Pettersson has again demonstrated that she is not keen to account for her management of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). She has indefinitely...
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – August 28, 2012.
PODCAST
Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies says that the revised broad-based black economic-empowerment (or BBBEE) codes, which Cabinet approved last week, will accelerate the implementation of BEE...
 
 
SA: Statement by African National Congress Youth League, on the NEC meeting held on the 17th to 18th August 2012 (28/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) National Executive Committee (NEC) met at an ordinary meeting on the 17th and 18th August 2012. The meeting was called, as per the constitutional...
 
 
27 Aug 2012
 
OR Tambo election sheds some light on Mangaung battle
ROAD TO MANGAUNG
The ANC's OR Tambo regional election outcome was not a decisive event in the party's leadership race, but did give some clues, analysts said on Monday. "I don't think OR Tambo tells us either way...
 
 
26 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Debbie Schafer, Democratic Alliance Shadow Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, on ANC bowing to pressure from traditional leaders (26/08/2012)
STATEMENT
At the beginning of Women's Month, Minister Lulu Xingwana announced with a bang that Justice Minister Jeff Radebe had agreed that the Traditional Courts Bill did not pass constitutional muster, and...
 
 
23 Aug 2012
 
Lonmin is only the tip of the iceberg
OPINION
The tragic events of last week where around 45 protestors and two policemen lost their lives at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine were the result of a complex set of events with no single party to...
 
 
17 Aug 2012
 
 
 
Lead-up to Mangaung exciting South Africa’s popular imagination
POLITICAL INSIGHT
In October, if things go according to schedule, the African National Congress (ANC) will officially start the leadership nominations process, two months before its fifty-third national conference.
 
 
16 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Lindiwe Mazibuko, Parliamentary Leader of the Democratic Alliance, alleging that President Zuma has abandoned unemployed youth (16/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The failure of the President to implement the Youth Wage Subsidy is a failure of political leadership that shames us all. This is the first time in our democratic parliament that a President has...
 
 
13 Aug 2012
 
Analysts warn of ANC regional rifts
ANC RIFTS
Deepening rifts between ANC members in provincial regions could create a crisis for the ruling party, political analysts said on Monday. Signs of internal tension were becoming more and more...
 
 
07 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by Tim Harris, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Finance, commenting that business confidence undermined as ANC leaders scramble for position (07/08/2012)
STATEMENT
Business confidence has reportedly reached a twelve year low, undermined by policy confusion in the lead up to the ANC leadership battle at Mangaung. The President's failure to lead a path through...
 
 
06 Aug 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – August 6, 2012.
PODCAST
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a lightning visit to Malawi on Sunday to congratulate its new president, one of only two female heads of State in Africa, for pulling her impoverished...
 
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, Leader of the Democratic Alliance, on jobs seekers' grant not creating jobs (06/08/2012)
STATEMENT
Note to editors: The following statement was distributed at a press conference hosted in Parliament today by Democratic Alliance Leader Helen Zille, DA Parliamentary Leader Lindiwe Mazibuko and DA...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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