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31 May 2013
 
 
Zuma takes a drubbing for run on rand
ECONOMY
The next time South African President Jacob Zuma wants to talk up the economy, he might do better to hold his tongue. On Friday, a day after convening a "special" news conference to try to stem...
 
 
17 May 2013
 
AMCU threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill'
LABOUR
The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union on Friday threatened to bring Africa's top economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up the...
 
 
12 Mar 2013
 
SA: Statement by Nomvula Mokonyane, Gauteng Premier, saddened by the passing of Mandy Rossouw (12/03/2013)
STATEMENT
“Let me pass my condolences to the family and friends of journalist, Mandy Rossouw, who was found dead at her house at the tender age of 33 years on Monday. There is no doubt in my mind that...
 
 
19 Feb 2013
 
UASA: Statement by André Venter, UASA spokesperson, asserts that NUM and AMCU aggression was to be expected (19/02/2013)
STATEMENT
Yesterday’s regrettable unrest at Amplats in Rustenburg was to be expected. The latest incidence is yet another example of unintended consequences of Section 18 of the Labour Relations Act, and...
 
 
18 Feb 2013
 
SA: Statement by David Maynier, DA Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, on Thabo Masebe's lie about the existence of a secret Presidential Manual (18/02/2013)
STATEMENT
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s spokesperson, Thabo Masebe, may have been caught out in a lie about the existence of a secret Presidential Manual.
 
 
23 Jul 2012
 
SA: Statement by Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, giving Crime Line thumbs up (23/07/2012)
STATEMENT
President Jacob Zuma has lauded the anonymous tip-off service, Crime Line for its contribution in the fight against crime in South Africa. Zuma was speaking after cutting the Crime Line 5th...
 
 
28 May 2012
 
City Press to remove Zuma picture
PAINTING
City Press editor Ferial Haffajee says the publication will remove the picture of the controversial portrait by Brett Murray from its website, which depicts President Jacob Zuma in an offensive...
 
 
01 Mar 2012
 
DA: Statement by Sejamothopo Motau MP, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Labour, on the Compensation Fund (01/03/2012)
STATEMENTS
The Compensation Fund Commissioner, Shadrack Mkhonto, recently stated on Talk Radio 702 that the Compensation Fund’s total asset value had grown to R27.6 billion by the end of last year. At the...
 
 
18 Aug 2010
 
Cosatu calls for unwinding of Mittal's R9,1bn BEE deal, steel nationalisation
BLACK EMPOWERMENT
South Africa's influential Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has added its weight to a call by one of its affiliates for government to intervene to reverse "seriously embarrassing"...
 
 
17 Aug 2010
 
ANC likens media to Bin Laden — Sanef
MEDIA & POLITICS
The South African National Editors Forum (Sanef) was willing to talk about improving self-regulation, but it did not appreciate the public slamming of the media by African National Congress (ANC)...
 
 
24 Mar 2010
 
Malema still stirring
RACIAL TENSION
African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema remained in the eye of the storm on Tuesday after angering various groups with his latest comments.
 
 
14 Dec 2009
 
DA: Statement by Helen Zille, leader of the Democratic Alliance, on the President’s defence of Simelane (14/12/2009)
Statements

By insisting that the National Prosecuting Authority report to the government, President Jacob Zuma has demonstrated the extent of the threat that he and his administration pose to our...

 
 
Govt is NPA’s boss, Zuma says unequivocally
JUSTICE
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must report to the government because some of its decisions have "implications", President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
 
 
Zuma unfazed by alliance squabbles ahead of NEC meeting
ANC NEC
In-fighting among alliance partners is expected to top the agenda of the African National Congress's (ANC's) ANC's last national executive committee (NEC) meeting of the year on Monday, but...
 
 
12 Oct 2009
 
Zuma did not mean police must shoot randomly — Presidency
CRIME
President Jacob Zuma's support for an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act was not meant to be translated into a licence to shoot randomly, his spokesperson said on Monday.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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