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29 Oct 2012
 
 
 
 
Daily podcast – October 29, 2012.
PODCAST
South African President Jacob Zuma intends to drop a four-year-old lawsuit claiming nearly $600 000 in damages from a cartoonist who depicted him poised to rape "Lady Justice.
 
 
28 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Presidency, on President Zuma withdrawing charges against Jonathan Shapiro and Avusa (28/10/2012)
STATEMENT
In December 2008 President Jacob Zuma instituted a legal claim against Avusa Media, publishers of The Sunday Times, the newspaper’s editor at the time Mr Mondli Makhanya, and its editorial...
 
 
18 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, denies “attack” on Public Protector (18/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development rejects the Sunday Times (dated 14 October 2012) front page article with a headline “Public Protector under attack”.
 
 
15 Oct 2012
 
SA: Statement by Donald Grant, Western Cape Education MEC, on plans to improve education opportunities for learners (15/10/2012)
STATEMENT
The plan has been developed to accommodate the needs and improve the lives of learners at schools that were identified and recommended to me by the Western Cape Education Department for possible...
 
 
08 Oct 2012
 
DA: Statement by Marian Shinn, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Communications, calling on Minister Pule to account for SABC deception (07/10/2012)
STATEMENT
Communications Minister Dina Pule must explain why she deceived South Africa about the success of the SABC’s turnaround strategy in the light of the revelations of continuing corruption at the...
 
 
01 Oct 2012
 
Change in the ANC crucial – Sexwale
ANC POLITICS
Change in the African National Congress (ANC) is imperative and it must go beyond a rotation of leaders, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said. "So far, the debate [on change] seems to be...
 
 
10 Sep 2012
 
DA: Statement by James Selfe, Democratic Alliance DA Shadow Minister of Correctional Services, on Correctional Services employing former convicts (10/09/2012)
STATEMENT
The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has apparently appointed a convicted killer as a senior prisons’ official without following procedure or getting security clearance. It was reported...
 
 
02 Sep 2012
 
DA: Statement by Marian Shinn, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Communications, calling for inquiries into Communications Minister Dina Pule to proceed with haste (02/09/2012)
STATEMENT
Yet more revelations of alleged misspending of ICT Indaba sponsors’ money have surfaced today. In light of these revelations, the Public Protector should urgently consider investigating the...
 
 
21 Aug 2012
 
SA: Pieter Mulder: Address by the Freeedom Front Plus Leader, at the debate in Parliament on condolence motion on the Lonmin Mine tragedy at Marikana, Cape Town (21/08/2012)
SPEECH
Mr. Speaker In the normal power struggle between unions and employers no one is suppose to die. When one person dies, it is abnormal and a crisis. When more than 40 people die, it is a massacre of...
 
 
05 Aug 2012
 
DA: Statement by David Maynier, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, asserting that DTI needs major policy overhaul to prevent sanctions busting by SA companies (05/08/2012)
STATEMENT
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies, should be complimented for ordering a forensic investigation into the provision of so-called letters of support by the Department of Trade and...
 
 
26 Jul 2012
 
SA: Statement by the Department Of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, on the Agent Orange maize (26/07/2012)
STATEMENT
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) wishes to confirm that an application for commodity clearance of genetically modified (GM) maize- DAS-40278-9 - from Dow Agro sciences -...
 
 
22 Jul 2012
 
DA: Statement by Annette Lovemore, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Basic Education, declaring that Minister Motshekga must set final textbook deadline (22/07/2012)
STATEMENT
Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga must set a final deadline for the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo and commit to tendering her resignation if this deadline is not met. One in five learners...
 
 
13 Jul 2012
 
Who will chair the African Union Commission – Gabon, SA or another country?
Africa Institute of South Africa
The stalemate of the elections for the chairperson of the AU Commission in January 2012 and the upcoming continuation of this saga at the July 2012 summit must be déjà vu for South Africa....
 
 
12 Jul 2012
 
SA: Statement by Phandu TC Skelemani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on Dr Jean Ping's response to Sunday Times article (12/07/2012)
STATEMENT
I would like to raise a matter of grave concern to my delegation and the Southern Africa region. We were alarmed to note that on Tuesday 10 July this week, a press statement was issued by Dr. Jean...
 
 
11 Jul 2012
 
SA: Statement by Department of Public Works, on fraud awareness presentations (11/07/2012)
STATEMENT
The Fraud Awareness and Investigations (FAI) Unit held Fraud Awareness Presentations for all Department of Public Works (DPW) Head office units from 25 June 2012 to 29 June 2012.
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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