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Ramaphosa doesn't believe SA Tourism's R1bn Tottenham deal is 'justified'
3rd February 2023 SA Tourism's three-year multimillion-pound deal to sponsor English Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur is being opposed by President Cyril... →
ANC appealing cadre deployment court order to keep its skeletons in the closet, says DA's Schreiber
3rd February 2023 The African National Congress is trying to hide its cadre deployment records by appealing the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg's order that it... →
New speaker 'elected', confidence motion rule passed despite collapse of Ekurhuleni meeting
3rd February 2023 After hours of arguing, the Ekurhuleni municipality's caucus meeting disintegrated into chaos on Thursday night after half the councillors walked... →
'Historic victory': Court orders ANC to give DA its cadre deployment records
3rd February 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa's words before the Zondo Commission - that it is inappropriate for African National Congress (ANC) deployment committee... →
State capture trial: Gupta-linked Nulane case adjourned after NPA fails to locate witness
2nd February 2023 The National Prosecuting Authority's first state capture trial - the Gupta-linked Nulane case - has been adjourned until Monday after hearing... →
You and your MMCs must resign, ActionSA tells Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell
2nd February 2023 ActionSA has asked Ekurhuleni Mayor Tania Campbell and her mayoral committee to resign. In a statement on Thursday, the party cited the resignation... →
Kenny Kunene to be sworn in as City of Joburg councillor
2nd February 2023 The Patriotic Alliance's Kenny Kunene will be sworn in to the Johannesburg council, executive mayor Thapelo Amad confirmed. Amad is set to announce... →
EFF unhappy about seating arrangements at SoNA, wants more front row seats
2nd February 2023 The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is unhappy about the seating arrangements for next week's State of the Nation Address (SoNA) in the Cape Town... →
Zuma's private prosecution of Maughan, Downer postponed in less than a minute
2nd February 2023 Former president Jacob Zuma's private prosecution of State advocate Billy Downer and News24 journalist Karyn Maughan has been postponed to 4... →
Malema, Snyman apply for magistrate's recusal in firearms-related case
2nd February 2023 The firearms-related trial of Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard, Adriaan Snyman, has taken a new twist with a... →