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Making headlines: Mbalula congratulates ANCYL on successful conference, Zuma's private prosecution of Ramaphosa declared unlawful and food producers warn of higher prices as infrastructure crumbles

 

Mbalula congratulates ANCYL on successful conference

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has extended the party’s congratulations to the Youth League for a successful long awaited 26th national congress, calling it an important political milestone.

Mbalula was addressing the media where he outlined the outcomes of the ANC’s National Working Committee and where he said the youth league would now be able to position itself as a “true champion of youth development”.

The ANC NWC also welcomed the Public Protector report which found nothing untoward in the Phala Phala saga which implicated President Cyril Ramaphosa.

On the road rage incident involving the Deputy President’s security detail, Mbalula said the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, under the guidance of Police Minister Bheki Cele, must leave no stone unturned.

 

Zuma's private prosecution of Ramaphosa declared unlawful

Former president Jacob Zuma's "private prosecution" of his successor Cyril Ramaphosa has been declared unlawful and is set aside.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg handed down its judgment in Ramaphosa's application to scupper Zuma's private prosecution, which was brought on the eve of the ANC's national elective conference in December.

Zuma accused Ramaphosa of being an accessory after the fact following the alleged leaking of his personal medical records.

 

Food producers warn of higher prices as infrastructure crumbles

South African food producers, among the biggest on the continent, are spending hundreds of millions of rand mitigating prolonged rolling power blackouts, water supply issues and crumbling infrastructure.

This investment, sometimes at the cost of essential capital expenditure, will eventually be passed onto consumers, making food prices higher for longer, food companies, said economists and lobby groups.

It comes at a time when South Africa is already struggling with acute unemployment, 14-year high interest rates and ballooning inflation.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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