The EFF has called upon President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Department of Public Entreprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for allegedly deliberately destroying state-owned companies and running the South African economy down the drain. Spokesperson Sinawo Thambo said the office of the Auditor-General’s damning reports into the state-owned enterprises overseen by the minister were proof of his… Continue reading Gordhan Must Go, Says EFF
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King Charles’ coronation: EFF slams ‘flaunting of stolen diamond’
Left-wing political party, the EFF, has once again condemned the British monarchy’s continuous public display of the diamond taken from South Africa in 1907, said to be worth R6 billion, that adorns the royal crown. The party was responding to the display of the world’s biggest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, at the… Continue reading King Charles’ coronation: EFF slams ‘flaunting of stolen diamond’
Bester more likely to serve time in Tanzania – lawyer Godrich Gardee
A PROMINENT lawyer has cautioned South Africans not to hold their breath on the immediate return of recaptured rapist and murderer Thabo Bester. Godrich Gardee, who is also former EFF secretary-general Gardee, said the Tanzanian Police Field Force Unit (FFU) had a reputation for holding criminals accountable. He told African Times that they might force… Continue reading Bester more likely to serve time in Tanzania – lawyer Godrich Gardee
The Panic And Paranoia Could Only Expose Government’s Shortcomings And Propensity For Heavy-Handedness And Militarisation
MOGOMOTSI MOGODIRI WHILST reflecting on the impact of the EFF “national shutdown”, my attention was drawn to a media statement on the use of the army to suppress legitimate protests in eSwatini released by the ANC in 2021. In it, the ANC emphatically scolded the eSwatini junta by stating, in part, that “the use of… Continue reading The Panic And Paranoia Could Only Expose Government’s Shortcomings And Propensity For Heavy-Handedness And Militarisation
State security questioned over ‘wrong shutdown intelligence’
EFF leader Julius Malema has questioned the strength of the South African intelligence community following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deployment of the army for a month. Ramaphosa deployed the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the wake of reports that the EFF’s national shutdown might result in anarchy characterised by looting, vandalism, and loss of… Continue reading State security questioned over ‘wrong shutdown intelligence’