Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has successfully prevented the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) from Investigating allegations that he participated in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in undeserving students being awarded tertiary qualifications at the University of Fort Hare (UFH). Mabuyane took the SIU to court when it broadened a presidential proclamation to investigate academic qualifications fraud at the university based in Alice. The premier, who is also the ANC chairperson in the province, took the matter to court after feeling…

In what Public Protector advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has labelled the biggest scandal to hit South African democracy, the suspended Chapter 9 institution leader blamed the death of former Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson on “state capture.” Mkhwebane was speaking during her much-anticipated media briefing on allegations that Section 194 chairperson Richard Dyantyi and ANC parliamentary Chief Whip Penny Majodina solicited bribes to make the inquiry go her way. She said the solicitations of the bribes were communicated to her husband,…

The ANC Integrity Commission (IC) released a statement condemning the media, opinion makers, and commentators for seeing it as “toothless.” This statement issued by the Chairperson of the Integrity Commission, George Mashamba, warrants a closer examination.  The statement citing its Terms of Reference reiterates that “it is the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson who are authorised and entrusted with full responsibility to engage the media and release any media statements on the work of the Commission.” It states, “Neither of them…

While President Cyril Ramaphosa was in the process of delivering his budget speech at the National Assembly in Cape Town, a panga-wielding man was protesting naked at the Union Buildings in Pretoria.   The unnamed man was filmed violently hacking at the feet of Nelson Mandela’s statue at the official seat of the South African government atop Meintjieskop on Government Avenue. A passerby alerted the media to the incident, which police have not denied but refused to provide further details…

PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has owned up to the poor governance, weak management and poor maintenance of infrastructure by his government for disease outbreaks, including the latest eruption of cholera. As of Monday, when his weekly letter was made available, the death tollhad risen to 24. Hammanskraal, north of the Gauteng province is theepicentre of the waterborne disease. Dozens more people have beenhospitalised following the outbreak. “We have responsibility – and are determined – to remedy thoseshortcomings in a sustainable way…

President of the African Radical Economic Transformation Alliance (ARETA) Carl “Mpangazitha” Niehaus has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of selling South Africa’s economy to white people, and forgetting the pain that the majority of the country went through. Niehaus was speaking at the launch of his party’s Ward 46 branch in Jabulani, Soweto, on Sunday.  The former ANC spokesperson formed ARETA in February this year after quitting the liberation movement in the midst of several misconduct charges that were levelled against…

MOSCOW, May 12 (Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed global food security and the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis during a telephone conversation on Friday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The Russian side confirmed its readiness to supply needy African countries with substantial amounts of grain and fertiliser, including no-cost deliveries, the Kremlin said. Putin welcomed Ramaphosa’s proposition with regard to the participation of a group of African leaders in potential discussions on the prospects for a resolution…

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 incompetence in managing the department. “The calls for the immediate removal of Pravin Gordhan as Minister of Public Enterprises for his deliberate destruction of strategic…

The Public Service and Commercial Union (PSCU) has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of abandoning workers since he took over as leader of South Africa. The union’s secretary-general, Tahir Maepa, said the country had witnessed weaknesses within the working class under the current administration.  “The miscarriage of justice for millions of unemployed young voters and a wasted golden opportunity. “The deceptive, illusory and very violent show of impunity by government and the private sector has been running for far too long…

In an overnight turn of events, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has made a U-turn on his statement that the ANC had taken a decision for South Africa to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying he had erred. This came after Ramaphosa reiterated the ANC’s statement that it had decided to pull out of the ICC over its double standards and unfair treatment of certain countries and individuals, especially African leaders.  This statement followed the ICC’s international warrant of…