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Floyd Shivambu's fantastical tirade shows fear within the EFF
news24.com
What do you call a socialist politician who travels in a car worth R800 000 with his R124 000 Louis Vuitton luggage, while wearing red overalls to …
Business Insider
Cyril Ramaphosa
How much world political leaders in 45 countries earn compared with the average citizen
Business Insider - David Scutt
• Income inequality is increasing around the world, both in developed and developing nations.• There is also a wide discrepancy between how much major political leaders earn compared to those they govern.•
African National Congress
Mashaba denounces Gordhan explanation on Denel loan
iol.co.za - ANA Reporter
JOHANNESBURG - Mayor Herman Mashaba has accused public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan of being "economical with the truth" in explaining how …
Business (South Africa)
Mkhize opens up about mystery R60m 'erroneously' transferred to a North West municipality
fin24.com - Lameez Omarjee, Fin24
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Zweli Mkhize says that the department had erroneously transferred an additional R60m to a …
Business (South Africa)
Sars paid lawyers R120,000 to read a book for Moyane
businesslive.co.za - www.businesslive.co.za
Suspended SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane had the tax agency pay a law firm R120,000 to read a book in order to determine whether …
Nelson Mandela
Eastern Cape ANC dissolves Nelson Mandela Bay regional executive committee
citizen.co.za - ANA
The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape has disbanded its Nelson Mandela Bay regional executive committee (REC) and will appoint a …
News (South Africa)
Vrede dairy farm project whistleblower found murdered
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Riaan Grobler As the North Gauteng High Court hears the DA's application for the review of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane's report on the Vrede …
African Politics
Pik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid
theconversation.com - James Hamill
The death of Roelof Frederik “Pik” Botha, South Africa’s apartheid era foreign minister from 1977 to 1994, has produced a range of appraisals of his …
Cyril Ramaphosa
Nugent Commission: Gartner Consultants to testify
politicalanalysis.co.za
Acting head of business and individual tax Fabian Murray also took to the stand and apologised to current staff and called for apolitical …
Business (South Africa)
Gartner drafted terms of reference for SARS multi-million rand contract, inquiry hears
fin24.com - Sibongile Khumalo
Gartner, the company which was awarded a nearly R200m contract to design an IT strategy for SARS was involved in drawing up the terms of reference …
Cyril Ramaphosa
National Director of Public Prosecutions Selection Panel convenes first meeting
politicalanalysis.co.za
The panel is chaired by Energy Minister Jeff Radebe and includes Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, Chairperson of the South African Human Rights …
Cyril Ramaphosa
Unfettered presidential power genuflects to politics – De Vos
biznews.com - Stuart Lowman
CAPE TOWN — From this learned analysis of the constitutional provisions, it seems the DA is barking up the wrong tree in asking a court to overrule …
Tito Mboweni
Mboweni's Maiden Medium-Term Budget Speech a Tricky Juggle for a Politician, Businessman, Farmer and Reserve Bank Governor
allafrica.com - Marianne Merten / Daily Maverick
If ever there was a finance minister to deliver bad news, it's Tito Mboweni. Sworn in two weeks ago, he complained that President Cyril Ramaphosa had …
Cyril Ramaphosa
Racist nurse in trouble for asking woman why she dates ‘k*****s’
citizen.co.za - Citizen reporter
A former nurse at Life Anncron hospital in Klerskdorp is the latest to gain notoriety for her use of the k-word, after she sent a post to a woman …
News (South Africa)
'We'll appoint an NDPP who'll be slippery to clutches of state capture' - Ramaphosa
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Tshidi Madia President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the 8th annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture at the Artscape Theatre. (Brenton Geach, Gallo …
Cyril Ramaphosa
ANCWL says #TotalShutDown movement 'anti-Dlamini'
iol.co.za - Getrude Makhafola
The ANC Women's League's young women desk on Tuesday lambasted the TotalShutDown movement.
Business (South Africa)
Public Service Commission hits out at Minister over 'irregular' appointment of special advisor in two posts
fin24.com - Khulekani Magubane, Fin24
The Director General of the Public Service Commission, Dovhani Mamphiswana, told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on …
SARS
Somebody Mixed That SARS IT Chief’s Trainwreck Interview Into A Dance Track [Audio]
2oceansvibe.com - Jasmine Stone
Looking for a catchy beat, that at the same time reminds you of just how much kak SARS is in?Well, look no further, because there’s now a dance track …
Hong Kong
Opening ceremony of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge marks a new era of integration
chinadaily.com.cn - 陈子琰
ZHUHAI – President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony on Tuesday morning for the world’s longest undersea-and-bridge complex, which links Hong …
News (South Africa)
Eskom plans first major battery storage project
news24.com - Alexander Winning, Reuters
Related Links Eskom is planning its first major battery storage project as President Cyril Ramaphosa seeks to boost renewable energy usage and reduce …
Business (South Africa)
Gartner admits to the failure of its Sars work
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IT consultancy Gartner has admitted that the R200m work it did for Sars did not deliver value for money for the key state institution. Gartner head of …
SARS
Gartner admits to playing part in writing terms of reference for lucrative Sars contract
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Global consultancy firm Gartner has admitted to playing a part in writing the terms of reference for the lucrative IT assessment contract they …
Economic Freedom Fighters
WATCH: MPs demand Floyd Shivambu ‘pay back the money’
citizen.co.za - Kaunda Selisho
Earlier today Economic Freedom Fighters deputy president Floyd Shivambu almost missed an opportunity to make his contributions to a parliamentary …
Business (South Africa)
| Manuel: Send VBS perpetrators to jail
fin24.com - www.fin24.com
'R2bn was stolen from very poor people. The people who stole it must go to jail,' the former finance minister has said.
Cyril Ramaphosa
VBS Scandal - Municipality Fights to Recover Investment Millions
allafrica.com
VBS Scandal - Municipality Fights to Recover Investment MillionsThe Mahikeng Local Municipality has launched an urgent Limpopo High Court bid to have …
News (South Africa)
Medium term budget to clarify proposed stimulus package - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport
sabcnews.com - Tshepo Mongoai
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni‘s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) is expected to give clarity on government’s intention to reprioritise …
SARS
Exposed: Bain & Co developed strategy to corrupt SARS
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New evidence reveals that Bain & Co were actively working on cleaning out the South African Revenue Service of employees likely to stand in the way …
Business (South Africa)
Salary increases mainly get pocketed by the taxman
businesslive.co.za - www.businesslive.co.za
Take home pay has barely kept up with inflation while Sars’s take has mushroomed over the past five years, bank data shows 23 October 2018 - 12:17 …
Nelson Mandela
VIDEO: Moeletsi Mbeki pays tribute to Pik Botha at memorial service
iol.co.za - Rudzani Matshili
Former president of South Africa FW de Klerk and Chief Justice Mogoeng Reetsang Mogoeng were also in attendance
Political Satire
Cartoonists can be an important voice of dissent: but they can also be divisive
theconversation.com - Daniel Hammett
Rwanda has introduced legislation which criminalises the public humiliation or insult – through gestures, writings or cartoons – of national …