Alliance fracture: SACP Cape slams ANC greed, considers contesting election
The SACP highlighted the fractured leadership of the alliance in the Western Cape, calling it “weak” and “reckless”.
The SACP highlighted the fractured leadership of the alliance in the Western Cape, calling it “weak” and “reckless”.
The DA’s David Maynier plans to submit a parliamentary question to get more information on a reported probe over alleged ”suspicious” payments to a SARS officer.
Poverty, corruption, inequality…the list goes on. Amanpour tackles some of these challenges in an interview with Maimane, talking about the country’s watershed moment.
Sara Gon thinks maybe the time has come to end taking our economic inspiration from BRICS before we burn all our bridges to the West.
Dilma Rousseff became the second president to be impeached in Brazil’s democracy, paving the way for a fundamental shift in economic policy after 13 years of her party’s leftist rule.
Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba says the anti-government protests in Harare last week “crossed a line” – and the authorities won’t tolerate them any more.
In the unlikely event that Pravin Gordhan is replaced, there is a real risk that the country might see a huge degeneration of economic activity, says Azar Jammine.
Events of the past week reflect a nation which possess this vital ingredient in spades. Led by the example of courageous Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
Hours after Gordhan revealed the charges the Hawks were seeking to bring against him, he said politics, power and rent seeking go together and SA needs to reform the system of patronage.
Those who engineered the sale of SA’s Strategic Fuel Fund on the conditions reported, did it solely to enrich themselves. They stole at least R1.5bn, perhaps as much as R2.2bn, from South African taxpayers.