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Madonsela takes to twitter: Stop interfering

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela on Tuesday took to twitter and told politicians to stop interfering with her work. “Administrative scrutiny is a reality if our constitutional democracy. It’s not a political exercise & Politicians should stop interfering [sic],” she tweeted. African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe and his deputy Jesse Duarte criticised Madonsela and … Read more

ANC prefers local buyer for Amplats mines

By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) would like a local company to buy mines being sold by Anglo American Platinum but it will not try and influence the deal, the party said on Tuesday. The world’s biggest platinum producer, a unit of Anglo American, said last week it would sell a … Read more

How a Bishop and a lawyer overcame ANC politicking to end platinum strike

Before it was finally resolved, South Africa’s longest and most costly mining strike was a kaleidoscopic tangle of intrigue, point scoring, bad blood, hidden agendas, polarisation, stonewalling, prayer and, finally, exasperation and relief. The heavy, and almost destructive, hand that politics played in the process is particularly thought-provoking. This report by Reuters unravels the dishevelled … Read more

Twitter weighs in on the state of Zuma’s health

From SAPA Speculation over President Jacob Zuma’s health was a topic of conversation on Twitter on Tuesday evening after he spent a week resting from an exhausting election programme. Tuesday’s state-of-the-nation address was the president’s first public engagement since he was hospitalised last week. Many Twitter users commented on how Zuma’s voice sounded and his … Read more

ANC will not apologise for Nkandla – perhaps Zuma will: Mantashe

From SAPA The ANC will not apologise for the findings of the Nkandla report, its secretary general said on Thursday. “If there is a need for an apology, it can’t be the ANC. If need be, it can be from the president or it may be by the relevant ministers,” Gwede Mantashe told reporters in … Read more

ANC 2014 candidates for Election (with full list)

Read the list of the ANC’s Parliamentary Candidates by clicking here. Or you can download the PDF from the ANC’s website by clicking here. From SAPA: The ANC submitted its list of candidates for provincial legislatures and Parliament to the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) on Tuesday, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said. The top 10 names … Read more

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