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In his second State of the Union address, President Donald Trump ranged from generous to combative, eloquent to blunt. He unexpectedly complimented the wave of recently elected Democratic women in the House, and they responded by applauding for themselves. And he spent a lot of time on a his favorite topic: immigration and the border
The surprising arrests of Bosasa bosses and correctional services top brass on Wednesday have nothing to do with explosive testimony by the same former Bosasa executives before the state capture commission. We are not seeing the persecution of whistleblowers, but rather the culmination of a prosecutorial process that started a decade
A year ago this week South Africa was on tenterhooks as the State of the Nation Address (SONA) was postponed by a week because of efforts to dislodge then president Jacob Zuma from Tuynhuys and the Union Buildings. A year and a bit later President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver what should have been Zuma’s final …
“We are a people of resilience, determination and optimism”, says President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address in which he touched on land, jobs, electricity, housing and gender-based violence. Read the full speech. STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA 7 FEBRUARY 2019 PARLIAMENT Speaker
More than a decade after the Scorpions were killed off by the ANC of Jacob Zuma, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of a similar directorate in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) that will report to advocate Shamila Batohi, the new national director of public prosecutions (NDPP). Ramaphosa delivered his
It’s the beginning of South Africa’s academic year and once again, campuses have been brought to a standstill by students protesting against a host of issues that have plagued the country’s universities. These include registration fees, student accommodation, food and other issues, compounded by the inefficiency of the country’s
President Cyril Ramaphosa has challenged factions of his own party with his three biggest announcements in his State of the Nation Address. In a speech light years removed from that what was dished up to weary South Africans during Jacob Zuma’s lost decade, Ramaphosa made three significant announcements that signal his intent to put
South Africans have been shocked by the tidal wave of corruption testimony emerging from the commission tasked with probing allegations of state capture by private business interests. Claims of systematic and widespread corruption involving patronage networks built around former President Jacob Zuma are testing the public’s faith in
The latest wave of nationalism that has rocked the mining industry in countries around the world is a symptom of a “trust deficit” which industry leaders themselves have had a hand in creating. This is according to mining industry experts speaking at the 2019 Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town last week. The …
Executives from the biggest mining companies in the country, government officials and both local and international investors descended upon the Cape Town International Convention Centre this past week to discuss opportunities in the industry. Just six kilometres away in Woodstock, there was another gathering of stakeholders –
