# The EFF has condemned the decision by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, not to oppose president Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to interdict the impeachment proceedings in the Western Cape High Court. EFF spokesperson Sinawo Thambo says this decision is a shameful abdication of constitutional responsibility by the Speaker and goes against […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says the warrants of arrest for senior police officials, Dumisani Khumalo and Nosipho Madondo, is currently being debated in government. On Thursday, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption issued warrants for Khumalo and Madondo. However, the warrants were withdrawn as they are both involved in preparations for a national security operation […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says the decision of Parliament speaker, Thoko Didiza, to file a notice to abide by the Western Cape High Court’s decision on president Cyril Ramaphosa’s bid to interdict the process of Parliament’s Impeachment Committee, must be condemned and rejected. Forum spokesperson, Dennis Bloem, says few days ago the majority of […]
# The Electoral Commission has confirmed that young people and first-time voters make up the overwhelming majority of online registration applications this weekend. The IEC’s Masego Shiburi says by midday yesterday, over 330-thousand voter registration applications were processed. Around 300-thousand transactions were processed on the voter management devices at voting stations while 30-thousand were applications on the online platform. […]
# KwaZulu-Natal premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli, has strongly condemned the brutal murder of a Malawian foreign national and the assault of two other individuals following a suspected xenophobic attack in the JikaJoe Informal Settlement in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. Government spokesperson, Lindelani Mbatha says protesters were marching against foreign nationals in the area. Following the conclusion of […]
# The Electoral Commission is currently experiencing high traffic on its website as thousands of South Africans access voter registration services this weekend. IEC’s Masego Shiburi says this may result in the system being slower than usual. However, he says the commission technical teams are actively working to resolve the matter as quickly as possible. Shiburi says all […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says all foreign nationals without proper permits and papers documentation should not be in South Africa. Ramaphosa led the ANC’s voter registration drive across the City of Ekurhuleni. March and March movement, along with other organisations have organised ongoing protests against foreign nationals and demand that all undocumented immigrants must leave the country by […]
# eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba says the South African government has made available 20 buses to expedite repatriation of Malawian foreign nationals from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal to their home country. He says to date, close to four-thousand people have been deported or repatriated. The mayor says the Drive-Inn site will serve as a temporary staging […]
# The acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia has expressed confidence that police is operationally prepared to uphold and enforce the law ahead of the planned foreign national march protests on 30 June. The ministry’s spokesperson, Kamogelo Mogotsi, says while the constitutional right to peaceful protest will be respected, no acts of lawlessness, violence, intimidation […]
