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Why Malema is taunting the ANC's top brass

19 comment(s) | Is Julius Malema trying to annoy the ANC into dissolving the youth league, a move so drastic that the NEC will feel compelled to come to his aid?

Transport

Cosatu, DA reject Gauteng tolls

0 comment(s) | Despite reduced rates, Cosatu and the DA have again rejected the implementation of toll fees on Gauteng's freeways.

Crime

Deny bail to human trafficking suspects, urges ANCWL

1 comment(s) | The ANC Women's League on Tuesday called for bail to be denied to four men charged with trafficking 16 young girls found at a building in Durban's Poi

Politics

Mulder softens his stance on land reform comments

19 comment(s) | Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder has expanded on his comments about land reform, saying the real issue is ensuring food security.

General

Seventy people left homeless by Cape Town fires

0 comment(s) | Although no injuries were reported, about 70 people have been left homeless following four separate fires across Cape Town on Tuesday.

Land & Housing

Scopa blasts 'scandalous' dearth of land reform figures

0 comment(s) | It is "scandalous" that the ministry of rural development does not know how much land the state owns, says Scopa's chairperson, Themba Godi.

General

Youth unemployment: South Africa's ticking bomb

12 comment(s) | South Africa's young people are worst affected by the country's unemployment problem, leading some to think there will be a call for a revolution.

Health

Delivery issues plague NHI before it even begins

10 comment(s) | Pravin Gordhan will address funding in his budget speech, but analysts say money is the least of the national health insurance scheme's problems.

Government

Gauteng to focus on 'accelerating delivery'

8 comment(s) | Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane says the province will focus on "accelerating delivery with a strong emphasis on concrete deliverables".

All or nothing Julius Malema and his fellow suspended ANC Youth League leaders, seeking a 'political solution' to their disciplinary sentences, are said to be deliberately antagonising the ruling party's 'top six' in the hopes they will order the dissolution of the league. This, the theory goes, would paint ANC brass as overly vindictive and malicious, and win Malema and company the sympathy they need from the party's national executive committee to ensure political survival. (Reuters) Read more

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