Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday indicated government would not reduce spending because of the recession, but increase borrowings instead.
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/ 7 November 2008
Political parties across the spectrum agreed on Friday to promote tolerance, particularly in the build-up to next year’s election.
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/ 24 October 2008
The demise of the Directorate of Special Operations, or Scorpions, drew closer on Thursday when legislation to disband the unit was approved.
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/ 19 October 2008
SACP general secretary and ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Blade Nzimande lashed out at the ANC dissidents on Sunday.
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/ 10 September 2008
The political left in South Africa is at a crossroads in the history of its revolution, the SACP said in a document released on Wednesday.
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/ 2 September 2008
“Grandiose” media tactics employed by the Scorpions may have influenced the judiciary, the African National Congress Youth League said on Tuesday.
The ANC has defended its stance on the disbanding of the Scorpions, accusing the unit of ”serious violations of the Constitution and the rule of law”.
The Democratic Alliance’s Tony Leon on Monday accused President Thabo Mbeki, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma and Cape Judge President John Hlophe of ”constitutional vandalism”. Addressing the Mizrachi Organisation in Cape Town, the former DA leader called for a government inclusive of ”all talent” available.
The Directorate of Special Operations, or the Scorpions, had another nail hammered into its coffin on Tuesday, with the tabling of the General Laws Amendment Bill in the National Assembly. The draft legislation, now headed for the committee stage, provides for the establishment of a new division in the South African Police Service.
Erasmus commission chairperson Judge Nathan Erasmus on Monday dismissed an application by the City of Cape Town for the commission’s suspension. The commission was set up by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool last year to probe the city’s own investigation of renegade councillor Badih Chaaban.