New Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) president Motsoko Pheko says the party will now take its rightful place of honour in the country’s political landscape.
The seemingly unending race for the much contested presidency of the beleaguered Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) has taken yet another twist.
In 2000 the Johannesburg council defied massive resistance to any form of privatisation and corporatised some of its entities as part of the much-maligned Igoli 2002 plan.
When Amos Masondo took over the then Johannesburg Metropolitan Council in 2000, the city was burning. Municipal workers blockaded roads with trucks, spilled rubbish and took council officials hostage as uncertainty brewed about the direction the city was taking.
The government this week filled crucial portfolios when it appointed directors general for the departments of home affairs and social development. But three other departments are still without directors general, highlighting serious problems in the top ranks of the civil service.
The day after several bomb blasts rocked Soweto in October last year, South Africans were shocked to learn of the existence of the Boeremag.
Walter Sisulu will be remembered as kind, humble, unselfish and deeply caring for his people. In the words of fellow Robben Island comrade Ahmed Kathrada: ”Nelson Mandela was liked and respected. Walter Sisulu was loved.”