The panel, chaired by Nobel prize-winner economist Joseph Stiglitz, will produce recommendations to help bridge the rich-poor divide
President Cyril Ramaphosa put a brave face on Friday to legacy foundations and opposition parties boycotting a convention to kick off a National Dialogue on how to resolve South Africa’s numerous problems, saying similar walkouts had occurred during the difficult transition to democracy. “We are embarking on a process that will launch a million conversations. […]
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The president said a support package was being finalised for firms that will be affected by the tariffs
The MK party had gone to the apex court to challenge Ramaphosa’s handling of Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s suspension, accusing him of shielding allies
The party argued that the president’s placing Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Firoz Cachalia, who was not a member of the cabinet, as acting minister was unconstitutional
The police minister has said that the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner’s statements about him took him by surprise
The province’s politics is a marketplace of competing interests, where loyalty is transactional and power is a prize to be bartered
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on leave following explosive allegations of criminal syndicates infiltrating law enforcement agencies
Democratic leader John Steenhuisen however said the party would withdraw from a national dialogue due later this year, calling it a waste of time and money and a distraction from the failures of the ANC