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/ 8 December 2008
The DA on Monday suggested a cover-up in President Kgalema Motlanthe’s decision to fire NPA head Vusi Pikoli.
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/ 8 December 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe has decided against keeping Vusi Pikoli on as national director of public prosecutions.
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/ 8 December 2008
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe will on Monday convene a special sitting of Cabinet to discuss the findings of the Ginwala inquiry.
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/ 6 December 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe paid tribute to the late Dr Nthato Motlana on Saturday, calling him a ”selfless leader of our people”.
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/ 4 December 2008
A government task team will be established to handle the effects of the global economic crisis, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced on Thursday.
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/ 4 December 2008
A survey on how President Kgalema Motlanthe is faring produced an unusually high number of ”I don’t know” responses, it was reported on Wednesday.
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/ 3 December 2008
A combination of global and domestic economic circumstances provides a real test for South Africa’s economic policy, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 3 December 2008
Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk have written to President Kgalema Motlanthe to request that he establish a commission of inquiry into the arms deal.
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/ 28 November 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe has proposed a new approach to place name changes.
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/ 27 November 2008
If the SABC can rise to the challenge of covering the election to public acclaim, that would help consolidate its autonomy in general
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/ 15 November 2008
While Mosiuoa Lekota’s Cope movement has yet to launch and the DA is relaunching this weekend, Zuma has hit the ground running.
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/ 15 November 2008
SA must use this weekend’s G20 meeting to protect increases in social spending.
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/ 13 November 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday declared a period of national mourning for music legend and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba.
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/ 11 November 2008
It may be difficult to make the claim when reckless rhetoric is employed; when threats are made about the Constitutional Court in particular and the judiciary in general.
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/ 9 November 2008
Opening a summit on the political crisis in Zimbabwe, SA President Kgalema Motlanthe expressed disappointment at the impasse.
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/ 7 November 2008
South Africa’s economy will slow in 2008 but a healthy banking sector will stave off a recession even in the face of global financial turmoil.
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/ 5 November 2008
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe congratulated United States president elect Barack Obama on Wednesday on his victory.
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/ 3 November 2008
Deputy President Baleka Mbete has emerged as a key role player in the removal of prisons director general Vernie Petersen from his job.
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/ 1 November 2008
President Kgalema Motlanthe met the South African National Editor’s Forum (Sanef) in Pretoria on Saturday to discuss legislation affecting the media.
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/ 31 October 2008
Not long ago it was fashionable to say that American elections didn’t matter much to the rest of the world. After eight years of George W Bush…
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/ 28 October 2008
African leaders on Monday failed to break the deadlock in Zimbabwe talks, with a fight over the Home Affairs Ministry threatening to sink the deal.
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/ 27 October 2008
SA police warned on Monday they would take action against hate speech by politicians, who are making tough remarks about the breakaway faction.
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/ 26 October 2008
Kgalema Motlanthe faces a political storm after his deputy ordered that the directors general of correctional services and sport swap jobs.
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/ 24 October 2008
South Africa’s new President Kgalema Motlanthe urged Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday not to boycott another summit.
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/ 22 October 2008
Panicked emails bounced from Blackberry to Blackberry in the world’s wealthiest countries this week.
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/ 21 October 2008
Google provides insight into the web-search habits of South Africans and users around the world, writes Craig Rodney.
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/ 19 October 2008
Our government would have taken stakes in the Big Four, say to the tune of R120-billion or so. Now this would be a debate to have locally.
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/ 18 October 2008
Compelling as it may be, getting too absorbed in the intrigue of palace politics and personalities will lead us away from clarity in this crisis.
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/ 15 October 2008
Leaders from Brazil and South Africa on Wednesday blamed rich countries for the financial crisis that is hurting the developing world.
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/ 15 October 2008
Rams Mabote’s open letter to President Kgalema Motlanthe on the stateman’s style of dress.
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/ 12 October 2008
A simple ”yes” or ”no” from Mosiuoa Lekota would have sufficed, or ”something of that nature”, writes Richard Calland.
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/ 11 October 2008
A split from the ANC? Forget it. The time is not right for a split and any new initiative will fail.