ITB chair says land reform minister has no authority over him and only his king can tell him what to do
On the back of the announcement that the government would allocate more land to be leased by emerging farmers, President Cyril Ramaphosa says that beneficiaries will also be trained in financial management and enterprise development
Land reform minister announces an intensified programme to allocate arable land to emerging farmers
Endless court cases and threats plague community of South Africa’s most costly restitution settlement
The entire finance department senior management at Onderstepoort Biological Products, including an alleged whistleblower, have been suspended amid corruption probes
Two state departments have done nothing about the sale of people’s land in Umnini by an inkosi –and R2.5-million has still not been accounted for
Jerome Ngwenya has been censured by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng over the unlawful use of the title of ‘judge’
More than 50 workers at the Ingonyama Trust Board have been issued section 189 notices
The effect of Covid-19 and the land reform department’s freeze of R23-million because the ITB didn’t comply with budget submissions are cited as some of the reasons for the staff cuts
A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project
Labour disputes and withheld funding for noncompliance have rocked the board, which is supposed to administer about three million hectares on behalf of King Goodwill Zwelithini
Makenete has a wealth of experience in the agricultural sector
Despite alleged abuses of power and people’s trust, the ANC appears to have abandoned plans to reform the controversial Ingonyama Trust Board
My three days of wading through court papers and no story is like wee Paddy’s three days of an SAA flight
The minister has been forced to intervene in a dispute over land amaThuli have had title to since 1858, which is being sold to build holiday homes
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Section 25 of the Constitution is the key but a new Expropriation Act is also urgently needed
It is unclear what the nature of the conflict of interest on SCA President Mandisa Maya’s part is
Experts say an area-based approach is needed, but district and local government are not on board
ANC national spokesperson Pule Mabe has been cleared of sexual harassment charges by the party’s grievance panel, City Press reports. He was accused by his former personal assistant of three instances of sexual harassment, but the panel was reportedly not impressed with her evidence. Last year, Mabe reportedly requested to be placed on leave pending the outcome of […]
The party, usually slow to tackle sex harassment cases, has moved rapidly with the Pule Mabe inquiry
The EFF leader is set to be inducted into the legislative body of the African Union alongside four other South African MPs
ANC Mayoral candidate in Tshwane cast her vote at Kaya Beach in Grootfontein.
The SACP also said it noted that the recent and renewed wave of violence in Tshwane was a continuation of previous divisions and factionalism.
City Press reported on Sunday that while fiery protests raged in Tshwane this past week, police were told to focus on protecting national key points.
Twenty buses were set alight and roads blocked as protests around the Tshwane region turned ugly on Monday night.
Protests raged on in the country’s capital on Monday after the ANC’s Tshwane mayoral candidate, Thoko Didiza, was announced that morning.
Tensions are running high after Monday’s announcement by the ANC that Thoko Didiza would be the party’s mayoral candidate for Tshwane.
All you need to know about the recently-announced ANC Tshwane mayoral candidate.
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/ 23 September 2008
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is among 11 Cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers who have resigned.
The runway of the country’s most prominent air-force base has to be repaired ahead of next year’s election in South Africa to accommodate world leaders who will attend the inauguration of whomever is elected president. This was revealed at a visit on Tuesday of Public Works Minister Thoko Didiza to the Waterkloof Air Base in Pretoria.
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/ 27 January 2008
Is it our business as journalists to pronounce on who is best placed to lead the ANC? If you look at some of the personalities in the party’s new leadership, such as unrepentant convicted fraudster Tony Yengeni, or former Mpumalanga health minister Sibongile Manana, who tried to frustrate provision of treatment to people with HIV, the temptation exists to damn them all.