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/ 22 September 2009
Kader Asmal on Tuesday questioned the ethics of politicians involved in business at the same time as they hold public office.
Veteran ANC activist and former MP Kader Asmal has accused Parliament of having no interest in his review of Chapter 9 institutions.
Former minister Kader Asmal has added his voice to calls for a review of the ethics rules for MPs and members of the executive.
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/ 26 December 2008
The single most important legacy of OBE is another lost generation in South Africa’s poorest schools, writes Cornia Pretorius.
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/ 29 October 2008
Former Cabinet minister Kader Asmal resigned from Parliament because he did not want to vote for the disbanding of the Scorpions.
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/ 17 October 2008
South African cricket would benefit from increasing the number of franchises, as speculated, but it is not feasible, writes Ken Borland.
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/ 24 September 2008
The ANC had remained intact in times of extreme adversity because of the discipline of members, said Kader Asmal on Wednesday.
Pandor sends investigators to Mangosuthu University after suspension of vice-chancellor
The seeds of a non-racial struggle and the adoption of a policy of non-discrimination were sown by Gandhi’s approach.
While Blade Nzimande attacks the media and judiciary, South Africans must heed the words of the Constitution’s caretakers.
DA leader Helen Zille has called on ANC president Jacob Zuma to sign the so-called Asmal declaration, which expresses respect for the Constitution.
Professor Kader Asmal, a key figure in the development of SA’s constitutional democracy, has drafted a strong declaration supported by the M&G.
A Somali community in Johannesburg on Thursday accused police of firing live ammunition at its members as more xenophobic attacks were reported in Gauteng and former Cabinet minister Kader Asmal questioned claims of ‘third force’ involvement in the attacks.
When was the last time you heard from Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa, Free State Premier Beatrice Marshoff, Northern Cape’s Dipuo Peters or even KwaZulu-Natal’s S’bu Ndebele? I reckon not lately. It may be true that some, such as Marshoff and Peters, have always had a low public profile anyway. But Shilowa and Ndebele?
The Education Department is considering reopening teacher training colleges, says Education Minister Naledi Pandor. In a written reply to a question in Parliament by Desiree van der Walt of the Democratic Alliance, Pandor said the department is investigating options for expanding the provision of teacher education.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma criticism of the closure of teacher training colleges in the mid-1990s received backing from the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) on Tuesday. An IFP education spokesperson urged Education Minister Naledi Pandor ”to urgently consider the reopening of teacher training colleges”.
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/ 4 November 2007
President Thabo Mbeki’s political adviser and a government official are among a group who want to take over Johnnic Communications (Johncom). Koni Media Holdings, a company belonging to Mbeki’s adviser Titus Mafolo, Foreign Affairs Department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa, former chief of state protocol Billy Modise and a businessman, have launched a R7-billion bid.
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/ 29 October 2007
Senior African National Congress (ANC) member Kader Asmal on Monday called on hundreds of the ruling party’s influential branches to back business tycoon Cyril Ramaphosa as the next president of the ruling party and the country. Ramaphosa has said he has no interest in becoming South Africa’s next president.
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/ 29 October 2007
Groutville, the party branch founded by former African National Congress (ANC) president Albert Luthuli, has nominated Thabo Mbeki for ANC president, the Daily News reported on Monday. Arch-rival Jacob Zuma did not even make the branch’s list of its top six preferred candidates.
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/ 29 October 2007
Cyril Ramaphosa has been formally nominated to lead the African National Congress, media reports said on Monday — though the businessman has maintained he is not interested in the position. The ANC’s Rondebosch branch in Cape Town has nominated Ramaphosa as its candidate in the party’s succession race.
Condemning Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is counterproductive and international powers should instead put their weight behind regional diplomatic efforts to unseat him, Tanzania’s president said on Friday. Jakaya Kikwete insisted the diplomatic approach favoured by African leaders ”will pay dividends”.
Last week we erroneously reported that the African National Congress called for HIV/Aids to be declared a notifiable disease.
Excluding HIV-positive pupils from school is unlawful and unconstitutional, Minister of Education Kader Asmal has said.
A report card on the new government. By Anton Harber.