Government respects the judiciary of the United Arab Emirates despite Cyril Karabus’s ordeal, the deputy international relations minister has said.
The ANC in the Western Cape has not yet decided who it will nominate to lead the party for the next five years.
Since recalling the South African ambassador to Israel following Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in 2009 relations with Israel have deteriorated.
The Western Cape ANCYL will be called to the party’s provincial headquarters to explain why the league failed to hold its elective conference.
Once a fence sitter, South Africa has now decided to lead by example on the continent and advocate for laws protecting sexual minorities.
South Africa’s international relations deputy minister is set to meet with regional representatives to discuss Madagascar’s path toward elections.
The return of Marc Ravalomanana to Madagascar will be delayed until the SADC can resolve the matter of a criminal court verdict against him.
An attempt by Madagascar’s toppled president to end his exile in South Africa was thwarted in the air when his plane was forced to turn back.
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/ 23 September 2011
South Africa continued to play hardball this week with Western powers, even as it backed down and recognised Libya’s National Transitional Council.
The government has decided to give the NTC in Libya the benefit of the doubt, saying it expects the interim government to include Gaddafi loyalists.
ANC members in the Western Cape claim that around 20 party members have been actively campaigning for Mbalula to replace Mantashe in 2012.
Although Cope didn’t win any council outright, they were set to act as kingmaker in a number of municipalities where the ANC and DA were neck and neck
Top members of the ANC this week spent days listening to ANC groups who appealed against the processes of the Western Cape provincial conference.
Ex-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is due to end seven years in exile in South Africa and return to Haiti on Thursday, a source says.
Lynne Brown, ANC leader of the opposition in the Western Cape, has rejected suggestions she will resign following Marius Fransman’s election.
Affidavits filed with the police allege bribery and threats of violence to compel voting for certain candidates.
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/ 18 February 2011
Three days after election to the top job in the Western Cape ANC, Marius Fransman’s face shows the effects of the battle for leadership.
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/ 14 February 2011
The ANC in the Western Cape are similar to the Idols hopefuls they shared conference space with this weekend, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
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/ 13 February 2011
Marius Fransman was elected as the chairperson of the Western Cape ANC on Saturday night after his rival claimed the proceedings were "fraudulent".
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/ 12 February 2011
Deputy international relations minister Marius Fransman was elected chairperson of the African National Congress in the Western Cape on Saturday.
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/ 11 February 2011
The start ANC’s repeatedly postponed Western Cape provincial conference was delayed once again on Friday as delegates arrived late for the talks.
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/ 4 February 2011
Candidates supporting Mcebisi Skwatsha have taken the top positions in both the Boland and Southern Cape regional executives.
The ANC Women’s League is up in arms after being banned from voting at a conference in the Boland.
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/ 17 December 2010
Luthuli House is pushing for Marius Fransman, the deputy international relations minister, to become the ANC Western Cape leader.
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/ 3 December 2010
Trevor Manuel jetted into Cape Town to help ANC leaders unify.
Luthuli House has stepped into the faction-ridden Western Cape ANC, raising the possibility that the provincial leadership will be replaced.
A battle over questionable government tenders has broken out in the Western Cape African National Congress, with provincial transport and public works minister Marius Fransman at its centre.
The provincial government’s claims that the City of Cape Town was underspending on its budget were ”outright lies”, mayor Helen Zille said on Thursday. ”I am deeply concerned at this pattern of dishonesty coming from the provincial government,” she told a city council meeting.
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/ 12 November 2007
The 45-year-old driver accused of causing a bus accident on Friday appeared briefly in the Piketberg Magistrate’s Court on Monday, Western Cape police said. Ten farm workers died when their bus went over a cliff near Piketberg in the Boland, and seven remain in a critical condition in hospital.