Matlala said he funded both the suspended police minister and his predecessor as a quid pro quo
The chief financial officer told parliament’s ad hoc committee that the suspended police minister used an information note calling for the police service’s restructuring to support his decision to disband the unit
The ANC Youth League president also warned that removing Cyril Ramaphosa as president would plunge the country into chaos
Dangor said the US argument that if one G20 member was absent from the leaders summit, then there could be no consensus, had been voted down
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The Turkish president pledged deeper trade and strategic cooperation with South Africa while reaffirming his strong support for its stance on the Palestinian cause
Director general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said South Africa’s G20 presidency highlighted the importance of trade within WTO rules and reforming the system through local mineral beneficiation
The minister in the presidency said Washington would have to account to other members if it blocked South Africa’s participation in the G20 next year
International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola said since the US had assigned a chargé d’affaires to the handover, an equivalent level official would represent South Africa
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said countries understood ‘that there’s a bilateral issue between South Africa and the US, but that must not, in any shape or form, undermine or imperil the work of the G20’
President Cyril Ramaphosa told delegates that all G20 members except the US had signed the declaration
In an apparent reference to US President Donald Trump’s absence, Ramaphosa warned against allowing ‘anything to diminish the value, the stature or the impact of the first African G20 presidency’
The government said it would not be handing over the G20 presidency to any junior United States official
He said Africa remains woefully underrepresented across global institutions, and this must change
The chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on appropriations wants an updated breakdown of the hosting costs, warning that the summit must not pressure the national budget
‘There should be no bullying of one nation by another. We are all equal’ the president said after Washington warned Pretoria against pursuing a joint G20 leaders’ statement this weekend
The absence of US President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin puts the spotlight squarely on President Cyril Ramaphosa and South Africa
Ramaphosa’s confirmation now places the United States back in the room for the weekend negotiations at Nasrec
The US has now shifted its position and wants to attend the G20 leaders summit
The party’s secretary general admitted there were some in the national executive committee who wanted to see the president gone
The party’s top seven officials will handle the selection after the rules were tightened
President Cyril Ramaphosa has cast the annual forum as a test of whether multilateral cooperation still matters
Cedrick Nkabinde Nkabinde said the lack of his devices, which were confiscated by the South African Police Service, affected his preparation
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla’s lawyer Dali Mpofu said her father would tell the court how he felt about being incarcerated for contempt of court in 2021 without undergoing a trial
Batohi said that the specialised commercial crimes unit is reviewing the Phala Phala farm theft case
The state’s first witness testified that about 103 people, who were part of a WhatsApp group, including some who followed Zuma-Sambudla on social media, conspired in the destruction of property during the unrest
In his weekly newsletter, the president said the G20 must urgently address the fiscal conditions that have left low- and middle-income countries unable to build resilience or recover from shocks
The state is expected to call six witnesses, three of them being social media experts
The government noted that it has responded to similar claims before, including clarifications on farm murders and refugee policy
Mchunu said he surrendered the devices on Thursday and pledged full cooperation with investigators
Gigaba said his conscience was clear regarding his conduct in office as minister of public enterprises
The MPs have written to Zuma and Yengeni to demand a forensic investigation of the missing millions