Addressing Parliament
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The 2024 Post-Sona Critical Thinking Forum
Panellists had little confidence in President Ramaphosa’s address
State of the Nation Address postponed
The budget speech will go on as planned, but the National Council of Provinces chairperson says Sona will be postponed for no more than a week.
The weekly pop sack: Life in the time of disgrace
South Africa lost some more moral ground last weekend.
EFF delays Zuma’s parliament address by an hour
Zuma’s address on xenophobia was disrupted when the EFF demanded that the question of when he would pay back the money be included in the session.
Sona: Zuma expected to receive hostile reception
With the economy in a precarious state, and the load-shedding crisis adding to the country’s woes, President Jacob Zuma is under pressure.
Sona 2015: Just another day at the office for DA
DA MPs refuse to participate in the State of the Nation Address red carpet festivities saying today is about the real issues SA faces.
Ethiopian PM dismisses rebel claims of deadly attacks
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday dismissed claims that rebels from the restive Ogaden region had defeated the military and caused one of his top aides to flee.…
Govt: SA not trying to topple Mugabe
The South African Presidency on Friday rejected as untrue reports that the government had been secretly working to remove Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe from power. The…
Iraq PM says civil war has been averted
Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave an upbeat assessment of the situation in his country on Monday, saying civil war had been prevented and boasting that violence…