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'Your riches come out of stealing from black people' - Malema at EFF 'Land Day' picket

On Wednesday, April 6, EFF leader Julius Malema, alongside other party leaders, led the EFF picket dubbed “Land Day” at businessman Johann Rupert's farms in Stellenbosch. According to Malema, they had come to address white monopoly capital.

6 Apr 2022 10AM 5 min

EFF picket outside Johann Rupert's farm in Mpumalanga and Western Cape

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6 Apr 2022 4AM 1 min

ConCourt hopeful Unterhalter admits error: 'I should have recused myself'

One of the candidates for the two Constitutional Court vacancies, judge David Unterhalter, on Tuesday admitted that he made a mistake when he decided on a matter that came before the Supreme Court of Appeal last year and the Constitutional Court this year.

6 Apr 2022 3AM 14 min

Judge Rogers makes his views known about representivity in apex court

The last candidate to be interviewed for a vacancy in the Constitutional Court, judge Owen Rogers, said on Tuesday he thinks the court of 11 justices is too small and too important to allow anything along the lines of a quota to determine who is part of it. Rogers, who…

6 Apr 2022 2AM 11 min

Fana Mokoena says 'SA is on the verge of joining other failed states'

Don't have time to read? Listen to a summary of Fana Mokoena’s calls for a united Africa to save the country from collapse

6 Apr 2022 2AM 1 min

ConCourt Interviews | Judge Kathree-Setiloane urges JSC to appoint 'strong competent women'

Strong competent should be appointed in positions of authority in SA's courts, rather than "paying lip service" to the issue of gender transformation.This is according to Judge Fayeeza Kathree-Setiloane, who didn't hold back when she was questioned what message would sent out to South Africans should she be appointed judge…

5 Apr 2022 10AM 2 min

State of disaster could be re-enforced if needs arises, says Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has defended government’s decision to terminate the national state of disaster amid fears a fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This as some parts of the world battle new variants and the fifth wave. Asked if this had been a wise…

5 Apr 2022 9AM 6 min

ConCourt Interviews | ‘I am an African,’ says advocate Alan Dodson

Advocate Alan Dodson, 61, would not be drawn into justifying how his appointment as a Constitutional Court judge would relate to transformation. Questions around the fact that he is a white male applying to fill one of two vacancies in  the highest court in the land, featured prominently during his interview…

5 Apr 2022 9AM 3 min

All Eastern Cape schools will get textbooks by Tuesday: department

The Eastern Cape department of education was ordered by the Makhanda high court to ensure all public schools in the province have textbooks by the end of last month. Department spokesperson Malibongwe Mtima told TimesLIVE that by the end of Tuesday all schools would have textbooks. Khula Development Forum, represented…

5 Apr 2022 7AM 4 min

Jacob Zuma Foundation says the recent ruling by the Supreme court of Appeals is "disappointing but not unexpected

Don't have time to read? Listen to a summary on the Jacob Zuma Foundation saing the recent ruling by the Supreme court of Appeals is "disappointing but not unexpected".

4 Apr 2022 5AM 1 min

Ramaphosa says July 2021 unrest was a 'humiliation' 

President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared at the SA Human Rights Commission hearings into the July 2021 unrest on Friday. Ramaphosa accounted for his administration's response to the unrest and detailed the reformative actions taken by the state in the aftermath of the unprecedented events.

1 Apr 2022 10AM 6 min

Bathabile Dlamini must pay R200,000 fine, or go to jail for perjury

ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) president Bathabile Dlamini was on Friday sentenced to a R200,000 fine for perjury, of which half was suspended. If she does not pay, she faces four years’ imprisonment, of which two are suspended for five years. This after the Johannesburg magistrate’s court recently found her guilty…

1 Apr 2022 5AM 3 min

Mabuza defends his visit to Russia during question time at National Assembly

Deputy president David Mabuza appeared before the National Assembly on Thursday to answer questions from MPs on a variety of topics including the national Covid-19 vaccine rollout, problems facing Eskom, and concerns of military veterans. During the Eskom-related questions, to his surprise the deputy president was asked about his visit…

31 Mar 2022 12PM 5 min

Gen Sehlahle Masemola is police commissioner

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday appointed Gen Sehlahle Masemola as the new national police commissioner. Ramaphosa expressed confidence in Masemola, saying he believed he was fit and proper to make SA a safer place.

31 Mar 2022 11AM 3 min

Justice minister Ronald Lamola welcomes proposed recommendations to end forced and child marriages

Don't have time to read? Listen to a summary on justice minister Ronald Lamola welcoming proposed recommendations to criminalise forced and child marriages in SA…

31 Mar 2022 6AM 1 min

Cabinet ministers survive motion of no confidence

The motion of no confidence in cabinet ministers brought by the DA has failed. There were two motions of no confidence debated in parliament on Wednesday evening. The motion brought by the African Transformation Movement (ATM) was postponed as some MPs were not happy with the open-vote system.

30 Mar 2022 2PM 1 min

Sibongile Mani sentenced to five years in jail for her spending spree with NSFAS cash

Sibongile Mani, a Walter Sisulu University education honours degree student, has been sentenced to five years in jail for the theft of more than R800,000 in National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) funds.

30 Mar 2022 7AM 1 min

Inside Mashaba’s lunch with Mbali Ntuli at the launch of ActionSA

Don't have time to read? Listen to a summary of Herman Mashaba speaking on whether Mbali Ntuli will be joining ActionSA

30 Mar 2022 1AM 1 min

‘We are not xenophobic’, says Tshwane Operation Dudula member

Operation Dudula members in Tshwane marched to businesses in the largely industrial suburb of Rosslyn to hand over a memorandum against the employment of illegal foreigners. Talking to TimesLIVE, members emphasised the movement was not xenophobic and that one of their requests was for foreign nationals to acquire proper documentation…

29 Mar 2022 7AM 4 min

Transport minister Fikile Mbalula cautions against buying electric cars due to Eskom’s load-shedding

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29 Mar 2022 5AM 1 min