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Why the MK Party thinks the May 29 elections results were cooked

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MKP chair Nathi Nhleko and secretary-general Floyd Shivamvu have told journalists why they think the party has a case of vote fraud against the IEC.

11 Dec 2024 12PM 4 min

Progress on Gauteng spaza shop registrations as deadline looms

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Gauteng finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile briefed the media on the progress of the registration of spaza shops in Gauteng. This as the 21-day deadline issued by President Cyril Ramaphosa looms.

11 Dec 2024 6AM 3 min

South Africans are happy and vibrant since the formation of the MK Party, says Zuma

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South Africans are happier and the country has changed for the better since the MK Party was established, says party leader Jacob Zuma.

10 Dec 2024 8AM 1 min

MKP may govern immediately: Zuma threatens to take vote-rigging case to international courts

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MK Party (MKP) leader Jacob Zuma has warned his party will take its case of alleged vote rigging to international courts if local courts do not rule in its favour, which he says may result in the party being told to govern with immediate effect.

9 Dec 2024 6AM 3 min

Don’t register shops for illegal foreigners, cautions Mashatile as deadline looms

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Deputy President Paul Mashatile has warned South Africans against registering businesses for illegal foreigners, asking authorities to act against such actions. Mashatile said the government wanted South Africans to own most shops.

6 Dec 2024 6AM 3 min

‘We’ll find them and make a good example’ — Mkhwanazi hunts taxi owners

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KwaZulu-Natal police boss Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has vowed to make a good example of disgruntled taxi owners blocking roads and confiscating keys from vehicles.

3 Dec 2024 6AM 1 min

‘I don’t know my father’: Malema opens up about his upbringing

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EFF leader Julius Malema says he never met my father, and he never saw the need to know him. Malema opened up about his childhood during the recent Hustlers Corner Podcast hosted by broadcaster and businessman DJ Sbu. Malema also touched on the difficulties of dealing with his mother's epilepsy.

3 Dec 2024 5AM 4 min

Malema threatens Floyd Shivambu, ‘Push me, and I’ll talk’, amid political tensions

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EFF leader Julius Malema threatened his former deputy Floyd Shivambu that he will spill the beans should he be pushed.

25 Nov 2024 11PM 2 min

'MKP our biggest enemy': Malema worked up by ‘hater’ Jacob Zuma and MKP

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EFF leader Julius Malema says the MK Party has made it its mission to recruit leaders of his party and the EFF has now excluded MK from an EFF march.

25 Nov 2024 11AM 3 min

'The end is near,' says Vodacom ‘please call me’ inventor as R9.4bn reaches ConCourt

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Vodacom 'Please call me' service inventor Nkosana Makate is confident his case is solid and that the ConCourt will bring the R9.4m matter to finality.

20 Nov 2024 1PM 13 min

Gauteng pushes on with spaza shop registration as 21-day deadline looms

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Gauteng finance and economic development MEC Lebogang Maile says officials will have to work within the 21 days granted by the president to help spaza shops with registration. Maile was briefing the media on the provincial government’s strategy to help spaza shop owners to register their businesses. The MEC outlined the…

19 Nov 2024 10AM 5 min

Ramaphosa closes spaza shops implicated in food poisoning deaths

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President Cyril Ramaphosa says spaza shops implicated in the deaths of children from food poisoning must be closed with immediate effect

15 Nov 2024 1PM 2 min

Police won’t endanger their lives as illegal miners could be heavily armed and the mines are hazardous

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Police say they will not go underground and endanger their lives to rescue as many as 4,000 illegal miners in North West as those underground are said to be armed.

15 Nov 2024 6AM 1 min

'I’m not a dictator, I’m outgoing EFF president,' says Malema, with an eye on farming

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EFF leader Julius Malema says he’s outgoing president of the party rubbishing claims that he is a “dictator”. If he is not re-elected in leadership next month Malema will go back to farming.

14 Nov 2024 9AM 4 min

Zuma inviting me for a fight and I’m not scared of him and his people, I defeated him — Malema declares war

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EFF leader Julius Malema says MKP president Jacob Zuma is inviting him to a fight and he is not scared.

13 Nov 2024 12PM 1 min

'We won’t help criminals,' says Presidency as 4,000 trapped underground

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13 Nov 2024 9AM 2 min

The beaches are open, woza eDurban, says Presidency

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The Presidency says Durban and its beaches are ready to welcome thousands of tourists ahead of the festive season.

13 Nov 2024 7AM 2 min

SA has enough water and it is safe to drink, says minister Majodina

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Water and sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says South Africans are using too much water, adding the country's water is safe to drink.

12 Nov 2024 6AM 2 min

Accused in Meyiwa murder trial granted removal from solitary confinement

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The Pretoria high court has ruled that one of the five men accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Mthobisi Mncube, be transferred from C-Max prison to a facility closer to his place of origin or any maximum-security centre that may be convenient. The court however dismissed Fisokuhle Ntuli's application to…

12 Nov 2024 5AM 4 min

Time to bring back health inspectors, says Mashatile as children die of suspected food poisoning

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“We’re intervening,” says Deputy President Paul Mashatile as children die of poisoning allegedly sold by spaza shops, saying the government must not be too lazy to regulate food.

8 Nov 2024 4AM 3 min