By Kaya 959 News Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla says her father Jacob Zuma is high spirits and has “no fear" following the Constitutional Court's ruling. The ConCourt found the former president guilty of contempt of court for refusing to appear before the Zondo Commission. Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison. He has five calendar days to hand himself over to the police in Nkandla or Johannesburg. Read more about the […]
By Tamlyn Canham Veteran actor Fana Mokoena says the ANC has “mastered the art of playing its supporters”. The former ‘Generations’ star has described the drama surrounding the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting as a “soapie”. The ANC revealed on Sunday that its legal team is looking into the unauthorised sharing of recordings from its latest NEC meetings. The NEC held discussions over several issues, including the recent suspension […]
This past weekend's ANC National Executive Council (NEC), the highest decision-making body of the ruling party's meeting had multiple leaks, with prominent ANC Leaders sharing their thoughts on the state of the organization's factions. In another leak, during the ANC's NEC virtual meeting, ANC treasurer-general, Paul Mashatile, is heard saying the party was now working on a process to cut its staff by 50%. ""Officials have agreed that we've probably […]
By Kaya 959 News The ANC has confirmed that its legal team is looking into the unauthorised sharing of ANC National Executive Committee recordings across social media platforms. The party’s Pule Mabe, said they were concerned at the growing tendency of leaking internal discussions of the organisation, including the implications of such practice. Mabe said the NEC is holding a special virtual meeting, which started on Saturday and ends on […]
By Shoeshoe Qhu President Ramaphosa's inaugural State of the Nation Address was not just about government programmes of action for the year. The address, which shall now be remembered as the "Thuma Mina" speech after the president concluded the famous Hugh Masekela song, will also be remembered for the bold government officials who walked the red carpet with their partners posing for the cameras as photo journalists shouted, "Stand on the centre of the […]
By Khaya Sithole Eight weeks later – Mr Jacob Zuma is still the President of the Republic. What has gone wrong? Eight weeks ago, President Jacob Zuma ended his 10-year term as the President of the ANC. Since then, various observers and commentators have been engaged in a terminal war of speculation regarding his dismissal from the Union Buildings. This has been assisted by the ANC’s own leaders who have […]