Sashnee Moodley

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Sashnee Moodley

Sashnee Moodley is Senior Deputy Editor Polity and Multimedia.

Jacob Zuma details ‘conspiracy’ against him

15th July 2019 Former President Jacob Zuma on Monday proposed that an elaborate and detailed plan of character assassination against him beginning in 1990 up until his recent resignation as President had been pursued. While giving his long-awaited testimony at the State capture commission of inquiry, Zuma also... →

Mkhwebane not fit for office – BLSA

28th May 2019 Business Leadership South Africa said on Tuesday that it had lost trust in Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and called for her removal, citing her continued lack of objectivity and "egregious character" as problems. BLSA further accused Mkhwebane of politicking and said her “political... →

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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane

Nersa slams Mashaba’s ‘misleading’ statement on municipal tariff increase

15th May 2019 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa on Wednesday hit back against City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, following his statement that Nersa was rewarding corruption at State-owned power utility Eskom with a municipal tariff increase. The City of Johannesburg issued a statement on... →

City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba

CER urges Ramaphosa to appoint environment-focussed Cabinet

14th May 2019 In anticipation of next week’s Cabinet announcement, law clinic the Centre for Environmental Rights has requested that President Cyril Ramaphosa make environmental governance a priority and appoint committed Ministers to lead institutional reform. The CER has written to Ramaphosa with... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

UCT adopts global ethics code, a first in Africa

24th April 2019 To ensure its researchers maintain the highest of ethical standards, the University of Cape Town has become the first African university to adopt the Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings. The UCT Senate explained that the adoption of the GCC was an important statement of... →

S Africa’s score unchanged in 2018 corruption survey

29th January 2019 Global coalition against corruption Transparency International on Tuesday released its 2018 Corruption Perceptions Index, and gave South Africa a score of 43 out of 100, unchanged from 2017. The index uses a scale of 0 to 100, with 0 being extremely corrupt, and is regarded as the leading global... →

UCT researchers selected for research hubs to address global challenges

24th January 2019 Funding agency United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) have selected University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers to establish research hubs at UK universities, to tackle some of the development challenges facing the world. The hubs offer five... →

Ramaphosa merges Ministries in Cabinet reshuffle

22nd November 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday in his much anticipated Cabinet reshuffle the merging of the Telecommunications and Postal Services Ministry with the Communications Ministry, under the leadership of Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. The merger will take place after the 2019... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Report lays out action plan for sanitation crisis in Limpopo schools

20th November 2018 Public-interest law centre Section27 has released its long-awaited sanitation report, offering an overview of the state of school sanitation in Limpopo and calling on the Limpopo Department of Education (LDE) and the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to address the issue. The report, ‘Towards... →

Quality of life for Africans low in Gauteng – survey

14th November 2018 The African population in Gauteng has a quality of life index score that is below the provincial average and is not catching up with white South Africans, who are seeing larger gains in measured quality of life. This is according to the fifth edition of the Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO)... →

Gauteng Premier David Makhura

Don’t change the Constitution for land reform – CDE

13th November 2018 Changing the Constitution to accelerate land reform is unnecessary and threatens property rights for no good reason, says the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) in its latest report ‘Agriculture, Land Reform and Jobs: Can South Africa make this work?’. The CDE said that while it opposed... →

Sanral e-toll proposals are desperate threats – Outa

17th October 2018 The South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) various proposals to try and force motorists to pay outstanding e-toll bills are desperate threats and will be extremely difficult to implement, said the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Wednesday. Sanral CEO Skhumbuzo Macozoma... →

Jessie Duarte ‘keen’ to testify at State capture commission

10th October 2018 The ruling African National Congress’s (ANC’s) deputy general-secretary, Jessie Duarte, said on Wednesday that she was “very keen” to testify at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. Speaking at a media briefing around the ANC’s position on former Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s... →

ANC deputy general-secretary Jessie Duarte

Mboweni sworn in as Finance Minister, after Ramaphosa accepts Nene’s resignation

9th October 2018 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had accepted Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s resignation and that former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni would be sworn in as the new Minister with immediate effect. Ramaphosa revealed that, as a consequence of State capture... →

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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Hogan Lovells SA announces new chairperson

19th September 2018 Law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Nkonzo Hlatshwayo as chairperson of its South African practice as of October 1, as the term of current chairperson Lavery Modise ends. The firm praised Modise for being an inspirational and dedicated leader during his term at the South African practice, which... →

No land grabs allowed – ANC assures AgriSA

21st August 2018 Agricultural industry association AgriSA said on Tuesday that it welcomed the African National Congress’s (ANC’s) policy commitments regarding agrarian reform and agricultural property with respect to the ongoing debate on the expropriation of land without compensation. AgriSA and representatives... →

AgriSA executive director Omri van Zyl

ANC not fulfilling people's expectations – Ramaphosa

20th July 2018 African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa called for self-correction in the party following what he said was a "dramatic decline in support" during the 2016 local government elections. Giving the opening address at the party’s thirteenth Gauteng provincial conference, in Pretoria,... →

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Madiba belonged to the world – Ramaphosa

17th July 2018 South Africans and people around the world are humbled and privileged to be participating in this celebration of the centenary of Nelson Mandela, declared President Cyril Ramaphosa during his introduction of former US President Barack Obama during the sixteenth annual Nelson Mandela Lecture,... →

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President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the sixteenth annual Nelson Mandela Lecture

Yes, we can! – Graça Machel

17th July 2018 Speaking at the sixteenth annual Nelson Mandela Lecture in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Graça Machel called on South Africans to give all youth a chance and evoked former US President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidency campaign slogan ‘Yes, we can!’. Machel said that she was overjoyed to learn of the... →

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Graça Machel

ANC support at comfortable 60% – poll

17th July 2018 A poll undertaken by global market research and consulting firm Ipsos revealed that the African National Congress (ANC) could enjoy a comfortable margin in next year’s national election as it has a possible support base of 60%, compared with other parties. Ipsos randomly polled 3 738 adult South... →

Govt expects another fuel price increase

5th July 2018 The South African government has noted the recent surge in fuel prices and expects another increase next month. South Africa’s currency exchange to the US dollar has fallen by more than one percent since May this year. Petrol went up by 26 cents a litre for 93 octane and by 23 cents for 95... →

Treasury hits back after EFF attack on Momoniat

7th June 2018 National Treasury on Thursday came to the defence of its deputy director-general Ismail Momoniat following what it called “vitriolic utterances” by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). Earlier this week EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu accused Momoniat of being corrupt, undermining black... →

Treasury deputy director-general Ismail Momoniat

Ramaphosa addresses uncertainty around Zuma’s removal

7th February 2018 Deputy President and African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday released a statement in response to the country’s apparent anxiety around the removal of Jacob Zuma as State President. Ramaphosa and Zuma had met for discussions about the sitting President’s... →

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa

Portfolio committee accepts terms for inquiry into Transnet’s R50bn locomotive deal

4th October 2017 Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has accepted the terms of reference for its inquiry into State-owned enterprise Transnet’s R50-billion locomotive contract. Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow Trade and Industry Minister Dean Macpherson said on Wednesday that the inquiry needed... →

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DA shadow Trade & Industry Minister Dean Macpherson

Lower ARV price to benefit S Africa, increase recipient numbers

22nd September 2017 A new antiretroviral (ARV) pricing agreement reached by the South African government, international organisations and agencies will ensure that more people will have access to treatment, while saving South Africa nearly R12-billion over the next six years. A statement released by the Department... →

Ramaphosa leads SA delegation to London to bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup

21st September 2017 As part of South Africa’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup 2023 tournament, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and a high-level delegation will make their way to London on Sunday to make a presentation to the World Rugby Council. The delegation will consist of Sport and Recreation Minister Thulas... →

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa

I will vote with my conscience – Gordhan

18th July 2017 Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that he will be voting with his conscience during a vote of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma on August 8. Speaking to media at the Conference for the Future of South Africa, organised by civil society organisations Save South Africa... →

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Former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

ANC conference must analyse decline in electoral support – Zuma

30th June 2017 The African National Congress’ (ANC’s) fifth National Policy Conference must diagnose the cause of decline in electoral support following the party’s losses in the 2016 Municipal Elections. This was proposed by President Jacob Zuma at the opening of party’s conference in Johannesburg on Friday. →

Zuma awaits higher education report on fees

30th June 2017 The deadline for the Presidential Commission report on the feasibility of free higher education and training coincided with the opening of African National Congress’ (ANC’s) fifth National Policy Conference on Friday. President Jacob Zuma delivered the opening address to more than 3 000 delegates... →

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President Jacob Zuma

Bishop calls for Eskom board to resign, inquiry

1st June 2017 Parliament must consider an inquiry into the Eskom board’s fitness to hold office if the board does not resign, says Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) Justice and Peace Commission chairperson Bishop Abel Gabuza. He called on the board to “do the right thing” and resign... →

South Africa slightly improves score in corruption perceptions index, rank drops

25th January 2017 While South Africa slightly improved its score in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2016 from 44 to 45, its rank in relation to all 176 countries reviewed fell three points to 64. Global civil society organisation Transparency International’s CPI score refers to the perceived level of... →

Treasury supports minimum wage report

24th November 2016 Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday that National Treasury supported the recently released National Minimum Wage report, which “represented a balanced, thoughtful and constructive approach to addressing the challenge of inequality and unemployment”. The report was an important... →

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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan

Sarb deputy governor reappointed

7th November 2016 South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Deputy Governor Francois Groepe has been reappointed in the position by President Jacob Zuma for five years from January 1, 2017. Groepe is the chairperson of the South African Bank Note Company and the South African Mint Company, which are subsidiaries of Sarb.... →

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Sarb Deputy Governor Francois Groepe

Wits ranks 222 globally, 2nd in Africa

27th October 2016 The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) has been ranked the second best academic institution in Africa and 222nd globally according to the 2016/17 Best Global Universities (BGU) ranking by publisher US News & World Report. Wits scored 61.4 points, up 62 places from its 2015/16 global ranking.... →

Corporates urged to support youth development through football programme

17th June 2016 The South African Football Association’s (Safa’s) Development Agency (SDA) is urging corporate companies to partner and invest in its football-based Safe-Hub programme, which aims to encourage youth to engage in life skills programmes through the use of football. The Safe-Hub programme – which... →

Corporates urged to support youth development through football programme

2nd June 2016 The South African Football Association’s (Safa’s) Development Agency (SDA) is urging corporate companies to partner and invest in its football-based Safe-Hub programme, which aims to encourage youth to engage in life skills programmes through the use of football. The Safe-Hub programme – which... →

SDA CEO Robin Petersen

Rwanda’s Cimerwa targets mid-2018 for full output at cement plant

18th March 2016 Rwanda’s sole cement producer Cimerwa, which is 51%-owned by JSE-listed PPC, expects production at its new 600 000 t/y modern dry process plant, at its head office in Bugarama, to ramp up to full capacity by mid-2018. Speaking to Engineering News Online during a plant tour, PPC international... →

S Africans encouraged to participate in nominating a new Public Protector

8th February 2016 Nonprofit organisation (NPO) Corruption Watch on Monday launched the Bua Mzansi public awareness campaign in Johannesburg in an effort to engage South Africans to actively participate in this year’s process of nominating and appointing a new Public Protector. Thuli Madonsela would end her... →

David Lewis

Rhino poaching levels stabilised, as fight against poaching continues – Molewa

22nd January 2016 For the first time in a decade, rhino poaching levels have stabilised, despite escalating poaching pressure and increased poaching activity in protected areas. This was according to Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, who addressed the media in Pretoria on Thursday on the progress of... →

Afro Energy receives Bulk Sampling Permission

10th December 2015 As the need to explore alternative sources of energy becomes more apparent, Afro Energy is exploring onshore gas, which the company believes can serve as an alternative power source in South Africa. →

R300m Nelson Mandela Square renovations complete

2nd December 2015 The newly renovated Nelson Mandela Square was revealed to stakeholders and the media on Tuesday night following the investment of more than R300-million. The renovations included the installation of a new contemporary logo above the iconic 6-m-tall Nelson Mandela statue, cross-vaulted ceilings,... →

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