Day: December 9, 2021
News24.com | ‘Watch this space’: Ramaphosa to receive State Capture Inquiry final report on 1 Jan, says Gungubele
With 120 corruption cases before the High Court and the Special Tribunal, and R42 billion in pension benefits and bank accounts frozen, Cabinet believes enough is being done in government's fight against corruption.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Former spy boss Mahlodi Muofhe sues IGI for R500 000 over ‘falsified qualifications’ claim
The State Security Agency's former domestic director-general, advocate Mahlodi Muofhe, is seeking an order for constitutional damages, in the sum of R500 000.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ‘Special apartheid’: Mantashe accuses anti-Shell lobby of ‘oppressing’ development
Mantashe says he considers the objections to oil and gas development as "apartheid and colonialism of a special type", masqueraded as a "great interest for environmental protection".
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Speaker ‘applying her mind afresh’ to ATM’s secret ballot request for motion of no-confidence in Ramaphosa
National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is "applying her mind afresh" to whether the ATM's motion of no-confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa should be by secret ballot.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | ‘I’m really humbled’: SA scientist to lead WHO research into Covid-19 origins
University of Pretoria researcher Professor Marietjie Venter has been appointed as chair of the World Health Organisation’s Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Covid-19 vaccines: Children aged 12 to 17 can now get second Pfizer shot
South Africa has seen increased cases of Covid-19 with the Omicron variant, which has pushed the government to make this move.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | Only 40% of Africans want vaccine mandates, study finds
A new study by the University of Cape Town has found that while vaccine mandates might assist in improving uptake of the vaccines, only 40% of Africans supported them.
Continue ReadingTucker Carlson’s Jan. 6 ‘Agent Provocateur’ Is A Big Tucker Fan And An Amateur Cardinals Mascot
“If I’m wrong, so be it, bro," Carlson's guest said after he'd told Fox News viewers that the St. Louis baseball booster was "clearly a law enforcement officer."
Continue ReadingU.S. Now ‘Exhibit A’ Among Imperiled Democracies At Summit, Thanks To Trump
The U.S. is the only nation among the G-7 to have faced a threat to its representative democracy in modern times — from its own sitting president.
Continue ReadingNews24.com | State of disaster extended again, Cabinet still undecided on mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says the government has extended the state of disaster by a further month. This comes while no decision has yet been taken by government on imposing a vaccine mandate.
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