Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini tells the press to stop harassing her during a Nelson Mandela Day event in Kliptown (to which she was suitably late) when they ask her about her ex-SASSA CEO Thokozani Magwaza
18 July 2017 – 67 Minutes
Today is Nelson Mandela Day, when South Africans are encouraged to donate 67 minutes of their time to support a worthy cause…
29 June 2017 – ANC Policy Conference. Not.
The ANC national policy conference starts tomorrow. A policy conference in name only – the focus will be on the candidates to be the next president…
28 June 2017 – South African Dreams
As always, much is happening in SA – Ahmed Timol inquest, build-up to the ANC Policy Conference (aka election conference) and the Chamber of Mines challenges the new Mining Charter in court. For the poor, nothing changes…
27 June 2017 – The Strip Search
Strippers arrive to entertain in-mates in a Johannesburg prison, apparently as part of youth day celebrations…
26 June 2017 – Lynne Brown Sweeps…
Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown announces a new Eskom Board – one of the Gupta-linked board members is fired, but not everyone remaining appears squeaky clean…
23 June 2017 – Two Guys and the secret ballot
The Constitutional Court rules that the speaker of parliament, Baleka Mbete, is legally entitled to call a secret ballot. And an acting CEO is appointed to Eskom. Again.
