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Mashaba: ‘GNU Is A Partnership Between Criminal ANC and Dishonest DA’
ACTIONSA President Herman Mashaba has denounced President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), saying…
Bid for Control of the Powerful Intergalactic PIC: GNUeering Exposes A Growing Gap Between People And Power
Following the ANC’s underwhelming election performance, South Africa is currently embroiled in a gruesome process…
Ramaphosa Finally Unveils His Coalition Cabinet, Gives DA Six Ministries
After a two-week delay marred by frosty talks between his governing ANC and opposition parties,…
‘The People Have Spoken’, Says Newly Inaugurated Ramaphosa
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has been inaugurated as head of the Republic…
GNU’s Are Usually Born Out of Crises: But Newcastle In Natal Is Not Newcastle The UK
In public discourse, there is a tendency to incorrectly equate fundamentally dissimilar entities in nature and purpose. The governments of national unity (GNU) established in 1910, the 1990s and 2024 only share a name but are vastly different in context and outcome. Some commentators’ insistence on justifying this ‘sameness’ is intellectually dishonest and misleading. It is akin to comparing Newcastle in Natal with Newcastle in the UK; they share a name but are distinctly separate places. In mainstream political literature,…
MK Party Seethes Over DA’s ‘Derogatory’ Claims As IEC Raises Concerns About US Invitation
The MK Party has strongly condemned the DA’s claims that it poses a threat to national security, labelling the official opposition’s call for the US to intervene in South Africa’s upcoming general elections a “treasonous act.” The newly launched political party led by former President Jacob Zuma threatened legal action against the DA unless it withdrew the “derogatory” allegations against it. South Africa’s independent elections body, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), also expressed reservations about the DA’s unorthodox approach which…
Mpumalanga DA, ActionSA On A Collision Course
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Mpumalanga and ActionSA are on a collision course over maladministration allegations dating back 20 years ago. This week, DA member of the provincial legislature, Trudie Grovè-Morgan, called on Mandla Msibi, the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, to launch an investigation into ActionSA’s provincial chairperson, Thoko Mashiane. According to Grovè-Morgan, Mashiane was embroiled in a R45 million sports facility project that failed to take off in 2003, said the DA MPL. ActionSA dismissed the…
DA, ATM Take Gcaleka’s ‘Flawed’ Phala Phala Report On Review
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is taking on review Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s Phala Phala report, which it labelled a “white-wash” and “pro-Ramaphosa public relations exercise” aimed at securing the public protector’s job. Accusing Gcaleka of muddying the waters and misinterpreting relevant laws in her final report, DA leader John Steenhuisen said the acting public protector sought to project Ramaphosa as an “innocent bystander” who knew nothing by the inner workings of his administration and the presidential protection unit (PPU).…