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State of the nation address

Politics

Limpopo intervention 'unnecessary'

LIMPOPO premier Cassel Mathale has lambasted President Jacob Zuma's cabinet decision to put his government under administration, saying the intervention was unnecessary.
Eers, custom-fitted earphones. File picture

Let's hear other voices on strategic projects

The real, unspoken story of the state of the nation speech

ANC looks within for answers to failures

This is the house Juju is building

Fred Rundle: champion of right-wing causes

Fred Rundle, who has died in Joburg at the age of 80, was the chief public relations man for the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) in the early 1990s.

Instant celebrity for e-mail man

Since being mentioned in President Jacob Zuma's state of the nation address this week, a Grahamstown man has become a celebrity. And the man who wrote to the president complaining about housing subsidies intends sending one more e-mail to the country's leader.

Cashing in on Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela's image will replace that of the Big Five on South African banknotes.

Hot topics

Promises bring no comfort

Three years ago the tiny township of Siyathemba in Balfour in Mpumalanga was in flames as angry residents protested against the lack of service delivery.

Zuma unveils massive industrialisation plan

In a speech designed to appease both business and labour, President Jacob Zuma placed significant emphasis on an infrastructure plan to reindustrialise South Africa.

Projects to create jobs approved

The government has approved seven new labour-intensive projects, estimated at more than R8.4-billion, in the industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Motlanthe to attend ANCYL Lekgotla

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will address the ANC Youth League's lekgotla on Friday, his spokesman said.

Party politics

Stop insulting ANC leaders: Mantashe

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has urged party members to stop insulting its leaders ahead of the ANC's elective conference in December, according to reports on Monday.

Youth shower mockery on Zuma as they await Malema

A group of Thaba Nchu youth sang songs mocking President Jacob Zuma, calling him the "shower man" as they waited for suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema to arrive.

Malema to address 'mini rallies'

Suspended ANC Youth League president Julius Malema was expected to address three "mini rallies" in the Free State on Thursday and Friday to commemorate the league's contribution to the ANC over the past century.

Hogarth

Days of loneliness and misery for premier with skin rash

Among those who had to drag themselves to Cape Town for the opening of parliament was Limpopo premier Cassel Mathale.

Mampara

Mampara of the week: Pinky Mncube

Back to the opening of parliament. Hogarth was impressed by the brave couture on display on the red carpet ahead of the opening speech on Thursday afternoon.

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Parliament

The South African flag

Talk of moving parliament to Pretoria

The ANC has placed the relocation of parliament to Pretoria squarely back on the table.

Opinion

Jacob Zuma must respect democracy with spy tapes: iLIVE

Democracy is as democracy does - and what we will be seeing next week is whether the Supreme Court of Appeal decides that the DA should have access to "spy tapes" and other records allegedly pertaining to charges of corruption that were dropped by the National Prosecuting Authority in 2009.

Cosatu must take responsibility

I receive with great concern news about Cosatu's plans for a major strike ("Vavi: Get real, ANC", January 8).

Info bill is not needed: iLIVE

Why is the ANC trying to reinvent the wheel with an obscurely named media appeals tribunal?

Columnists

Small lives, big lessons

There are three names that will one day tell us something about the way we live now. They are not the names of powerful or influential men or women; they are not the names of the rich and the famous.

Can we please have intelligent discourse before Armageddon

The new year - which might be our last - looks very likely to get off to a disappointing start with an ANC centenary speech devoid of ideas or inspiration

Waterkloof thugs don't deserve sympathy, they are murderers

THE law sucks! No, sit down, this is not an attack on the judiciary but outrage at a law that allows for cold-blooded murderers of a homeless man to walk out of prison and back home for a braai with their relieved families and friends.