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Yes, Supra did force our President off the road " Botswana Govt | Politicsweb
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (161+ words) Government subsequently expressed its concern to the Government of the Republic of South Africa about the unfortunate incident through the appropriate diplomatic channels. Premier Mahumapelo was. .. Yes, Supra did force our President off the road " Botswana Govt Spokesperson says NWest…...
The 'bigger mandate' for Cyril fallacy | Politicsweb
8+ hour, 52+ min ago (655+ words) Bigger mandate" will be a bigger mistake There is a theory doing the rounds that the best thing for South Africa would be for Cyril Ramaphosa to get a bigger mandate" in the 2019 elections. Even seasoned political analysts like'Carol Paton,…...
Malema gives EFF five years to build a private school in Alex | Politicsweb
8+ hour, 50+ min ago (441+ words) Malema gives EFF five years to build a private school, or "don't re-elect us' EFF president Julius Malema has given the party five years to build a new school. Malema was addressing delegates during the end of the party's elective…...
Mike Pompeo helps shift the 'balance of forces' against EWC | Politicsweb
8+ hour, 26+ min ago (259+ words) Last week's warning to South Africa by the Trump administration about property rights and the rule of law could not have been more timely. Yet Mr Ramaphosa also said that his government stood ready to amend section 25 of the Constitution…...
The curious case of the ICC and Kenya | Politicsweb
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (426+ words) Kenya and the ICC As it is well documented the newly elected President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy Samoei Ruto, along with five others, are currently being prosecuted at the ICC. To briefly state, they are charged with crimes…...
ICC should bring no charges against serving AU head of state - African Union | Politicsweb
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (753+ words) EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE AFRICAN UNION ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, October 12 2013 DECISION ON AFRICA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) 1. TAKES NOTE of the Progress Report of the Commission on the Implementation of Decision Assembly/AU/Dec. 482(XXI) on…...
Who is the real Ramaphosa? | Politicsweb
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (554+ words) South Africa's deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, hit most of the right political buttons when he addressed the 14th national congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP) in Boksburg last week. .. Who is the real Ramaphosa? John Kane-Berman says the DP's…...
Why the death penalty won't be reintroduced | Politicsweb
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (744+ words) On the reintroduction of capital punishment: a reply to Chelsey Lotz Chelsey Lotz's plea for the reintroduction of capital punishment is controversial to say the very least. In S v Mkwanyana " one of the first seminal judgments of the Constitutional…...
How have vaccines become as divisive as Trump once was? | Politicsweb
9+ hour, 32+ min ago (819+ words) It was President Trump who divided us, it is now COVID19 vaccines" The Trump era is gone, with little chance of coming back. What is now dividing us, is COVID19 vaccines. Pro-vaxxers and anti-vaxxers loathe each other " to the extent that they…...
Mugabe's axing of Emmerson Mnangagwa 'not surprising at all' | Politicsweb
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (265+ words) Mugabe's axing of VP Mnangagwa "not surprising at all' Harare " President Robert Mugabe's firing of his deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is not at all surprising as the vice president had come under extreme pressure over the weekend, a senior researcher at…...