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President Cyril Ramaphosa was expected to host a dinner yesterday evening in honour of his predecessor former president Jacob Zuma.
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Analysts have welcomed the election by Parliament of South Africa’s former Deputy President and recently selected ruling African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa (66) as its fifth head of state and Government yesterday.
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President Jacob Zuma resigned as leader of South Africa last night during a televised address to the nation. “I resign as president of the Republic with immediate effect,” he said.
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The ANC Women's League (ANCWL) is singing a different tune after the NEC’s decision on Monday to recall President Jacob Zuma.
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The Presidency had initially planned to hold a media briefing for President Jacob Zuma at the Union Building at 10:00 on Wednesday, but the request was later withdrawn, an official email shows.
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The ANC in Parliament will hold a special caucus meeting at 10:00 on Wednesday, following another special meeting of party chief whips at 08:00.
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ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is having to put out fires in his party as fellow leaders, party structures and the public grow impatient with the pace of talks about President Jacob Zuma’s exit from the Union Buildings.
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JOHANNESBURG. – ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has told the party’s MPs that he is not negotiating any deal to protect state President Jacob Zuma from prosecution over corruption. This is according to ANC MPs who attended the ANC caucus meeting yesterday where Ramaphosa briefed them on his ongoing transition talks with Zuma.
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JOHANNESBURG. – Opposition parties are planning a national shutdown to protest against the long and drawn-out process leading to President Jacob Zuma’s resignation. Economic Freedom Fighters spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi told News24 that the party would announce details of a planned national shutdown later yesterday.
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Marianne Merten Correspondent President Jacob Zuma is under pressure. That it’s not quite going his way emerged strongly when parliament, in an unprecedented move, postponed the State of the Nation Address (SONA) with only a day to go.
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JOHANNESBURG. — President Jacob Zuma yesterday characterised 2017 as eventful and fruitful, while saying radical transformation was on the cards for this year.
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Anton Katz Correspondent The process of the lawfulness of the removal and replacement of the South African President are determined by the Constitution, the supreme law. The Constitution contains three, and only three methods to replace a person as President. Significantly, resignation and/or recall are not mentioned at all. The first is the two-term limit. A term consists of […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – Yesterday the Constitutional Court ruled that the National Assembly failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account. What does the judgment mean for Parliament and President Zuma? The Constitutional Court found that the National Assembly failed in its Constitutional duty to put in place mechanisms to hold the president accountable.
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JOHANNESBURG. – The South African Parliament noted the Constitutional Court’s majority ruling yesterday, which found that the National Assembly had failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account, and said it would comply with the decision.
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JOHANNESBURG. – The Constitutional Court will on Friday deliver judgment on whether the National Assembly has held President Jacob Zuma accountable on the drawn-out Nkandla debacle.