Political parties used this year’s Freedom Day to intensify campaigning for the upcoming general elections with senior leaders deployed to various parts of the country to galvanise support. In Gauteng which is the most contested province following the ANC’s loss of support in the 2021 local government elections. While president delivered his official address from [...]

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Former President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto Wesizwe party has cited infiltration by external forces as reasons for the expulsion of founder Jabulani Khumalo who was party leader until he was recently replaced with Zuma. “In light of external attempts to destabilise the MK party who’s aim is to advance a revolution of the people,the National Leadership [...]

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US federal appeals court upheld R. Kelly’s 20-year prison sentence over child pornography and other crimes, rejecting the R&B singer’s defence that the case was filed too late. Kelly was sentenced in February last year but his lawyers argued the statute of limitations had passed by the time he was charged, a defence the Chicago [...]

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The DA has singled out unemployment as the biggest problem in South Africa which it says was created by the ANC through poor policies and mismanagement of the economy. The party also accused the ruling party of creating an impression that the current high levels of joblessness were created by a “force of nature” and [...]

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