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In the know: Then Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter (left) briefs Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe (second left), President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) and others about corruption and sabotage at Tutuka power station.
APARTHEID

Load-shedding: our leaders go for the Pontius Pilate approach

Our shameless president and ministers went to court to deny responsibility for the power crisis proving that the people no longer come first

  • Hlengani Mathebula
5 min read
Covid hampers were distributed by charities at the Iterileng informal settlement in 2020, but the government failed to respond structurally to the pandemic. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP)
ACCOUNTABILITY

Sona 2022: Tell us what’s happened, Mr President

The president needs to report back to South Africa on what his government has – and hasn’t – achieved since 2018

  • Rebone Tau
6 min read
Recently-appointed Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she took on the role to “clean up” the department, in the wake of the recent R1 billion Tottenham Hotspur sponsorship scandal.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

De Lille unfazed by acting-DG’s baggage

Latest twist in public works saga suggests minister quashed query into doctored corruption report

  • Sabelo Skiti
4 min read
Many reforms were influenced by the policy-making architecture that existed in the late 1990s and during the 2000s. In turn, these were shaped by the goals of a democratic society articulated in the 1996 Constitution. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
ANC

SA’s social policies must be resurrected

As with economics, the state is rudderless, which requires a return to the ideals of the Constitution and a developmental state

  • Vusi Gumede
6 min read
He may not have been as flamboyant as some of his peers but Zola Skweyiya was a committed man of principle who worked hard to make freedom tangible.
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

Ramaphosa says ANC disappointed Skweyiya, commits to do better

In a moving tribute to Zola Skweyiya, President Cyril Ramaphosa apologised for the way the ANC veteran had been treated in his later years

  • Derrick Spies
2 min read
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AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Mabuza: The ANC heard Skweyiya’s call for organisational renewal

The deputy president paid tribute to the stalwart in Pretoria on Wednesday

  • Jenna Etheridge
2 min read
He may not have been as flamboyant as some of his peers but Zola Skweyiya was a committed man of principle who worked hard to make freedom tangible.
ANC

Obituary: A leader with backbone

Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders

  • Carlos Amato
6 min read
Zola Skweyiya.
ANC

ANC veteran Zola Skweyiya dies at 75

The politician died in Kloof Hospital in Pretoria on Wednesday morning.

  • Agency
1 min read
NGCONDE BALFOUR

Leon, Skweyiya, Balfour earmarked for diplomatic posts

Former opposition leader Tony Leon and former ministers Zola Skweyiya and Ngconde Balfour have been earmarked for diplomatic posts.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
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GOVERNMENT MINISTERS

Conscience from beyond

Although Zola Skweyiya has retired from Cabinet, he will always be a reminder to the ANC of its expected moral duty, writes Niren Tolsi.

  • Niren Tolsi
4 min read
CONGRESS OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS

Cosatu calls for inquiry into R70bn social grants tender

South Africa’s largest trade union federation has called for an official inquiry into allegations of impropriety involving a social grants tender.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Skweyiya: Social relief only for the poorest of poor

Government’s social relief of distress assistance is only for the ”poorest of the poor”, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Monday.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
JULIUS MALEMA

Minister blasts Malema’s behaviour

Senior ANC Cabinet Minister Zola Skweyiya has criticised the ”shocking disrespect” shown to Thabo Mbeki in the last year, it has been reported.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
GAUTENG

Zuma: I didn’t know there were poor whites

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Thursday addressed a gathering of more than 1 000 poor white Pretoria residents.

  • Denise Williams
4 min read
DISCRIMINATION

Minister launches probe into social security agency

Alleged inappropriate management practices at the South African Social Security Agency will be investigated.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
PENSIONS

A better country for old men

The Act that qualifies men to apply for the state old-age grant from the age of 60 has been signed into law.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

Skweyiya: Foreign children have right to be protected

Foreign children have the same right as their South African counterparts to be protected, Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya said on Tuesday. He said it was sad that…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
BRIGITTE MABANDLA

DA says Parliament dodges questions

The Democratic Alliance on Sunday accused Parliament’s questions office of ”obstructing” the party’s parliamentary questions probing corruption. The questions office had…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
CAPE TOWN

Govt sets aside millions of rands to help poor

The government has set aside millions of rands to assist the poor cope with harsh economic conditions, the Department of Social Development said on Monday. Minister of Social…

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN

Minister not in contempt of court, says govt

Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya was not in contempt of court and was respecting a high court ruling for social grants to be given to applicants with alternative forms…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read