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Mpumalanga, NCOP, education, new schools, 383 new schools, growing population
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Mpumalanga needs almost 400 new schools to cater for growing population

Pietermaritzburg sentences suspect to life three sences
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New laws in SA set to make allow for historical rape prosecution

Dlamini-Zuma class suicide
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma challenged over ‘class suicide’ comments

Mpumalanga, NCOP, education, new schools, 383 new schools, growing population
Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga needs almost 400 new schools to cater for growing population

Pietermaritzburg sentences suspect to life three sences
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New laws in SA set to make allow for historical rape prosecution

Dlamini-Zuma class suicide
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma challenged over ‘class suicide’ comments

Masizole Mnqasela rape son
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WC Parliament to reconvene digitally following lockdown hiatus

By Dan Meyer14-04-2020 18:36

An ad hoc committee will be formed, with a focus on oversight over the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures.

David Mabuza
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David Mabuza: Stopping sewerage spill in Vaal River will cost R1.1-billion

By Andile Sicetsha07-11-2019 16:10

The deputy president has urged the public to not be alarmed by the state of the Vaal River, “work is currently underway to expedite the problem.”

Pravin Gordhan EFF
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Eskom owed R23.5 billion by municipalities, debt increased in five months

By Junie Sihlangu11-10-2019 17:24

Twenty municipalities aren’t paying the power utility for electricity usage.

non-payment
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FF Plus: ANC is to blame for the culture of non-payment

By Junie Sihlangu10-10-2019 18:51

Political part says the apartheid era has been vindicated.

David Mabuza cabinet reshuffle
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David Mabuza calls for an end to South Africa’s culture of non-payment

By SAnews12-09-2019 12:24

David Mabuza says its time South African citizens to adopted a culture of paying for services that have been rendered and consumed.

Gengezi Mgidlana
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Suspended secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana finally dismissed

By Nick Krige11-09-2019 15:33

The two-and-a-half-year saga of suspended secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana appears to finally be reaching a conclusion.

Government department
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Key government departments fail to spend their budgets

By Nick Krige04-07-2019 13:26

The guilty government departments include the police, health, transport, cooperative governance and traditional affairs, and environmental affairs.

National Council of Province ncop
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The purpose and function of SA’s National Council of Provinces

By Cheryl Kahla23-05-2019 14:38

The National Assembly is the House directly elected by the voters, while the National Council of Provinces is elected by the provinces and represents them to ensure that provincial interests are taken into account in the national sphere of government.

National Minimum Wage
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National Minimum Wage enters final stage as NCOP approves multiple bills

By Nic Andersen21-08-2018 17:31

The National Minimum Wage has long been a contentious issue. The National Council of Provinces has officially passed the bill, that means there is just one more place to go.

ANC NEC sharpen their knives, ramp up efforts to dismiss Zuma
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“It’s the DA’s fault the state pays my legal costs” – Zuma goes on rant

By Nic Andersen17-11-2017 13:39

President Zuma returned fire at the Democratic Alliance while answering questions at the National Council of Provinces. Legal fees for who?

Recall beckons for Jacob Zuma after SONA 2018 postponement
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“South Africans badmouthing this country are irresponsible” – Jacob Zuma

By Tom Head10-11-2017 08:04

He’s gone beyond parody now…

Zuma says interfering with the
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Zuma says interfering with the Gordhan investigation would ‘turn SA into a Banana Republic’

By Ezra Claymore26-10-2016 10:16

In his Q&A session in the NCOP yesterday Zuma was pressed on the Gordhan/NPA issue and, while admitting that the issue is concerning, the president maintained that he cannot interfere.

Parliamentary security gets ro
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Parliamentary security gets rough with EFF members during #ZumaQandA [video]

By Ezra Claymore25-10-2016 14:45

The president’s Q&A session in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) had barely started before the EFF got speaker Thandi Modise all riled up.

Mbete doesn’t believe parly ow
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Mbete doesn’t believe parly owes Madonsela an apology over Nkandla

By Ezra Claymore04-04-2016 13:31

Speaker of the National Assembly and national chairperson of the ANC, Baleka Mbete, doesn’t seem to understand last week’s Constitutional Court ruling all that well. Or, like Thandi Modise she just didn’t bother reading it.

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