All three men informed the court on Tuesday that they would be abandoning their bail bid as they had other pending matters against them, which they would also be appearing for this year.
This comes after Ramaphosa addressed the nation regarding the work and some of the successes of the sixth administration during his address to the nation on Sunday.
Many of the special voters who made their way down to various voting stations on Monday ahead of the main election taking place on Wednesday, said they were happy that the stations had opened on time with all the checks and balances in place.
Ramaphosa addressed the country regarding the readiness for the forthcoming elections on Wednesday, while also taking an opportunity to speak on the road travelled by the sixth democratic administration over the past five years.
It was important for political leaders to provide leadership and not cause panic and fuel fears of “vote rigging” taking place.
United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa wrote to Ramaphosa informing him of reports from across the country indicating that there was a pattern of Home Affairs’ systems being down since May 22, essentially preventing South Africans from collecting their IDs.
DA says it has officially lodged a case with the Howick police after video evidence surfaced of ANC members busy with the removal of the DA’s election boards.
To date, police have confiscated 38 licensed pistols and five rifles from members of taxi associations in Mthatha for further investigation.
Established in 1957, it had served as cornerstone of the justice system.
This is not the first time that political violence occurred within the South African political landscape, especially since the start of the election season.
NGOs in the Gauteng province were forced to take the Department of Social Development to court on an urgent application as a result of the delays in funding and subsidies for the past two months.
What happened with the Life Esidimeni tragedy will pale in comparison to what the National Health Insurance (NHI) will end up doing to South Africa’s healthcare system, said ActionSA.
The SARA president said given that women represented the highest number of voters, logic should have been that a black woman should have been president, however, that had not been the case as women had sold out to become fronts for men and white people.
That democracy had not been felt either, she said, by the millions of women who suffer under the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide in the country on a daily basis, as well as the 26% of children under the age of five afflicted by stunting due to insufficient access to food.
The FF+ has criticised the ANC’s insistence to criticise sporting codes particularly when white individuals and sports people when they have contributed to the achievement.
The South Africa Refugee-led Network said they believed more needed to be done to address corruption of organisations and departments purporting to be assisting refugees.
The 37 000-capacity Orlando Stadium in Soweto would have been packed to the brim had it not been for alleged acts of “sabotage”, MK Party members claimed.
As hundreds of supporters started making their way to the stadium, MK Party national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said party president Jacob Zuma was expected to spell out the eight pillars of the People’s Manifesto at the event.
He said BLF will play a role similar to that of an AfriForum, which, according to him, will play a role as a critical player for the MK.
Section27 announced that it welcomed the National Assembly's passing of the long-awaited Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill, which now awaits the President’s assent.
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change’s latest listing has revealed that immigrants have been increasingly blamed for socio-economic issues plaguing South Africa, before the country’s national and provincial elections on May 29.
Voices decry callous manner in which party is using its majority
It was with this in mind that ActionSA’s Team Fix SA members Mpumi Edward and Sello Lediga delivered a Memorandum of Demands to the Public Service Commission’s offices in Pretoria earlier on Thursday.
South Africa can simply not abandon its constitutional responsibilities to develop a just and fair state on the basis of the government’s track record of incompetence, the party says.
The concerns raised by Solidarity Trades’ Network come after Seifsa, as recently as May 13, signed a wage agreement at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg for the period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027.
