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African Christian Democratic Party (ZA)

Type: Organization

Name: African Christian Democratic Party (ZA) (ACDP, African Christian Democratic Party)

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Congress of the People

Public protector takes over Gupta saga probe

Lukhanyo Calata Government has handed its investigative report on the landing of a jet chartered by the Guptas at Waterkloof Airforce Base to the Public Protector.Justice Minister Jeff Radebe made the statement on Wednesday at a snap debate held in the ... [Published SABC - 5 hours ago]

Entities: African Christian Democratic Party (ZA), Congress of the People, Inkatha Freedom Party (ZA), Democratic Alliance

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Pravin Gordhan

Gordhan calls for action on unrest

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan became the first cabinet minister to come out with a strong warning that the strikes in the mining sector needed to end and organised labour, business, civil leaders and the government could not rest on their laurels.Referring ... [Published South Africa Post - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Pravin Gordhan, Steve Swart, Brian Kantor

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Democratic Alliance

Zuma, Ministers cleared of Gupta saga

The President and several Ministers have been cleared of involvement in the Gupta plane landing at Waterkloof Airforce base.This is contained in a report by a team of DG's tasked with investigating whether protocol had been breached.The justice cluster ... [Published SABC - May 19 2013]

Entities: African Christian Democratic Party (ZA), Democratic Alliance, Jeff Radebe

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Pro-Palestinian ads misrepresent apartheid

On my recent trip to San Francisco, I was deeply disturbed to learn about the posters in The City accusing Israel of apartheid. As a black South African who lived under apartheid, this system was implemented in South Africa to subjugate people of color ... [Published San Francisco Examiner - May 16 2013]

Entities: Apartheid, Israel, Pro-Palestinian

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

Pieter Dirk-Uys launches political movement

Performer Pieter Dirk-Uys launched a political "movement" on Friday morning to unite those seeking an alternative democracy in the country. Democracy is an orgy of opinions. The more opinions we have, the stronger our democracy. The more we disagree with ... [Published Sowetan - May 03 2013]

Entities: Democracy, Democratic Alliance, African Christian Democratic Party (ZA), Pan Africanist Congress of Azania

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

African National Congress

Secrecy Bill gets green light

Parliament has passed the Protection of State Information Bill after three years of debate and redrafting, but opponents signalled a court challenge is still on the cards.“The fight is not over. The fact is that this bill is still flawed,” Democratic ... [Published City Press - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Siyabonga Cwele, South African National Editors' Forum, Steve Swart, Democratic Alliance, African National Congress

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

State of the nation - according to Parliament

A busy week in Parliament offers a valuable bird's eye view into the critical issues facing South Africa at the moment. The M&G takes a closer look.Our CoverageMore CoverageParliament is supposed to be the engine room of debate and decision-making in ... [Published Mail & Guardian Online - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Democratic Alliance, Police Brutality, South Africa, Brian Dames

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Zanu (PF) scuppers ‘intrusive’ UN loan option

HARARE — Zimbabwe coalition government partners on Wednesday failed to agree on the terms of reference for a United Nations (UN) mission that was due in Harare to assess conditions for facilitating a bail-out for elections later this year.Finance Minister ... [Published BDlive - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Zimbabwe, Patrick Chinamasa, ZANU-PF, United Nations

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Amendment to labour bill scrapped

A PROPOSED amendment to the Labour Relations Amendment Bill, which would have limited the jurisdiction that Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has over the Labour Court, was removed on Wednesday, with the agreement of two parliamentary committees and the two ... [Published BDlive - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Jeff Radebe, Steve Swart, African Christian Democratic Party (ZA)

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

IFP, ACDP in favour of loan

Two opposition parties said on Wednesday they were in favour of South Africa loaning money to cash-strapped Zimbabwe to fund its coming elections.The African Christian Democratic Party said money spent helping Zimbabweans take ownership of their future ... [Published iafrica.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: African Christian Democratic Party (South Africa), Inkatha Freedom Party (ZA), Zimbabwe, Elections, South Africa

Quotes

ACDP's Kenneth Meshoe says: "The ACDP therefore calls for an independent commission of inquiry to get to the bottom of what really happened"

Public protector takes over Gupta saga probe [Published SABC - 5 hours ago]

Meganomics chief economist Colen Garrow said the solution fell in the political sphere. "The problem is labour is part of government [through Cosatu] and while it remains there, no sustainable solution is to be found, unfortunately."

Gordhan calls for action on unrest [Published South Africa Post - 16 hours ago]

"The further question arises - how did we land up in this situation where the Gupta family could exert such influence over officials and use names presumably to achieve what they wanted to achieve?" questioned the ACDP’s Steve Swart

Zuma, Ministers cleared of Gupta saga [Published SABC - May 19 2013]

"I respect them enormously... They are my scriptwriters and I will never demean them" he said

Pieter Dirk-Uys launches political movement [Published Sowetan - May 03 2013]