Economic freedom fighters
National Assembly wants 16 EFF MPs suspended for disrupting Gordhan’s Budget
The 16 were charged after storming Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan at the podium when he was delivering his Budget vote in July 2019.
EFF leader Julius Malema has said that the commission of inquiry into alleged state capture is factional. Malema has, however, said that people should not stop participating and cooperating with the commission. Malema was speaking on 30 March 2021 following the party’s national plenum holdover the weekend.
EFF leader Julius Malema has called for both national and local government elections should be held simultaneously in 2024. Malema was speaking on 30 March 2021 following the party's national plenum held over the weekend.
Julius Malema said the IEC should guide the process of postponing the elections.
Spokesperson Siya Nyulu said online courses must be suspended and the academic year put on hold until all deserving students were registered and funded.
The decision opens the way for the first-ever impeachment process of a head of chapter 9 institution.
The late monarch is expected to be laid to rest on Thursday.
The pair is accused of assaulting Colonel Johannes Venter at the funeral of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Fourways Memorial Park in 2018.
The two politicians have appeared in court pleading not guilty earlier to assaulting Colonel Johannes Venter at the funeral of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Fourways Memorial Park.
The pair are accused of assaulting police officer Jacobus Venter at the Fourways Memorial Cemetery in 2018 at struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's funeral.
Parliament said the EFF had falsely claimed, without any evidence, that it planned to retrench thousands of workers.
The African National Congress defeated its motion by 37 votes while the DA and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) managed 33 votes but it’s arguing that the actual results were 35 to 34, with the ANC winning by just one vote.
The EFF said that in the light of there being no clear indication that the 2021 municipal polls set for November would be postponed, political parties should be allowed to gather and campaign.
It said the current level 3 lockdown restrictions prohibit political parties from engaging in programmes that hold government accountable and doesn’t allow for campaigning to take place ahead of local government elections set for November.
There's little to complain about when government works. Making unfounded allegations is the only solution for some, writes Yonela Diko.
The Police Minister was on Friday responding to a call by the Economic Freedom Fighters call for his removal following reports that 76% of the country's police stations have not had rape kits since July last year.
The Democratic Alliance (DA), meanwhile, has referred to Ramaphosa as a 'nowhere man" a reference to the Beatles song.
The country's main opposition party has painted a picture of a country in crisis, slamming the president's 2020 Sona for delivering lofty ideas which were void of action.
Floyd Shivambu is charged with allegedly having assaulted Media24 multimedia journalist Adrian de Kock in the Parliamentary precinct in 2018 and was captured on camera.