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EFF deputy leader Floyd Shivambu speaking at the Black Business Council Summit. Picture: EFF South Africa/Twitter

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Government is not committed to the empowerment of Africans, says Shivambu

By Theto Mahlakoana

Shivambu has questioned why the state has not used its procurement power to invest in marginalised groups as opposed to relying on imports.

  • FILE: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Picture: GCIS.

    Godongwana says no specific conditions attached to R11bn World Bank loan

    Treasury explained that the money comes from the World Bank's development policy loan product and that the country, by its response to COVID-19 and social-economic programmes, qualified for it.

    192 days ago
  • ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba (left) holds a media briefing at the IEC results operation centre in Pretoria on 3 November 2021. Picture: Xanderleigh Dookey Makhaza/Eyewitness News

    ActionSA's Mashaba has little to offer when it comes to coalitions, says EFF

    Newcomer ActionSA continues to surprise in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, but the Economic Freedom Fighters said that there was nothing special about the party.

    281 days ago
  • There is a vast swathe of local officials and politicians whose names are not known to the general public, but whose cynical delinquency is all too evident in the collapse of small towns into rot and filth. Picture: New Frame/Anastasya Eliseeva

    EDITORIAL: Injustice stalks dissent

    As three activists walked free after six months in jail, it was again clear that the ANC, in cahoots with the police and justice system, keeps grinding popular dissent against the rock of repression.

    314 days ago
  • FILE: Brian Shivambu, the man who allegedly pocketed more than R16 million from the VBS bank scandal, is said to be the younger brother of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Deputy President Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Supplied.

    Brian Shivambu to pay back R4.5m received from looting of VBS - report

    An acknowledgement of debt contract seen by the 'Daily Maverick' revealed that the Brian Shivambu, the brother of EFF deputy president Floyd, signed the contract in March last year, admitting that he received millions of rands for doing nothing.

    431 days ago
  • The EFF's Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News.

    Shivambu asked to back up 'right wing forces' claim in Parly’s legal services

    Shivambu made the claim last week during a meeting of the ad hoc committee looking at amending Section 25 of the Constitution to deal with the expropriation of land without compensation.

    442 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament. Picture: GCIS

    Ramaphosa: Logistics for comprehensive vaccine roll-out campaign in place

    President Cyril Ramaphosa told MPs that South Africa has secured enough vaccines to dose 41.5 million people, but he cautioned that there could be delivery issues that were beyond the government’s control.

    462 days ago
  • FILE: EFF deputy leader Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

    EFF's Shivambu accuses Treasury of misleading MPs on establishment of state bank

    Treasury officials, though, said that the formation of the bank had been delayed by the many discussions with affected departments.

    465 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Gordhan denies seeking meeting with Mogoeng over appointment of judge friend

    Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the disturbing revelation to the Judicial Services Commission, which has been interviewing candidates for the Constitutional Court on Tuesday.

    485 days ago
  • Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    EFF set to lay corruption complaint against Gordhan over Mogoeng approach

    It followed claims that the the minister tried to influence the appointment of judges.

    485 days ago
  • A screengrab shows Media24's Adrian de Kock allegedly being assaulted by EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu on Tuesday 20 March 2018. Picture: @JasonFelix/Twitter

    EFF's Floyd Shivambu's journalist assault trial moved to 2 June

    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.

    547 days ago
  • FILE: The EFF's Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    EFF: Land expropriation without compensation is non-negotiable

    The comments come amid a parliamentary process which is looking at amending section 25 of the Constitution to allow expropriation without compensation.

    766 days ago
  • EFF leader Julius Malema. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    GALLERY: Meet the EFF's Top 6

    The EFF elected its new top 6 leaders on Saturday at the party’s second elective conference , which was attended by an estimated 3,000 delegates.

    971 days ago
  • FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    EFF’s new top 6: Mpofu’s belly flop while Malema, Shivambu retain top positions

    Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu retained their positions as president and deputy president respectively, the rest of the new EFF leadership is completely new.

    971 days ago
  • Daily Maverick is a political instrument for the cabal - Shivambu

    EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu said that the Daily Maverick was banned from EFF events for being what he called a 'propaganda' publication for the interests of the ANC's pro-Pravin Gordhan faction.

    972 days ago
  • 90% of EFF delegates have been registered - Shivambu

    EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu confirmed that all 76 busses that transported delegates to the party's elective conference had arrived in Gauteng. He said it was all systems go, with the official programme expected to get underway at 9am on 14 December 2019.

    972 days ago
  • New allegations emerge linking Julius Malema's cousin to VBS

    An investigation of fraud at VBS Mutual Bank allegedly revealed a slush fund used to channel money from the bank. The company account used belongs to EFF leader Julius Malema's cousin.

    1033 days ago
  • FILE: EFF leader Julius Malema addresses media on 2 July 2019. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN

    EFF's Malema denies link to stolen VBS millions

    Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema was responding to reports by the Daily Maverick's investigative unit Scorpion, that more than R5 million was channeled from VBS Bank into an account the red beret leader used as a slush fund.

    1068 days ago
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