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Mokonyane denies giving Grade R pupils sanitary pads
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba had criticised the minister and assumed she handed sanitary pads to grade R pupils, saying they were too young.
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Mashaba lambasted for suggesting pads would lead children to ‘focus on sex’
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba is facing a staunch backlash for suggesting that handing out sanitary towels to young girls in school encourages them to focus on sex.
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Mthembu defends Ramaphosa’s decision to keep Dlamini, Mokonyane
African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Jackson Mthembu argued that President Ramaphosa had to consider next year’s elections when making changes to his Cabinet.
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[LISTEN] What Ramaphosa's Cabinet reshuffle means
On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a reshuffle to his Cabinet.
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Opposition parties criticise Ramaphosa's decision to retain Dlamini & Mokonyane
The president has retained both ministers in his Cabinet but has however moved Mokonyane from the Communications portfolio to Environmental Affairs.
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Greenpeace SA willing to work with Mokonyane as Environmental Affairs Minister
Greenpeace South Africa says Nomvula Mokonyane wasn't its first choice for Environmental Affairs Minister but hope she does a better job than when she was at the helm of the Water and Sanitation Department.
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Cosatu 'unhappy' with Ramaphosa keeping Dlamini, Mokonyane in Cabinet
The reaction comes as the president filed notice to oppose the Democratic Alliance’s legal bid seeking to declare Bathabile Dlamini’s appointment invalid.
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Mokonyane rejects claims she hasn’t supported SABC amid financial woes
The SABC is currently in a financial crisis and in the process of retrenching workers.
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Mokonyane: SABC mass retrenchments not approved by govt
The minister says the public broadcaster has also not fully complied with Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act.
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Provinces respond ‘positively’ to digital broadcasting migration dates
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced that the Free State will make the switch on 31 December 2018, North West and Northern Cape are expected to switch in March 2019.
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Digital migration: Govt abandons plan to buy set-top boxes
Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says Cabinet on Wednesday approved a different approach to implementing the long-delayed broadcast digital migration project.
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'Ramaphosa to announce govt’s proposed economic stimulus plan'
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane suggested government’s economic stimulus package will address the current challenges but did not say when it would be announced.
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Heads will roll once SIU concludes Water Dept tenders probe
The department is broke and has asked Parliament to adjust it's 2018/2019 budget so it can meet its targets for this financial year.
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‘Govt is properly communicating its message on land with the world’
Eyewitness News asked Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane how well she felt South Africa is managing its messaging on the land question, particularly abroad.
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Mokonyane: Trump's tweet unfortunate but hasn’t affected SA-US relations
In a tweet earlier on Thursday, Trump said he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to 'closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large-scale killing of farmers'.
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Baleka Mbete swears in 12 new MPs
One of the new MPs is Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane.
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Land expropriation, gender violence among topics at Cabinet lekgotla
Communications Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says that plans on how to implement land expropriation without compensation will be discussed.
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'Legal action being taken against CPS employees sabotaging migration process'
Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says legal action has been taken against people who interfered with swapping of old cards for new ones & those interrupting Sassa staff in carrying out their duties.
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MPs shocked as Water Dept's irregular expenditure tops R6.5bn
The Office of the Auditor-General says the department chose not to disclose almost R2,5 billion in other spending decisions that failed to follow the proper prescripts.
