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FILE: A shack dweller's washing dries in the wind in the Langrug informal settlement outside Franschhoek. Picture: EWN

Sona 2017

[OPINION] SA’s social compact is at breaking point

By The Conversation

Richard Calland says South Africa can’t save itself just by talking the talk. It must walk the walk.

  • President Jacob Zuma responds to a debate in Parliament. Picture: GCIS

    [OPINION] The search for integrity in Zuma’s world

    Judith February says Pravin Gordhan so obviously possesses what seems in such short supply these days - integrity.

    1513 days ago
  • FILE: Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS.

    [WATCH LIVE] Cyril Ramaphosa answers questions in Parliament

    Questions will focus on the national minimum wage, the Life Esidimeni tragedy and security measures in Parliament.

    1514 days ago
  • FILE: Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti. Picture: GCIS

    Radical economic transformation plans on track, says govt

    At a briefing in Parliament, officials said government's Nine-Point Plan was putting conditions in place to reduce poverty, grow the economy and create jobs.

    1515 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma chats to police officers at the Nyanga Police Station in cape Town. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter.

    President Jacob Zuma to visit Soshanguve

    The president will visit the community as part of an anti-crime programme on Tuesday.

    1515 days ago
  • FILE: An SANDF soldier patrols in the streets near the Parliament ahead of the arrival of President Zuma for the opening ceremony of the State of the Nation Address (Sona) on 9 February 2017. Picture: AFP.

    SONA cost taxpayer R11m, not R4m – says DA

    The party says questions to the ministers of police and public works revealed that their departments spent R4 million and R2.7 million, respectively.

    1517 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma responds to a debate in Parliament. Picture: GCIS

    [OPINION] Paralysis at the heart of the state and in Parliament

    Judith February says under Zuma's watch, Parliament as an institution has been damaged, perhaps irreparably.

    1526 days ago
  • South African President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2017 in Parliament. Picture: AFP.

    Primedia, MMA write to SCA over audio cuts during #Sona2017

    An attorney representing the media houses says there were serious problems with the broadcast of Sona last week.

    1526 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma. Picture: Supplied

    Zuma: Govt land policies not an attack on whites

    President Jacob Zuma acknowledged criticism that government had not met its land restitution targets.

    1527 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma delivers his State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2017 in Parliament. Picture: AFP.

    [WATCH LIVE] President Zuma replies to Sona debate

    President Jacob Zuma is responding to statements made by MPs during two days of debate relating to last week's State of the Nation Address.

    1527 days ago
  • A screengrab of the disruptions to the 2017 State of the Nation Address in the National Assembly.

    MPs reminded to put interests of SA first

    Cabinet has raised concerns after President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address was marked by insults, chaos and violence.

    1527 days ago
  • Security officials remove the EFF's Mbuyiseni Ndlozi from the National Assembly along with other party members after they disrupted President Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address. Picture: AFP.

    EFF seeks ConCourt action after Sona brawl

    The red berets say they will be suing the police minister as MPs were assaulted during Zuma's Sona.

    1528 days ago
  • FILE: Security officials remove EFF members from the National Assembly after they disrupted President Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address. Picture: AFP.

    Jeff Radebe denounces behaviour of MPs at #Sona2017

    The opening of Parliament was again marred by chaos last week.

    1528 days ago
  • National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete and the chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Thandi Modise during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address on 9 February 2017. Picture: YouTube screengrab.

    Mbete clarifies use of white substance in public gallery during #Sona2017

    Last week, guests and dignitaries were engulfed in fumes of the powder that reportedly had the same effect as teargas.

    1528 days ago
  • DA leader Mmusi Maimane in Parliament. Picture: AFP

    Maimane: ANC govt no longer cares about the people

    DA leader Mmusi Maimane said the ANC had turned from the liberator of the people, to the enemy of the people.

    1529 days ago
  • FILE: Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. Picture: GCIS.

    Minister Radebe lambasts disruptions at Sona

    Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe has spoken out against last week’s clashes, violent evictions, walkouts and delays at the Sona debate in Parliament on Tuesday.

    1529 days ago
  • file: Security officials remove EFF members from the National Assembly after they disrupted President Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address. Picture: AFP.

    Mbete: Removal of EFF MPs during #Sona2017 under investigation

    Speaker Baleka Mbete says an investigation is also underway into various issues such as the presence of SANDF troops during Sona.

    1529 days ago
  • Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema (C) pictured during a press briefing on 14 February 2017. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    EFF seeks to lay charges against Parly over MPs' ejection

    They have also announced they will be suing Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa as MPs were assaulted during their removal from Parliament.

    1529 days ago
  • FILE: President Jacob Zuma delivers his 2017 State of the Nation Address in Parliament. Picture: AFP.

    [WATCH LIVE] Sona debate in Parliament

    Last week's State of the Nation Address by President Zuma was marred by chaos, violence and insults.

    1529 days ago
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