Daily news update for 8 April 2024. Photo: iStock/ The Citizen/ Cheryl Kahla
In today’s news, former president Jacob Zuma may still have an opportunity to contest as president of MK party despite a criminal record; under fire Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises are at loggerheads over the failed Takatso SAA deal; troubled ANC member of parliament Boy Mamabolo is being challenged by his party to produce a matric certificate.
With the general elections just around the corner, many political parties are on a final push to woo voters. We take a look at the IFP elections manifesto, while the man in blue have made a major breakthrough in the fight against crime after rescuing six kidnapped men in KZN.
In today’s news, Political analyst Professor Dirk Kotze believes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pardon will be the key to allowing former president Jacob Zuma to contest in the 2024 elections?
Former president Jacob Zuma in Phillipi, near Cape Town, on 10 March 2024. Picture: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP
The IEC had barred Zuma from contesting the elections because he has a criminal record. The uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party has appealed this decision. The Electoral Court will on Monday hear the appeal.
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The public spat between Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises is continuing, with Gordhan warning a DA member of the committee not to “threaten” him.
The parliamentary committee is looking into the deal between South African Airways (SAA) and Takatso, which has since been terminated.
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on 6 September 2019 in Cape Town. Photo: Gallo Images/Sunday Times/Esa Alexander
Gordhan was accused by former Public Enterprises director-general Kgathatso Tlhakudi of handpicking Takatso for the SAA deal.
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The ANC is fighting back against MP Boy Mamabolo after he took the party to court.
Mamabolo approached the courts after being left off the ANC’s candidates list ahead of the elections this year. Now the party is telling him to prove he has the qualifications he needs to be on the list.
ANC MP Boy Mamabolo. Picture: Supplied
It accuses him of not providing a matric certificate, nor the legal qualifications he claims he has, despite many requests for him to do so since November last year.
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Six men who were kidnapped in Pitermaritzburg last Friday were rescued in Durban by a team of various law enforcement and security agencies in the early hours of this morning, The Witness reported on Sunday.
Two men suspected to be involved in the kidnapping were also arrested.
ENCA reports that the pair may be linked to the Marianhill gang shot dead by police a week ago.
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Rapper Cassper Nyovest seems to be a married man after a clip of him and his bride, Pulane Mojaki, celebrating at their traditional wedding was shared on X.
Speculation has been swirling in South Africa for months over whether the two were getting married – and it now seems to be official.
Chippa United co-head coach Thabo September praised stand-in goalkeeper Darren Johnson after he marked his DStv Premiership debut with a superb performance in the 2-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs at the Buffalo City Stadium in East London on Saturday
With regular number one Stanley Nwabali suspended and Namibian international Lloyd Kazapua also unavailable, the Chili Boyz were forced to turn to the 27 year-old Johnson. And the Capetonian did not disappoint, making several excellent saves.
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