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News today includes ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has outlined the party’s coalition plans just hours before the first sitting of Parliament on Friday.
Meanwhile, the National Freedom Party (NFP) will enter the Government of National Unity (GNU).
Furthermore, expelled uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party founder and leader Jabulani Khumalo has suffered a second legal blow.
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ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has outlined the party’s coalition plans just hours before the first sitting of Parliament on Friday.
The ANC has been in power for 30 years but lost its majority in the 29 May elections. It secured just over 40% of the national vote, while the main opposition, the DA, got 21.8%.
It has been meeting with 17 parties over the last few days to discuss coalitions, including the EFF. However, Mbalula said the two parties did not see eye to eye on the Government of National Unity proposed by the ANC.
CONTINUE READING: Mbalula: There is nothing we beg from the EFF
On 9 January this year, Stellenbosch University (SU) unlocked two rooms in the mysterious Wilgenhof men’s residence.
The shocking discoveries made in the 120-year-old residence sent shockwaves through the country and left the university stunned.
Now the residence may have to close its doors at the end of the year. This is the main recommendation of a panel appointed by the Rectorate of the SU to investigate the contents of apparently ritualistic items and practices in the two rooms.
CONTINUE READING: Stellenbosch University’s Wilgenhof ‘Res of Horrors’ should close – Panel
The National Freedom Party (NFP) will enter the Government of National Unity (GNU).
This was announced by its leader President Ivan Barnes on Thursday.
He announced the party will join the ANC, DA and IFP in forming a government in KZN, leaving the MK party without power despite it getting the most votes in the province last month.
CONTINUE READING: MK party slams ‘conglomerate of rejects’ as NFP leaves them out in the cold in KZN
The Ladysmith Regional Court on Thursday sentenced Celumusa Ngwenya, to an effective 10 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to six counts of culpable homicide.
The 35-year-old’s plea relates to the motor vehicle accident that occurred on 17 July 2022, on the N11 highway, outside Ladysmith which claimed the lives of six people who were family members of Transport Minister, Sindisiwe Chikunga.
The deceased were aged between four and 40 years old. Following the accident and investigations, Ngwenya appeared in court in January this year on a summons.
CONTINUE READING: 10 years imprisonment for man who killed Transport Minister’s family
Expelled uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party founder and leader Jabulani Khumalo has suffered a second legal blow.
This comes after the Western Cape High Court on Thursday dismissed Khumalo’s bid to be reinstated on the party’s candidate list and sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP).
The court handed down judgment on Thursday, the same day it heard intense arguments from the MK party and Khumalo’s lawyers.
CONTINUE READING: Court dismisses Khumalo’s bid to be reinstated on MK Parly list
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