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Daily news update: Cabinet announcement ‘soon’ | EFF’s Dlamini handed suspended sentence | Parliament opening on Mandela Day
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News today includes with the opening of Parliament confirmed for 18 July, coinciding with International Nelson Mandela Day at the Cape Town City Hall, Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has provided an inclination that President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to finalise his cabinet before then.
Meanwhile, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for five years.
Furthermore, President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Mandela Day for the official opening of the seventh parliament.
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Ramaphosa to announce cabinet ‘as soon as it’s humanly possible’ – Magwenya
With the opening of Parliament confirmed for 18 July, coinciding with International Nelson Mandela Day at the Cape Town City Hall, Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has provided an inclination that President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to finalise his cabinet before then.
It is understood Ramaphosa is meeting with Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen on Friday in yet another face-to-face meeting following the Government of National Unity (GNU) impasse.
A bid to seal the deal failed earlier this week after the DA refused to accept an offer put on the table by Ramaphosa, with the party telling the President that if he does not abide by the initial offer, the agreement between the DA and ANC was off.
CONTINUE READING: Ramaphosa to announce cabinet ‘as soon as it’s humanly possible’ – Magwenya
T20 World Cup final: How SA, India stack up in batting and bowling departments
The two most consistent teams at the 2024 T20 World Cup will go up against each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in the T20 World Cup final on Saturday (4.30pm).
Both teams have reached the final without losing a game and there’s little separating them in terms of form and quality.
Here we analyse their respective batting lineups, pace bowling departments and spin bowlers, who’re all set to play a role in the final.
CONTINUE READING: T20 World Cup final: How SA, India stack up in batting and bowling departments
EFF’s Marshall Dlamini handed suspended sentence for assault
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for five years.
Dlamini appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court on Friday where Magistrate Nasha Banwari handed down the sentence.
The EFF SG was also sentenced to a fine of R6 000 or three months in prison for malicious damage to property.
CONTINUE READING: EFF’s Marshall Dlamini handed suspended sentence for assault
SA stays on greylist due to its remaining strategic deficiencies
South Africa will remain on the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist due to its enduring strategic deficiencies, despite government’s optimism that the country would be taken off the list by this year.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an intergovernmental body established in 1989 by the ministers of its member jurisdictions to protect financial systems and the broader economy from threats of money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation, thereby strengthening financial sector integrity and contributing to safety and security.
Jurisdictions under increased monitoring actively work with the FATF to address strategic deficiencies in their regimes to counter money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing.
CONTINUE READING: SA stays on greylist due to its remaining strategic deficiencies
Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament date confirmed: SA urged to ‘reflect on Mandela’s values’
President Cyril Ramaphosa has chosen Mandela Day for the official opening of the seventh parliament.
The President has confirmed with National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza, and National Council of Provinces Chairperson Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane that 18 July will be the day he gives the Opening Parliamentary Address.
The joint sitting of the two houses will be held at Cape Town City Hall with preparations for the event now underway.
CONTINUE READING: Ramaphosa’s Opening of Parliament date confirmed: SA urged to ‘reflect on Mandela’s values’
In other news today:
- WATCH: IFP concerned about delays in the GNU and cabinet announcement
- Hawks waiting to hear from NPA on Phala Phala prosecution – Lebeya
- Authorities investigating extent of Western Cape rabies ‘outbreak
- Hawks arrested over 500 suspects in three months
- Nersa to force City of Joburg residents to pay 12.72% more for electricity from 1 July
