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Anthea Jeffrey questions why President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to distance his party from the EFF view on state custodianship when his ANC colleagues put forward two clauses on the issue which aren t very different from EFF proposals.
President Cyril Ramaphosa was in full but unconvincing reassurance mode at a media briefing last Thursday. The president told journalists the ANC differs from the EFF and does not want the pending constitutional amendment bill (the expropriation without compensation – EWC bill) to include state custodianship of all land.
Yet, just three days before the president tried to distance his party from the custodianship idea, his ANC colleagues on the ad hoc committee responsible for drafting the EWC bill put forward two clauses on state custodianship that differ very little from those suggested by the EFF.
Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has cunningly appropriated a solemn occasion facing the Zulu kingdom to reassert his preferred version of history. Clearly seeking sympathy to portray a legacy of a peacemaker on the right side of history, he uses Mzala Nxumalo as a “propagandist” who sought to denigrate his good name.
The media has provided him with unfettered and unsuspecting access. Among many interviews, he told
SABC’s Simphiwe Makhanya that his Zulu royal detractors were basing their allegations on Mzala’s book,
SAFM show.
He was also quoted in an article on
IOL by Sihle Mavuso saying, “I know that people like Princess Thembi and others… were trained by the ANC’s external mission using the writings of one of their stalwarts called Nobleman Nxumalo who also called himself Mzala who wrote the book titled
Amendment to Employment Equity Act will benefit only the politically connected, parliament hears Cosatu welcomes the proposed amendment but the IRR says only the elite will benefit. Stock photo Image: rawpixel/123rf.com
A possible amendment of the Employment Equity Act will benefit only the elite while the majority of black people in SA will continue to suffer, the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) told parliament on Tuesday.
But union umbrella body Cosatu rejected this stance, saying the change would be progressive and is long overdue.
If changed, the bill will shake-up the country s employment equity laws and give the minister of employment and labour powers to fast-track transformation in different sectors. It will also allow the minister to set numerical targets for employers.