Ramaphosa tells MPs of lobby against law to regulate political party funding 12 November 2020 - 18:32 Image: Jairus Mmutle/GCIS
President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed to parliament that he s being lobbied to consider changes to the party-funding law he enacted last year, saying this was the reason its implementation date has been delayed.
Responding to oral questions during a virtual sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday, Ramaphosa said several stakeholders within and outside government had approached him with proposals on how the Political Party Funding Act should be further amended before it could come into effect.
This was despite the fact that the act, which was lauded as a critical tool in curbing corruption and dodgy donations to political parties, was passed by parliament and signed into law by Ramaphosa last year.
DA reports Sunday Times to ombudsman over ‘misrepresentation’
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Sunday Times to retract an article it had written, in which it implied leader John Steenhuisen was open to a coalition government with the ANC
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed a complaint with the Press Ombudsman, in the wake of an article written by
Sunday Times, which raised quite a few eyebrows. DA leader John Steenhuisen did a lengthy interview with the publication’s Caiphus Kgosana and Thabo Mokone. Now the DA has taken issue with the story’s opening sentence, claiming the journalists were trying to create the impression that the DA was open to a coalition agreement with the ANC.
DA looks at selling headquarters, staff cuts amid serious cash crunch 28 February 2021 - 00:00 By Zimasa Matiwane, Aphiwe Deklerk and Thabo Mokone
The DA is considering selling its headquarters in Bruma, Johannesburg, as the party faces a serious cash crunch ahead of the local government elections.
Party CEO Simon Dickinson confirmed that the DA is contemplating putting Nkululeko House, which was unveiled to much fanfare three years ago, on the market.
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Tito throws billions at Covid
Mboweni finds funds for big vaccine drive, slashes spending, eases taxes PREMIUM By Thabo Mokone, Nomazima Nkosi and Michael Kimberley - 25 February 2021
With the largest tax shortfall on record looming, finance minister Tito Mboweni has managed to scrounge around and find billions of rand to fund a huge vaccination programme to shield the entire population against Covid-19 in the next two years.
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Tito’s balancing act leaves Cosatu livid about public servants’ wages The union says government is using public servants as a scapegoat for economic mismanagement 24 February 2021 - 20:17 By Caiphus Kgosana and Thabo Mokone
Finance minister Tito Mboweni stuck to his hard line on the salaries of public servants during his budget speech in the national assembly on Wednesday afternoon, proposing “moderate adjustments” to wage increases, way below inflation.
But National Treasury did not close the door entirely to increased demands by public servants and the next round of wage negotiations is about to kick off.
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