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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Suné Payne

    UPDATE | Ramaphosa to address country after deaths of 11 women in Ekurhuleni | News24 (opens the original)

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    President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the country on Tuesday evening on the government’s plans to tackle gender-based violence and femicide. This follows a series of murders that have left South Africans asking if a serial killer might be operating in Gauteng, after the bodies of 11 women were discovered in recent months. Speaking to journalists during a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday morning, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni confirmed the president’s address, which is schedule

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Suné Payne

    UPDATE | President Cyril Ramaphosa booked off sick | News24 (opens the original)

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    Days after returning from the BRICS Summit in India, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been booked off sick. In a short statement released on Wednesday afternoon, the Presidency announced that Ramaphosa is ill and booked off from public engagements. “President Ramaphosa, who returned from the BRICS Summit in India on Monday, has been advised by his medical team to rest and recover,” read the statement. “The President has asked the respective Ministers to represent him at scheduled public engagements

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Suné Payne

    Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina apologises for swearing | News24 (opens the original)

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    Almost one week after she was filmed swearing at a Kouga resident, Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has apologised. In a statement addressing a now-viral incident, she said she shouted “jou ma se p**s ook” at the resident during the handover of the upgraded Loerie Sewer Pump Station. She described it as an “unfortunate incident”. “In the heat of the moment, I reacted after being subjected to profane language. I take full responsibility for my conduct and deeply regret responding by u

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Suné Payne

    Frank Chikane, ANC dismiss claims that he is taking the party to court | News24 (opens the original)

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    Reverend Frank Chikane has dismissed claims that he is taking his political home, the ANC, to court over the party’s bungled Johannesburg candidate list. “I also wish to make it categorically clear that I have no intention of taking the ANC to court over the mayoral candidacy matter,” the ANC veteran said on Monday. Chikane’s statement came after the ANC itself dismissed reports of the legal action. Chikane said such reports were “fake from beginning to end”. “I joined the struggle for liberatio

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Suné Payne

    ANC to oppose DA’s bid to intervene in candidate lists case | News24 (opens the original)

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    “A wish to see a competitor kept off a ballot is not an interest a court exists to protect,” the ANC has said. It was responding to the DA’s bid to intervene in its legal challenge to the Electoral Commission’s failure to accept some candidates for the upcoming local government elections. READ | ANC’s IEC candidate list ‘glitches’ hit more municipalities in KZN, including eThekwini With less than 60 days to go before the polls, the ANC is taking the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) to the Electo

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