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President Jacob Zuma displays an obscure understanding of what the media’s role is in a democratic state. The president is clearly saying that the media is currently functioning out of line with the constitution and yet he has failed so many times in a court of law to sue cartoonist Zapiro and other journalists for [...]

AfriForum Youth investigating Malema tenders

Alana Bailey August 17, 2010 News & Politics

AfriForum Youth today announced that it will launch an independent investigation into the municipal tenders awarded to the company of Julius Malema, SGL Engineering Projects.  This follows after the Public Protector (PP) yesterday stated that nothing could be found amiss with the tenders, despite the fact that the PP itself admitted that the documentation of [...]

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COSATU applauds minister’s crusade against corruption

Editor August 17, 2010 News & Politics

The Congress of South African Trade Unions hails the Minister of Human Settlements for his battle to unearth corruption in housing projects.
This move by Comrade Tokyo Sexwale is exactly the sort of bold initiative that COSATU and all honest South Africans have been calling for.
The national audit task team investigation have examined 10246 housing projects, [...]

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Public Protector’s reports do not exempt Nyanda from moral accountability

Alana Bailey August 12, 2010 News & Politics

AfriForum responded to the Public Protector’s findings re General Siphiwe Nyanda’s involvement in companies that profited millions from Transnet contracts by stating that these findings do not exempt Nyanda from moral accountability for unethical conduct.  The fact that the Public Protector could find no proof that Nyanda had influenced the award processes irregularly, does not [...]

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PTT angers COSATU

Editor August 11, 2010 News & Politics

The Congress of South African Trade Unions and its affiliates in the North West are disturbed by the headlines in the Mafikeng Mail of 6th August 2010 which read “Vavi angers PTT (Provincial Task Team)”. This is disturbing given the fact that the North West province is one of the provinces which are overwhelmed by [...]

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AfriForum will fight in court for media freedom

Alana Bailey August 11, 2010 News & Politics

The civil rights initiative AfriForum has undertaken to fight in court for media freedom, even if it were to mean that this fight has to be taken to the level of the Constitutional Court.  According to AfriForum, the ANC’s proposed Media Appeals Tribunal and the passing of the Protection of Information Bill, will be in [...]

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US and SA approaches to classified info

FWdeKlerkFoundation August 10, 2010 News & Politics

The debate continues to rage over the Protection of Information Bill which has been introduced in Parliament to establish a new system for the classification of government information.  Its proponents claim that the Bill is necessary to protect government information from ‘enemies’.  Its opponents charge that it is a threat to the accountability, responsiveness and [...]

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Zim farmers going to court over costs of suit

Alana Bailey August 2, 2010 News & Politics

Zimbabwean farmers represented by AfriForum will apply to the North Gauteng High Court tomorrow (3 August 2010) for a special order to pay costs against the government of Zimbabwe, following the latter’s unilateral scrapping of their urgent application against the farmers from the roll, without offering to compensate the farmers for wasted expenditure.
This step comes [...]

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AfriForum prepares to take legal action against Eskom

Alana Bailey July 23, 2010 News & Politics

AfriForum has joined the fight to keep the Mafube municipality’s electricity switched on. According to Cornelius Jansen van Rensburg, AfriForum spokesperson on local government, AfriForum will act on behalf of the Frankfort community. A letter was handed to Eskom yesterday, in which Eskom is requested to give the assurance that it will not suspend [...]

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AfriForum ready to challenge McBride appointment in court

Alana Bailey July 21, 2010 News & Politics

AfriForum has instructed its legal team to prepare to have the possible appointment of Robert McBride as Tshwane’s metro police chief set aside in court, should the Tshwane Metro Council decide to appoint him. This comes after it became known that McBride was included in a short list of five candidates for this position.
AfriForum also [...]

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