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[It is a great honour to be invited to address you on this historic occasion, the celebration of the centenary of the Afrikanerbond.] ...

The SRWP leadership met on 9 May 2019, to reflect on the 2019 National and Provincial Elections. We reflected on our performance as a Party, and the entire electoral process with its substantially ...

This is a preliminary statement that seeks to inform the public that the Ministerial Committee established on the 28th of January 2005 to investigate the alleged irregularities in selected centres in ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the move towards privatisation by South African Airlines (SAA) by means of selling off minority interest in some of its subsidiaries. The DA cannot agree more ...

Former Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng leader John Moodey has joined the newly launched ActionSA, recently formed by former Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba. Moodey will serve as the party’s ...

To amend the Nursing Act, 1978, so as to amend certain definitions and to define certain expressions; to provide for the establishment of the South African Interim Nursing Council; to further regulate ...

The fact that Eskom's tariff increase application appears to have been revised to 35% does little to dampen concerns about possible inflationary effects of such a tariff hike. Indeed, a 35% increase ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa will be bestowing the 2019 National Orders Awards on distinguished local citizens and eminent foreign nationals who have played a momentous role towards building a free and ...

In terms of the Section 45 of the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 72 of 2008) ( "the Amendment Act"), I hereby determine 01 June 2017 as the date on which the Amendment ...

On 21 June 2013, Magistrate Voogt of the Nigel Magistrates' Court (Gauteng province) convicted Cecil Motsepe, a former journalist of Sowetan, of criminal defamation and sentenced him to a fine of ...

The Inkatha Freedom Party in KwaZulu-Natal is appalled at the senseless and brutal murder of an eight year old, grade three learner at Umlazi, South of Durban.