When ANC parliamentarian Johnny de Lange and his National Party counterpart Manie Schoeman famously exchanged blows in Parliament about 15 years ago, the Speaker, Frene Ginwala, was in her office and had delegated the running of the session to another presiding officer.
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Daily Archives: August 24, 2014
Boy dies after part of soccer goalpost falls on him
A 13 year-old-boy was killed on when a part of a soccer goalpost fell on him at a school in Thabong, in the Free State, paramedics said on Saturday.
ER24’s Russel Meiring said paramedics arrived on scene and found a group of children standing around the lifeless body of the young boy.
“Paramedics assessed the patient but found he had already succumbed to his severe injuries,” Meiring said.
According to Meiring, witnesses later said that the boys had apparently been swinging on the pole (crossbar) when it collapsed and struck the boy on the head.
Authorities were investigating the incident.
News24
Madonsela challenges Zuma over Nkandla debt
Johannesburg – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has reportedly sent President Jacob Zuma a scathing letter asking why he should not pay back some of the R246m spent on his Nkandla home.
According to the Sunday Times, Madonsela sent the letter to Zuma on Thursday. In it she also accuses him of failing to tell parliament when he plans to pay back the money.
Madonsela also claims that Zuma has not yet responded to her report – this despite the president’s office saying he has.
In her report, Madonsela states that Zuma has to repay the cost of items not related to security. This includes a family visitors’ centre, a swimming pool, a cattle kraal and a chicken run.
Madonsela also lashed out at Zuma, accusing him of being guilty of an attack on the constitution and the rule of law by granting Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko the power to review her report, reports the Sunday Times.
Three investigations
There were however, three different investigations into the upgrades, done by the joint standing committee on intelligence, the public protector and the Special Investigative Unit (SIU).
Public spending on the security upgrades has turned into one of the major controversies of the Zuma presidency, as costs escalated to R246m – especially when it emerged the project included a pool (dubbed a “firepool” by the government), an amphitheatre, a cattle kraal and a chicken run, among others.
In her report earlier this year, Madonsela found that Zuma and his family had unduly benefited from the upgrades and recommended that he repay some of the money.
Zuma declined to respond to Madonsela’s report in full within the required fortnight and said instead he would wait for the SIU’s findings.
The presidency and the African National Congress’s chief whip Stone Sizani disagreed with Madonsela’s statement, saying Zuma had responded.
The National Assembly on Tuesday resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to consider Zuma’s response.
But parliament’s question time was suspended, and then adjourned on Thursday when the Economic Freedom Fighters disrupted parliament.
This came after Zuma flatly refused to answer questions about the upgrades put to him by EFF leader Julius Malema.
News24
Madonsela challenges Zuma over Nkandla debt
Johannesburg – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has reportedly sent President Jacob Zuma a scathing letter asking why he should not pay back some of the R246m spent on his Nkandla home.
According to the Sunday Times, Madonsela sent the letter to Zuma on Thursday. In it she also accuses him of failing to tell parliament when he plans to pay back the money.
Madonsela also claims that Zuma has not yet responded to her report – this despite the president’s office saying he has.
In her report, Madonsela states that Zuma has to repay the cost of items not related to security. This includes a family visitors’ centre, a swimming pool, a cattle kraal and a chicken run.
Madonsela also lashed out at Zuma, accusing him of being guilty of an attack on the constitution and the rule of law by granting Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko the power to review her report, reports the Sunday Times.
Three investigations
There were however, three different investigations into the upgrades, done by the joint standing committee on intelligence, the public protector and the Special Investigative Unit (SIU).
Public spending on the security upgrades has turned into one of the major controversies of the Zuma presidency, as costs escalated to R246m – especially when it emerged the project included a pool (dubbed a “firepool” by the government), an amphitheatre, a cattle kraal and a chicken run, among others.
In her report earlier this year, Madonsela found that Zuma and his family had unduly benefited from the upgrades and recommended that he repay some of the money.
Zuma declined to respond to Madonsela’s report in full within the required fortnight and said instead he would wait for the SIU’s findings.
The presidency and the African National Congress’s chief whip Stone Sizani disagreed with Madonsela’s statement, saying Zuma had responded.
The National Assembly on Tuesday resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to consider Zuma’s response.
But parliament’s question time was suspended, and then adjourned on Thursday when the Economic Freedom Fighters disrupted parliament.
This came after Zuma flatly refused to answer questions about the upgrades put to him by EFF leader Julius Malema.
News24
SA could host Afcon 2017 as Libya pull out
Libya has been troubled by political upheaval and has had to pull out of hosting the competition for the second time in three years
Libya have withdrawn from hosting the Africa Cup of Nations in 2017, citing the unstable security situation in the country.
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