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Zuma announces Phiyega probe

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Cape Town – A board of inquiry into National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office has been set up, President Jacob Zuma announced on Tuesday.

“President Jacob Zuma has in terms of Sections 9(1) of the South Africa Police Service Act, 1995, established a Board of Inquiry into the allegations of misconduct by the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, and/or her capacity to execute official duties efficiently,” the Presidency said in a statement.

Judge Cornelis Claasen would chair the three person board. He would be assisted by advocates Bernard Khuzwayo and Anusha Rawjee.

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Who dares to judge the judges?

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The space occupied by the executive and judiciary is a delicate balance that needs to be jealously guarded, writes Sipho Seepe.

The Constitutional Court in session after the DA appealed against the Electoral Court judgment on SMSs sent to potential voters stating that President Jacob Zuma stole public money to build his Nkandla home was based on false information. File picture: Boxer Ngwenya. 
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Johannesburg – Stripped of all the hype and the predictable hysteria, there is nothing remarkable about the meeting between the judiciary and the executive. What is remarkable is that it has taken so long to happen. Tensions between these branches of government are not unusual in a democracy.

It is not uncommon for the judiciary to be accused of straying into the executive space.

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Medupi: Eskom’s R105bn project

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Lephalale – President Jacob Zuma opened South Africa’s first new power plant in 20 years on Sunday with a warning that the country’s perennial energy shortages were hampering economic growth.


President Jacob Zuma (right) shakes hands with Eskom’s acting chief, Brian Molefe, as Lynne Brown (extreme left) looks on during the official opening of the Medupi power plant on August 30, 2015. Picture: Elmond Jiyane. 
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Construction on the six-unit, 4 764 MW Medupi plant near Lephalale, about 350km north of Johannesburg, was started in 2007 but the first 794 megawatts (MW) only came online this week after delays due to strikes, technical issues and cost overruns.

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Nkandla not a ‘major discussion’ point at ANC lekgotla – Mantashe

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Johannesburg – The ANC’s three-day lekgotla held in Pretoria at the weekend did not go into detailed discussions about President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home following an in loco inspection by Parliament’s ad hoc committee, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday.

“It was not an issue for major discussion in the lekgotla,” he told reporters in Johannesburg,

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