Instead of focusing on rebuilding the country after years of state capture, we were distracted by a sideshow, writes Mandy Wiener.
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Julius Malema's performance during the first day of the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address to a joint sitting of Parliament last week saw the ANC fall for his provocation and antics for what feels like the thousandth time since he left the mother organisation in 2013.
Members of Parliament from all parties are debating a number of issues in the wake of President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest State of the Nation Address in National Assembly.
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EFF leader Julius Malema is suing one-time friend and ANC MP Jacob Boy Mamabolo for R1m over claims that he abuses his wife.
The commission of inquiry into state capture has heard how former SAA head Duduzile Myeni instructed an in-camera witness to transfer close to R2m to the Jacob Zuma Foundation through his construction company's bank account.
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Two KwaZulu-Natal nurses are suspended after allegedly ignoring a woman who was in labour. The baby later died.
The debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address descended into a shouting match in the National Assembly after an ANC MP accused EFF leader Julius Malema of domestic violence.
The South African Weather Service has issued a warning of high fire danger, watches of severe thunderstorms and a special weather advisory of extremely hot conditions.
Nigerian soldiers have torched more than 20 homes in a community in the oil-rich Niger Delta after "suspected pirates" killed six people, security sources and residents say.
Tesla CEO Musk dinged Bill Gates after the Microsoft billionaire said he'd bought an electric Porsche, and not a Tesla, in an interview.
South Africa's elite athletes have opened the 2020 season with a bang as they begin their early build-up towards the Olympics and international campaigns.
After President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his SONA last week under the shadow of an under-performing economy, Members of Parliament jostled over whether he was confronted by near-impossible odds or complicit in SA's economic quandary.
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Justin Bieber says he knows "it’s a very scary time" and his "prayers of support" goes out to the people of China.
The EFF has once again overshadowed the joint sitting in Parliament, this time with allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa beat his late former wife.
The hackers claimed to have read private messages that indicated a popular player was heading back to FC Barcelona. Twitter confirmed the hacks.
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Accepting the apology would be premised on consistency and the resolve to promote social cohesion and nation building. After all, Africans in general and South Africans, in particular, are a forgiving people, writes Bheki R Mngomezulu.
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