ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the government to finalise vaccine mandates. He says for the economy to operate fully, everyone must be vaccinated against Covid-19. He reiterated the importance of vaccination. 

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Ramaphosa urges government to finalise a policy on the introduction of vaccine mandates

The EFF held a “Siyabonga” (“thank you”) rally in Durban's People's Park on Saturday to thank its KwaZulu-Natal supporters for their support. In the 2021 local government elections, the EFF secured 150 seats and 8.64% of the vote in the province — up from 59 seats and 3.46% in the 2016 election.

Malema's full EFF 'Siyabonga' rally address

When the ANC officially opens the party’s leadership race, Limpopo will campaign for Cyril Ramaphosa to win a second term. The premier of Limpopo and ANC provincial chair Stan Mathabatha told the party’s January 8 celebrations on Saturday that the province was fully behind Ramaphosa. Mathabatha said Ramaphosa had led the ANC well and that it was not jumping the gun in calling for his second term.

Limpopo ANC says Cyril has led well and deserves second term

Police minister Bheki Cele told journalists that someone deliberately shut down the power at the ANC gala dinner on Friday while President Cyril Ramaphosa was thanking the business community for its financial support.

Someone sabotaged Ramaphosa's gala address, says Cele

ANC deputy president David Mabuza addressed the crowd at Mankweng Cemetery in Limpopo at a wreath-laying ceremony for the late ANC Youth League president Peter Mokaba. Mabuza reiterated the words of the province's premier Stanley Mathabatha that it is not the party that is corrupt, but individuals within the party who are. “We will correct ourself and get rid of unwanted elements," Mabuza said.

The ANC will never die, it has the power and capacity to self-correct, Mabuza says

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is in Limpopo gearing up for the ANC January 8th statement on Saturday. Other ANC leadership figures, including deputy president David Mabuza, chairperson Gwede Mantashe and treasurer-general Paul Mashatile are also in the province garnering support for the ANC's 110th birthday celebrations. Ramaphosa says he is determined that the land will be returned to the people of the country.

The land of our forebears will be returned to the people of our country, says Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday walked out of what was supposed to be a memorial lecture in memory of Lilian Ngoyi. According to ANC Women's League (ANCWL) secretary Meokgo Matuba, Ramaphosa left because of failure to comply with Covid-19 regulations.

Ramaphosa walks out of ANCWL event over breached Covid-19 rules

Australians on Wednesday said they were unhappy with the decision to grant world No 1 men's tennis player Novak Djokovic medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination to enter the country and play in the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament. “I think it's a disgrace. We've all done the right thing, we've all gone out and got our jabs and our boosters and we have someone that's come from overseas and all of a sudden he's been exempt and can play,” said Melbourne local Christine Wharton. On Thursday, the government reportedly cancelled Djokovic's visa to pacify public anger over the decision to give him medical exemption from vaccination.

Australians' distaste at ‘Novax’ Djokovic’s jab exemption puts pressure on authorities

The ANC is not getting any prayers from the clergy in Mokopane, Limpopo ahead of its birthday celebration but rather a strong dose of the "shame" that its governance has subjected South Africans to. Religious leaders on Thursday greeted President Cyril Ramaphosa with fierce criticism of the ANC as an organisation and its governance under his leadership.

'We don't see your Thuma Mina here' clergy tell Ramaphosa in Makopane

Jacob Zuma Foundation spokesperson and former Government Communications Information System (GCIS) CEO Mzwanele Manyi has responded to being implicated in the state capture inquiry report, claiming the commission “got it all wrong”. He said he is being targeted for being Zuma’s spokesperson. 

‘My crime is being spokesperson for the most-hated man’ — Manyi on being implicated in state capture report

EFF MP Floyd Shivambu has taken aim at President Cyril Ramaphosa for praising the City of Cape Town’s response to the fire in the parliamentary precinct on Sunday. Taking to social media, Shivambu implied the extent of the damage caused by the fire contradicted remarks made by the president about the city being “one that works”.

Shivambu says Ramaphosa ‘irrationally praised’ response to parliament fire

The case against alleged parliament arsonist Zandile Christmas Mafe has been postponed. Multiple charges have been brought against Mafe including theft, arson and housebreaking.

Alleged parliament arsonist faces multiple charges

The Presiding Officers of Parliament have noted with distress yet another flare up of flames on the roof of the National Assembly Building in Cape Town. The almost two-day brave and courageous battle by firefighters against the flames that gutted various buildings of Parliament suffered a set-back when flames suddenly flared up from the roof of the Building this afternoon.

Re-emergence of fire in the national assembly building

President Cyril Ramaphosa was one of many who took to the podium to bid farewell to the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu at his funeral service held on Saturday 1 January 2022.

'A crusader in the struggle for freedom, for justice, for equality and for peace' — Ramaphosa pays tribute to Tutu

The South African Council of Churches and the Anglican Church of Southern Africa hosted an inter-denominational and interfaith memorial service in celebration of the life and six-decade service of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the Cathedral Church of St Alban in Pretoria on Thursday. 

“He was a man of enormous courage” — The SACC and interfaith communities speak of Tutu’s legacy  

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