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South Africa: Julius Malema's SONA 2015 Debate Speech Fact-Checked
Africa Check, 25 February 2015
The debate on President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address saw impassioned speeches by the leaders of South Africa's two main opposition parties. We fact-checked key claims. Read more »
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South Africa: Who'll Set the Agenda After the SONA2015 Storm - Zuma, Mantashe or Malema?
Daily Maverick, 23 February 2015
What happens now following the most dramatic State of the Nation Address in post-democracy South Africa? Will there be a calm after the storm, or are there new storms brewing?… Read more »
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South Africa: Parliament Diary - Post-SONA Debate Has Plenty of Fire, Zero Fisticuffs
Daily Maverick, 18 February 2015
After a fairly bizarre start to the day - in the form of a press briefing given by Parliament's presiding officers which raised more questions than it answered - the first half of… Read more »
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South Africa: Everyone Is Sorry and No One Is a Cockroach
The Daily Vox, 19 February 2015
When Julius Malema was a young lion and ANC Youth League president, he was prone to making controversial statements. (What's changed?) Read more »
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South Africa: SONA2015 - Carpe Diem, Zuma Style
Daily Maverick, 20 February 2015
And on the eighth day, we got our happy ending. Well, not really. What we got was a commotion-less sitting of Parliament and a president who extended a much-needed olive branch… Read more »
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South Africa: Parliament Diary - Day 2 of Post-SONA Debate Sees Loyal Cadres Bat for Eskom and Prez
Daily Maverick, 19 February 2015
The second day of Parliament's post-SONA debate brought no less than two political apologies, a President laughing less, a Minister defending the energy crisis, a battle for the… Read more »