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South Africa:
Leila Khaled's Presence in Parliament Lost in Pandemonium
SACSIS, 13 February 2015
Amongst the audience in Parliament's public gallery for President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address (SONA) was a Palestinian freedom icon who carried with her the hopes of… Read more »
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Africa:
SONA2015 - the Night South Africa Stood Still. It Still Does.
Daily Maverick, 15 February 2015
Another of South Africa's transformative Big Bangs has exploded and -- congratulations! -- you now live in a brand new country, one that's ensconced in a deep and very serious… Read more »
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South Africa:
The EFF Statement On the Chief Whips Forum in Parliament
EFF, 16 February 2015
The Economic Freedom Fighters notes the statement of the ANC Chief Whip's Office which speaks about developments in Parliament during the State of the Nation Address. In their… Read more »
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South Africa:
What Mbete's Conspiracy Theory Tells Us About SA's Changing Foreign Policy
Daily Maverick, 16 February 2015
Sounding far too much like Robert Mugabe for comfort, Baleka Mbete has blamed unnamed western governments for the rise of the EFF and the chaos currently engulfing South Africa's… Read more »
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South Africa:
SONA2015 - Lost in Thunder, Zuma's Actual Speech
Daily Maverick, 13 February 2015
While the EFF consolidated its image as political ruffians, it managed to draw armed security force personnel (neatly dressed in white shirts, maybe to distinguish them from the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Are Police Permitted to Enter Parliament?
Daily Maverick, 14 February 2015
The eviction of Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF) MPs from this week's State of the Nation Address raised a number of questions surrounding the use of security forces within the South… Read more »
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South Africa:
EFF Statement On the Speaker's Incitement of Violence Against EFF Public Representatives
EFF, 15 February 2015
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has learned with shock, the utterances of the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, which incite violence against the EFF public… Read more »
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South Africa:
ANC Concerned About EFF Calls for Violence
ANC, 16 February 2015
The African National Congress is extremely concerned about statements attributed to EFF leader Floyd Shivambu where he promises to return to Parliament armed when the SONA debates… Read more »
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South Africa:
SAPS Top Brass to Appear Before Police Committee
Parliament of South Africa, 16 February 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Police will on Wednesday (18 February) receive a report on how the top management of the South African Police Service plans to address concerns picked up… Read more »
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South Africa:
Which Lessons Will We Learn From the Sona?
DA, 16 February 2015
The events that unfolded last week, before, during and after the State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, will go down in history as a catalytic moment that either helped… Read more »
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South Africa:
Did Mbeki Really "Slam" Zuma? Don't Quote Us On It
The Daily Vox, 16 February 2015
The office of former South African president Thabo Mbeki has reacted to an article published in The Guardian, calling it a "(mis)interpretation" and "deliberate distortion" of… Read more »
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South Africa:
South Africa, the Other Side
The Herald, 16 February 2015
DESPITE democracy, transparency, a Bill of Rights, a liberal Constitution, as well as freedom of association, of choice, of movement and of speech, South Africa's political… Read more »
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South Africa:
Speaker's Inflammatory Remarks Further Cause for Sanctions
DA, 15 February 2015
ANC Chairperson and Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Baleka Mbete's comments at a party rally yesterday showed that before anything else, she is an ANC deployee, sent to the… Read more »