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Daily news update: January 7
‘Urgent of matter is self-made’ – Zuma files answering affidavit opposing Ramaphosa’s application
Former president Jacob Zuma has filed his answering affidavit against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s urgent application to the High Court in Johannesburg barring Zuma from pursuing personal prosecutions against him.
The former president said there was no urgency in the matter and “whatever urgency there is can be created on its own”.
Zuma launched a personal prosecution of Ramaphosa on the eve of the African National Congress (ANC) national elective conference, accusing the president of being an “accessory after the fact” in the alleged criminal offense against Advocate William Downer, who was accused of not properly representing him. information in terms of the NPA Act.
SACP slams Cabinet reshuffle talks, Ramaphosa says he is ‘applying his thoughts’
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has criticized ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula over his comments on a possible Cabinet reshuffle.
Speaking at a Joe Slovo commemoration event held in Soweto on Friday, SACP secretary general Solly Mapaila slammed Mbalula, saying talks about a Cabinet reshuffle were being held without consulting the tripartite alliance.
The SACP is an alliance partner of the ANC, along with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
ANC backs step-by-step rule – ‘We can’t seek SA’s trust while deploying criminals’
The 55th African National Congress (ANC) national conference emphasized the full implementation of the measures, vowing not to allow the opportunistic application of the controversial resolution.
The policy of the measures was adopted at the 54th conference in 2017, but its application has caused discontent, widening the division among members, with KwaZulu-Natal and the RET faction opposing the policy, calling for its cancellation.
ANC youth leader and rapporteur member of the organizational reform commission, Fasiha Hassan said all nine provinces have decided to reaffirm the rules.
Westbury New Year’s Eve shooting suspect arrested
Four suspects believed to be responsible for the shooting incident that took place in Westbury, west of Johannesburg, on New Year’s Eve have been arrested.
The suspects, who were allegedly involved in gangsterism, were arrested Thursday in the area for the shooting on December 31, 2022.
There were no injuries or casualties related to the shooting incident, according to Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo.
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Viewers of ‘The Wife’ are fed up with sex scenes
This week, viewers from His wife have to see what happens after Qhawe and Naledi’s accident which sees Naledi need surgery while Qhawe survives with minimal injuries.
In the dramatic mode of the show, he needs an operation and – coincidentally – it is performed by his colleague (Tsietsi) and he is discharged shortly after returning home in the care of his father and girlfriend.
This happened after a brief hospital stay where the younger sister (Tshedi) overheard their father telling an unconscious Naledi that he would choose to save her over Tshedi if faced with a life-threatening emergency between the two of them.
Football mourns the death of Italian legend Gianluca Vialli
Former Juventus, Chelsea and Italy striker Gianluca Vialli has died aged 58 of pancreatic cancer, former club Sampdoria announced on Friday.
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Vialli was diagnosed with cancer in 2017, but could still play a key role in Italy’s European Championship title campaign in 2021, helping his strike partner Sampdoria and national coach Roberto Mancini.
“We have come a long way together, growing and searching, winning and dreaming. You came as a boy, we salute you as a man,” Genoa-based Sampdoria said in a statement.