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Maite Nkoana-Mashabane

DA begins legal fight against Grace immunity

South African opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) yesterday launched a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) battle seeking a declaration that the decision by the minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe be declared unconstitutional and invalid.

SA revokes ICC withdrawal bid

South African authorities have been asked to appear at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on April 7 over the country’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir during a visit two years ago, ICC’s acting chief state law adviser said yesterday. Pretoria announced its intention to leave the ICC in2015 after the […]

Zuma arrives in Zimbabwe after state capture report is released

By Pericles Anetos | Sowetan Live | President Jacob Zuma arrived in Harare on Thursday morning to co-chair the inaugural session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission (BNC). In a statement‚ the Presidency said Zuma and President Robert Mugabe will deepen bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries. Zuma faces an onslaught domestically as […]

Zuma, Mugabe to meet in Harare for trade talks – report

President Jacob Zuma is expected to attend the inaugural session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) where officials from South African and Zimbabwe are set to discuss trade, investment, regional and global developments. According to the state-owned The Herald newspaper, the session was set to be co-chaired by both president Zuma and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and will […]

Zuma joins Mugabe’s EU boycott

South African President Jacob Zuma has made a last minute decision not to attend this week’s European Union (EU) – Africa summit, which is facing a boycott led by Robert Mugabe.

Tutu blasts ANC as ‘worse than apartheid’

Cape Town — The ANC government is “worse than the apartheid government”, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said in Cape Town on Tuesday. Tutu, who shouted and shook his finger as he spoke, said President Jacob Zuma did not represent him.