In this week’s episode, Showmax international subscribers will find out from the Carte Blanche team about the most important development of last week: the end of Zuma’s presidency. Country on the verge of change It’s been a tumultuous week of anxiety and insecurity as South Africans waited for developments in the political arena, which culminated […]

The ANC government is “making the people of South Africa pay back the money that they [the ANC] have stolen”, claimed Mmusi Maimane after Wednesday Budget Speech was delivered in Parliament by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. The Democratic Alliance (DA) Leader said the 1% increase in VAT and the fuel levy will see the cost […]

The African National Congress (ANC) put on a united front on Tuesday night as President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted a cocktail function at Tuynhuys in Cape Town to honour his predecessor Jacob Zuma, who resigned as head of state last week. The private event was attended by ministers and deputy ministers. In official pictures issued, both […]

COPE’s Mosiuoa ‘Terror’ Lekota struck a chord on Monday with his challenge to new President Cyril Ramaphosa to tell South Africa exactly who ‘our people’ are, referring to Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address that land will be returned to ‘our people’. Lekota’s outburst has since gone viral. The Congress of the People leader made […]

South African Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga says that numerous changes will be implemented in the education sector, and that the “education system needs to prepare pupils for the fourth industrial revolution”. Speaking in parliament, Cape Town, during the debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address, Motshekga stressed that new skills […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the most important people are ordinary South Africans, who are faced with socio-economic challenges ranging from poverty to diseases. The President said ever since he delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, many have given him an indication of a sense of patriotism with the message, “Send me”. […]

South African comedian Trevor Noah has compiled a 37-minute farewell video to former President Jacob Zuma, using key footage from his comedy shows over the last few years. Posting a trailer on Twitter, Trevor said: “I don’t care what the people say, he will always be the President of jokes. Farewell Jacob Zuma.” Trevor joked […]

Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba will this week table the 2018 Budget in Parliament. The much anticipated budget will be tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday. Appointed to head National Treasury following former President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet reshuffle in March 2017, Minister Gigaba is set to deliver the budget in a tough economic environment. It […]

Messages of congratulations have poured in from Heads of State across the world for South Africa’s newly-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa. “President Cyril Ramaphosa received messages of congratulations from a number of Heads of State and Government during a round of telephone calls on Sunday 18 February 2018. President Ramaphosa took the calls at his official […]

A famous and all-time favourite quote by Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. There couldn’t be a better sentiment that needed to be expressed among our people today. South Africans should stop whining about the country if they don’t plan on doing something to change what they dislike […]

Unstoppable South African musician Don Clarke has released his latest gem – ‘Zuma Has Fallen’. All through Zuma’s ‘reign’ Don was relentless in creating video parodies that poked fun at and exposed the alleged corruption under former President Jacob Zuma. Don said: “That great moment has FINALLY arrived!!! SHARE the joy far and wide people! […]

The ‘Distracted Boyfriend’ meme has been popular around the world – depicting a disgruntled girlfriend looking at her boyfriend looking at another woman – and is even up for a Shorty Award (recognising great social media content)… But perhaps nobody has nailed ‘Distracted Boyfriend’ as well as this photoshopped version from South Africa, which has […]

Zelda La Grange, former private secretary to the late President Nelson Mandela, says Mandela would be “incredibly proud” of President Cyril Ramaphosa, and that “we should all walk very tall” from now on. In a post on facebook last night, after the State of the Nation Address (SONA), Zelda said: “We commit with you Mr […]

Let us put all the negativity that has dogged our country behind us “because a new dawn is upon us” – was the strong message that newly elected South African President Cyril Ramaphosa shared with the nation on Friday night. “Together we are going to make history. We have done it before and we will […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced at SONA (State of the Nation Address) that “decisive action” will be taken this year to realise the enormous economic potential of agriculture in South Africa… and will include expropriation of land without compensation. He said: “This year we will take decisive action to realise the enormous economic potential of agriculture. […]

WATCH President Cyril Ramaphosa deliver the State of the Nation Address, South Africa 2018 Earlier this evening: https://www.facebook.com/glynda.kramer/videos/10157687709667228/

Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa – forgive me, President Ramaphosa – is self-evidently a private and reserved human being. Since his decision to contest the leadership of the African National Congress (ANC), he has been the subject of an endless series of “think-pieces”, more or less informed including by this author, as well as a year or […]

A photo of a beaming President Cyril Ramaphosa striding through the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, just hours after being sworn in as South Africa’s fifth president has gone viral. The photo was taken by South African model Lee-Ann Liebenberg (who was voted FHM-South Africa’s Sexiest Woman in the World in 2005), who then posted […]

If you missed it, here’s the message that DA Leader Mmusi Maimane delivered to President Cyril Ramaphosa in Parliament earlier today: “Mr Ramaphosa, we wish you well, but know that we will hold you accountable!” Watch Maimane Address Ramaphosa: https://www.facebook.com/DemocraticAlliance/videos/10155461356058111/ Ramaphosa’s Response: Ramaphosa said that in his tradition when a young man becomes a man, […]

Cyril Ramaphosa has been sworn in as the fifth democratically elected President of South Africa on Thursday. In a packed Media Centre in the Presidency precinct at Tuynhuys, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng officiated the swearing in of the President following his election in the National Assembly earlier in the day. The jovial President, looking dapper […]

Despite the mood amongst ordinary South Africans being quite euphoric that Acting President Cyril Ramaphosa is poised to be nominated and elected as the President of South Africa, opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has announced that it will not support Ramaphosa’s nomination, and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) say they won’t participate in the […]

The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament will today, in the National Assembly, nominate ANC President and Deputy President of the Republic, Cyril Ramaphosa, to be elected as the new President of the Republic of South Africa. This follows the resignation of President Jacob Zuma as President of the Republic, after the decision of the […]

Here’s DA Leader Mmusi Maimane’s reaction to Zuma’s resignation: The DA welcomes Jacob Zuma’s overdue resignation as President. We rejoice with all South Africans today as the long, painful decade of Zuma’s presidency finally comes to an end. Jacob Zuma did untold harm to our country. More people are unemployed than ever before, and more […]

Here is the full statement from the African National Congress (ANC) on the resignation of the President of the Repblic of South Africa, their Comrade Jacob Zuma. This statement was issued Wednesday evening by Jessie Duarte, ANC Deputy Secretary General: A few minutes ago, Comrade Jacob Zuma announced to the nation that he is resigning […]

President Jacob Zuma – who has sacrificed most of his life to the ANC and South Africa – has made the painful decision to resign with immediate effect from his position as President of South Africa… proving, one could say, his deep undying love for the party and the country, on Valentine’s Day 2018. Zuma […]