Parliament's Section 89 Committee is meeting for the first time today. MPs on the panel will elect a chairperson and begin the formal process of the Phala Phala impeachment inquiry. The Committee was set up to determine if there's enough evidence for President Cyril Ramaphosa to face impeachment over the 2020 robbery at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. We spoke to IFP Chief Whip, Nhlanhla Hadebe.

Parliament's Section 89 Committee is meeting for the first time today. MPs on the panel will elect a chairperson and begin the formal process of the Phala Phala impeachment inquiry. The Committee was set up to determine if there's enough evidence for President Cyril Ramaphosa to face impeachment over the 2020 robbery at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. We spoke to IFP Chief Whip, Nhlanhla Hadebe.

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MPs meet to launch Phala Phala impeachment inquiry

The Democratic Alliance says the Gauteng Health Department has defied the Legislature by missing a deadline to outline how it will honour slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The DA says the failure to consult her family and act on the resolution reflects ongoing disregard for accountability, especially as no criminal charges have been laid in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal she exposed. We  spoke to Dr. Jack Bloom, DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health.

The Democratic Alliance says the Gauteng Health Department has defied the Legislature by missing a deadline to outline how it will honour slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The DA says the failure to consult her family and act on the resolution reflects ongoing disregard for accountability, especially as no criminal charges have been laid in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal she exposed. We&nbsp; spoke to Dr. Jack Bloom, DA Gauteng Shadow MEC for Health.

DA condemns Gauteng Health’s failure to honour whistleblower Babita Deokaran 

Guinea held parliamentary and municipal elections yesterday, its first since the 2021 coup. Nearly seven million voters were reportedly eligible to elect 147 MPs and 342 mayors. President Mamadi Doumbouya's opponents called for a boycott of the process. ECOWAS deployed a 40-member team to observe voting, counting and results as a test of Guinea's democratic transition. For more on this, We spoke to Dr. Tendai Mbanje from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and an Election Observer

Guinea held parliamentary and municipal elections yesterday, its first since the 2021 coup. Nearly seven million voters were reportedly eligible to elect 147 MPs and 342 mayors. President Mamadi Doumbouya's opponents called for a boycott of the process. ECOWAS deployed a 40-member team to observe voting, counting and results as a test of Guinea's democratic transition. For more on this, We spoke to Dr. Tendai Mbanje from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria and an Election Observer

Guinea holds parliamentary and municipal elections; its first since the 2021 coup 

Two 28-year-old men are appearing in Mkhuhlu Magistrate's Court today for the murder of three people in Marite, Mpumalanga. Police arrested them on Friday after an intelligence operation by Calcutta and Acornhoek detectives. One suspect was found with an unlicenced firearm believed to be linked to the killings. Provincial MEC for Community Safety, Jackie Macie welcomed the arrests and called for more patrols in the Calcutta precinct, especially at night. 

Two 28-year-old men are appearing in Mkhuhlu Magistrate's Court today for the murder of three people in Marite, Mpumalanga.&nbsp;Police arrested them on Friday after an intelligence operation by Calcutta and Acornhoek detectives. One suspect was found with an unlicenced firearm believed to be linked to the killings. Provincial MEC for Community Safety, Jackie Macie welcomed the arrests and called for more patrols in the Calcutta precinct, especially at night.&nbsp;

MPs meet to launch Phala Phala impeachment inquiry

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