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Abra Barbier

Cape Town
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Cape Town (Is ja! 👊🏼). Journalist. Have opinions. Have even more questions. Just looking for the story behind the story. Vatos Locos forever.
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Speaker weighs options as MKP files no-confidence motion

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By Abra Barbier
| SABC News Verified
It is believed that National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza will meet with Parliament’s legal advisors this week to discuss what options she has following Friday’s Constitutional Court judgement on the Phala Phala matter. The institution must revive impeachment processes against President Cyril Ramaphosa. Another spanner has now been thrown in the works, with the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) announcing its plans to file a motion of no confidence in Ramaphosa.
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MKP to file no-confidence motion against Ramaphosa

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By Abra Barbier
| SABC News Verified
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has formally given notice to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, of its intention to file a motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa. The correspondence by MKP Parliamentary leader, Dr John Hlophe, also requests for this to be done by a secret ballot. This follows yesterday’s Constitutional Court judgment.
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Public Works largest landowner in SA, yet we lease for R6 bln yearly Macpherson

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By Abra Barbier
| SABC News Verified
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson says there are continued attempts by officials in his department, to sabotage the department’s leasing protocols. Speaking during the Economics Cluster’s answer and question session in the National Assembly, he said self-serving officials try to manipulate the system for their own benefit. Macpherson outlined some of the challenges he faces in this portfolio.
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