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Floyd Shivambu has been named the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s new secretary-general (SG). Joining the party about three months ago, Shivambu takes over for Dr Sifiso Maseko, who left the role earlier this week to resume his work in the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH). Following the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report’s findings, Maseko and […]
The goal of BHS is to meet the needs of youth by providing “culturally responsive, project-based learning while preventing summer learning loss and compensating for school disruptions among students” (Mano en Mano). Migrant families come to Downeast from Mi’kmaq First Nation communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, southern states, and from within Maine, including […]
An Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) member Kganki Mphalele has been expelled by the party following a social media spat with leader Julius Malema. The decision was made in response to allegations that Mphahlele had engaged in insulting and defamatory remarks about the party and its leadership. Mphahlele got into an online public spat […]
Most politicians have white-collar backgrounds, often with jobs like barrister, manager, consultant or political staffer on their resumes. But what do they do once they’re done with politics? Analysis by Crikey and the transparency project Open Politics shows many Labor and Coalition frontbenchers who have retired in the past five years have gone on to […]