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Busi Chimombe

Johannesburg, South Africa

SABC News Politics Journalist

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  • 1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Busi Chimombe

    The United Kingdom’s (UK) Home Office says  Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema’s support for Hamas and Hezbollah, considered terrorist organisations by the country is the reason why he was denied a visit visa. This was stated in a letter to Malema by the Home Office earlier this week after he  applied for a visit visa to the European country on April 10 this year following an invitation to address Cambridge University students.

  • 1 week ago | sabcnews.com | Busi Chimombe

    The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) conference is expected to discuss whether the electoral body should be given more powers to police political party funding. The IEC’s two-day symposium on political party funding kicks off in Durban today. The @IECSouthAfrica is hosting a two day political party Funding symposium in Durban. Amongst critical issues that are expected to be discussed is whether the IEC should be given more powers to police political party funding.

  • 2 weeks ago | sabcnews.com | Busi Chimombe

    President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the private sector to recommit to economic transformation in order to build a South Africa where all can share in the country’s wealth. Writing in his weekly letter to the nation today, Ramaphosa says using lessons learnt over the past three decades, the country must move with greater purpose and ambition to implement meaningful, broad-based black economic empowerment.

  • 3 weeks ago | sabcnews.com | Busi Chimombe

    President Cyril Ramaphosa says government’s Basic Education Employment Initiative (BEEI) demonstrates its determination to address the country’s high youth unemployment. Under the initiative, about 200 000 people will start working at 200 schools countrywide. In his letter to the nation, Ramaphosa says the aim of the initiative is to develop skills such as time management, teamwork and problem solving among young people.

  • 1 month ago | sabcnews.com | Busi Chimombe

    uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu says the party’s parliamentary representatives are contributing meaningfully to policy discussions, but acknowledges that more support is needed to enhance their effectiveness.

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Busi Bopela @BusiBopela
27 Apr 25

#SABCNews MKP Leader Jacob Zuma has reminded supporters in Mamelodi why the party was formed. This is due to the ANC no longer being the party its was originally and the unfair treatment he received, including a jail term for refusing to appear at the Zondo Commission

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Busi Bopela @BusiBopela
27 Apr 25

#SABCNews MKP Leader President Jacob Zuma gets down in Mamelodi, Pretoria. His Freedom Day program included a visit to the Khosi Mampuru Facility where the late anti-apartheid activist Solomon Mahlangu was held and to the cemetery where he was buried following his being hanged. https://t.co/lxTUEaLGTk

Busi Bopela
Busi Bopela @BusiBopela
27 Apr 25

#SABCNews Entertainment for the scores of MKP supporters who have gathered in Mamelodi outside Pretoria for Former President Jacob Zuma’s Solomon Mahlangu Lecture on Freedom Day https://t.co/MD3sy2pJr2