Ramaphosa in the 'Not So Hot' Seat Again, Guptas & CR17 on the Agenda

LOCAL NEWS

• Ramaphosa to face a second day of questioning at the state capture commission- expected to face probes RE Gupta contributions and his CR17 campaign funding.
  • Another key question will be whether party members are required to pay contributions to the party when appointed to govt positions.
  • Yesterday, Rampahosa distanced himself from corrupt appointments made in Zuma's tenure in a largely disappointing and soft inquisition that discussed how cadre deployment should work but not how it does actually work
• Govt is behind its target of 500k vaccinations by May, requiring 12k vaccinations/day while the current rate is 6k/day. However, 95 vaccination sites are due to open shortly
• Wage negotiations move one step closer to a national strike as the deadlock between unions and govt holds.
  • However, with unions calling for the strike to be protected, this means a length process to get certificates and permissions to do so -delaying the strike
• Special Investigative Unit (SIU) is probing a company linked to ANC Spox Pule Mabe over an allegedly unlawful R27m tender in 2017. Ramaphosa gave the SIU the green light to investigate
• Former ANC NW Chairperson & Premier Supra Maphelo has been suspended for sowing division within the ANC.
  • Maphelo is a key ally for Zuma and Magashule, with the suspension being viewed as a positive for Ramaphosa