Suspended SG Magahsule Takes ANC to Court over Step-Aside Ruling

LOCAL NEWS

• Suspended ANC SG Magahsule will take the ANC to court over his suspension arguing rule 25.70 is unconstitutional – having served papers on the party yesterday to be lodged today on a semi-urgent basis.
  • Magahsule argued in his paper that the rule was specifically designed to target him. Case expected to be heard by end-May with judgement by early June
• Union Cosatu warns suspended ANC SG Magashule is not bigger than the branches after he was given an extension to the end of the week to apologise for 'suspending' President Ramaphosa.
  • Cosatu says the step aside ruling should not come as a surprise to Magahsule and that the ANC branches will not afford him protection as they adopted the NEC's resolution on stepping aside
• SA records over 3,000 new covid cases as third wave looms: overnight 3,221 cases were confirmed with the NCID warning of a third waving in the coming weeks.
  • Vaccination of the elderly to start next week
• HealthMin Mkhize says National Health Insurance is ready to be implemented in Parliament hearing and the NHI fund will be set up as soon as the NHI Bill is passed.
  • Many analysts have criticised this as an utterly unadorable programme, expected to cost up to R400bn/yr.