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He claims his suspension is an attempt by dominant party members to subvert parliament’s oversight role
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      Politics     Parliament promises ‘no fanciful things’ at a Sona sans bling   This is what the address, for which R1.9m has been budgeted, will look like. However, the cost could ‘come down’ 
      Politics     TONY LEON | Fire them! Why spineless Cyril is to blame for the ...   How could a national key point, the structure which houses our democratic legislature, be so open to attack? 
      Opinion & Analysis     PODCAST | What does it all mean? Three crucial insights from part one ...   Eusebius McKaiser talks us through the salient points and implications of the first part of the Zondo report 
      Politics     Lamola for ANC deputy president? Minister calls for ‘new blood’   The justice minister says he would be willing to heed the call should branches tap him for the position 
      Politics     DA guns for Cele over non-renewal of firearm licence printing contract   The police’s deal with Government Printing Works expired in November, but 'a new one is being finalised' 
      Politics     SAPS and metro cops face trial in several Gauteng kidnapping cases   Families of abducted victims approach private security companies instead of police for assistance, says Bheki Cele 
      Politics     ‘I hear the noises’: Cyril leaves birthday bash with second term in ...   Rumours of contestation abound, but there have been no proclamations of a candidate to stand against him 
      Politics     Zondo report | Why was Dudu Myeni untouchable under Zuma?   No director of any state-owned enterprise seemingly enjoyed the same privileges as Myeni did at SAA. 
      Politics     PODCAST | Political parties should ‘introspect or close shop’   Sunday Times columnist Prof William Gumede argues that political parties should either be willing to introspect after the recent local government elections or “close shop”. 
      Politics     PODCAST | ‘Ramaphosa made fundamental mistakes after ascending to ...   Mavuso Msimang discusses the president’s leadership and cautions analysts to keep their emotions in check 
     Politics     DA gets its Gauteng coalition ducks in a row   The party has formed majority governments in Joburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni with the help of smaller parties 
      Politics     PODCAST | Covid-19 pandemic shows Ramaphosa is no crisis president   Join Eusebius McKaiser and UCT law professor Richard Calland in this episode of ‘Eusebius on TimesLIVE’ 
      Politics     ANC suffers another setback as land expropriation bill is defeated   Small parties unite to isolate limping governing party, which had 30 MPs absent at the important sitting in parliament 
      Politics     SA should be praised, not punished, for discovering Omicron: Ramaphosa   President has particularly bitter words for the African nations that have joined the travel boycott 
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