http://www.sabcnews.com/ Latest news for Politics en-uk Copyright 2000-2008 South African Broadcasting Corporation. All rights reserved. Mon, 12 May 2008 22:50:20 +0200 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:50:20 +0200 Politics SABCNews 60 feedback@sabcnews.com webmaster@sabcnews.com http://www.sabcnews.com/images/newmedialogo_small.gif 144 79 http://www.sabcnews.com/ 1 2 3 4 http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169373,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169373,00.html Dismissed Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) President Willie Madisha says he has not been informed of his expulsion from the South African Communist Party. Mon, 12 May 2008 21:02:58 +0200 http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169358,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169358,00.html ANC secretary in Alexandra, Pule Phalatse, has condemned xenophobic attacks in that township. One person has been killed and more than 50 injured in the attacks. Mon, 12 May 2008 17:52:31 +0200 http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,169360,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/government/0,2172,169360,00.html The Department of Finance says it's considering a call by the tripartite alliance to remove VAT on a wide range of basic foods. Mon, 12 May 2008 17:59:10 +0200 http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,169337,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,169337,00.html "Travelgate" MP Mnyami Booi was today granted a three-and-a-half month postponement of his trial, which was to have started in the Cape Town Regional Court last week. Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:02 +0200 http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169335,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169335,00.html Police have fired rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of people who tried to storm into the Sun City Hotel, where the ANC's North West Provincial Conference is being held today. Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:29 +0200 http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169312,00.html http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,2172,169312,00.html Members of the ANC's National Executive Committee and its Provincial Executive Committee in North West are locked in a meeting to discuss last night disruption of the provincial conference by disgruntled members. Mon, 12 May 2008 10:55:21 +0200