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News24.com | SACP’s allegation about ‘plan to fire Ramaphosa’ is preposterous – Presidency
Johannesburg – The allegation that President Jacob Zuma wishes to fire Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and replace him with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is “preposterous and outrageous”, the Presidency said on Tuesday evening.
“The allegations are completely baseless. The allegations of ethnic mobilisation by the president are equally without foundation,” said Presidency spokesperson Bongani Ngqulunga.
Earlier on Tuesday evening, the SACP called on Zuma to deny or confirm “credible” information that he planned to fire Ramaphosa and replace him with the former African Union Commission chair.
READ: There will be no SONA until Zuma resigns – EFF
The party said Zuma’s conduct was “reckless and unacceptable”.
“Dlamini-Zuma was President Zuma’s preferred presidential candidate for the 54th ANC national [elective] conference held in December 2017.
“To that extent, it would be very clear that President Zuma is also determined to divide and destroy the ANC through unrepentant factional conduct,” it said.
The SACP reiterated its call for Zuma to resign and for the ANC to recall him if he refused to step down.
Sport24.co.za | Proteas women aim to level ODI series
Cape Town – There is a quick turnaround time for the Proteas women ahead to their second One-Day International against India women on Wednesday.
The hosts, who are 1-0 down in the three-match series, hope to level up against the visitors when they meet at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley.
Assistant coach, Enoch Nkwe believes that the desired result will take care of itself if the basics of the three aspects of the game and the players’ skills are executed correctly.
“The team has been grafting hard, which is exciting to see,” he commented. “It’s a pity it didn’t click yesterday, but that’s only because we didn’t execute our basics well. We’ve spoken about it and the processes that we have put in place and I strongly believe that come tomorrow, the team will perform a lot better.
“The most important thing for us is how we bounce back from this experience, within (the space of) one day and actually execute our game plans better to get a positive result.”
The batting unit were found wanting on a slow wicket that required patience upfront, but Nkwe is confident that the team has assessed the conditions correctly and will put a better foot forward in their next encounter.
He said that because the turnaround time between the first two fixtures was so short, it helped in focussing the their attention on the immediate mission, which is to bounce back strong, rather than to focus on the disappointment of the previous day’s performance.
“Losing a game of cricket while playing for your country is always going to be disappointing but we don’t have time to sit on that and let it affect us. We need to focus on what we can control and that’s how to approach tomorrow’s game and we’ve done that. There’s a good vibe and energy in the team and I’m confident that come tomorrow, we’ll be ready for the challenge of getting the positive result and putting ourselves in a position to win the series.”
When asked about the improvements he hoped to see from his charges, the coach said;
“I think patience with our basics is a major key and mastering the simple plans that we have put in place. That alone will make a massive improvement. There is a strong belief in the team environment that we can overcome what we’ve experienced and come out better and more successful on the other side. At the moment, the focus is on us and what we need to do and the rest, I believe will fall into place.”
eNCA | UPDATED: Presidency denies Zuma preparing to fire Ramaphosa
JOHANNESBURG – There is speculation that President Jacob Zuma plans to fire Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa.
This is according to the South African Communist Party (SACP), which has challenged President Jacob Zuma to deny or confirm that he is preparing to fire Ramaphosa.
“The SACP condemns ethnic mobilisation (and) challenges President Zuma to deny or confirm emerging information that, in pursuit of private interests, he is preparing to fire Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa,” the party said in a statement released on Tuesday evening.
Calls for Zuma to resign are growing and the ANC’s highest decision body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), is set to hold a special meeting on his future on Wednesday.
The SACP further challenges Zuma to confirm or deny that he wants to fire Ramaphosa in order to replace him with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, “who he wants to position to take over as Acting President should he find himself removed from office.”
The party also condemned tribalism.
“The South African Communist Party condemns tribalism in the strongest terms possible and the ethnic mobilisation, including that of Amabutho (Zulu regiments) that President Jacob Zuma has apparently engaged in as part of his plan to continue overstaying his welcome in office,” the party added.
The party has been a fierce critic of Zuma since the tripartite relationship went sour and has consistently called for the president to resign.
Earlier on Tuesday, Parliament resolved to postpone the State of the Nation Address, which was scheduled for Thursday.
The Presidency responded very quickly after the SACP released it’s statement, calling the allegations “completely baseless.”
“The allegations reported in the media that President Jacob Zuma wishes to fire Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and replace him with Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma are preposterous and outrageous,” read the statement.
“The allegations of ethnic mobilisation by the President are equally without foundation.”
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eNCA | All the president’s men could be affected if Zuma doesn’t step down
JOHANNESBURG – A political analyst says President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet ministers will be affected should he lose his next motion of no confidence.
The President will be facing his ninth motion later this month if he does not step down as President of the country.
On Tuesday, the State of the Nation Address (SONA) was postponed, and on Wednesday, the ANC NEC is meeting about Zuma’s fate.
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Sources within the ANC have indicated that Zuma is expected to resign no later than Thursday morning, failing which, the governing party will institute its own motion of no confidence in him in Parliament.
There is already a vote of no confidence, spear-headed by the EFF, set to take place in Parliament in February.
According to Lukhona Mnguni, should Zuma face such a vote, especially one brought by his own party, it does not bode well for his cabinet.
“Partly why some in the ANC even those aligned to the president do not want that motion of no confidence to arrive and they want the president to go quietly (is because) they know a motion of no confidence means all members of Cabinet, including their deputy ministers, must resign,” says Mnguni.
“Once you have everyone in cabinet resigning you have a new clean slate for this Ramaphosa aligned leadership to appoint a whole new cabinet. That could have many more casualties of those people seen as supporting or have been supporting President Zuma. So self-preservation is already starting to kick in somehow here.”
ANC veteran, Frank Chikane says the SONA postponement gives the ANC a window to consider what’s best for the country.
He says President Jacob Zuma’s exit is exactly what the nation needs.
READ: ANC NEC to discuss with Zuma what’s best for the country: Mantashe
Communications Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says government’s work will continue despite the postponement of the SONA.
Police Minister and NEC member, Fikile Mbalula says Wednesday’s special NEC meeting won’t be swayed by opposition parties.
“I’m not concerned about what the opposition does. It’s doing its job and claiming its victories. It is the ANC that must make decisions based on the challenges it faces and how it views the country, where we want to go. I’m looking forward to the meeting and am happy to be part of the people who will be dealing with this issues we are confronted with that are part of our agenda tomorrow. I’ve got no fear that we will overcome and the movement will emerge victorious in relation to these challenges that we are faced with,” said Mbalula.
A poll by research firm, Ipsos has found that 70 percent of South Africans of voting age, believe President Jacob Zuma is under-performing.
Ipsos interviewed nearly 3,500 citizens from varying backgrounds.
It found that 53-percent think Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa is doing well.
Only 24 percent felt the same about Zuma.
Ipsos says opposition party sentiment didn’t skew the result, as 60-percent of ANC supporters also feel the country’s president is under-performing.
A former ANC MP says the party will lose next year’s national election, if President Jacob Zuma refuses to step down.
Ben Turok of the Institute for African Alternatives says: “I have a sense of what’s going on in the ANC and my sense is that there is a turning away from support for Zuma and a time to clear the decks. Reality is quite clear, if Zuma leads the ANC to 2019 it will lose the national election. Everybody knows that, it’s really so clear now. Having lost three metros how much more evidence do you need in order to decide where to go and what to say?”
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Health24.com | Should you give your children alcohol?
Parents get worried when they hear scary statistics about teenage drinking.
Because teenagers tend to be unaccustomed to alcohol and unaware of the dangers involved, parents may think that giving them alcohol at home removes drinking-related risks.
But is it a good idea to give your child alcohol?
Reasons for use and misuse
A ground-breaking Australian study however found that this is not the case and that providing alcohol to their underage kids as a way to introduce them to drinking carefully, doesn’t protect them from the harms of heavy drinking.
In South Africa, surveys have shown that alcohol use among youth is common for a variety of reasons.
A 2012 Health24 article reported that nearly 80% of a group of surveyed Gauteng high school pupils regularly consumed alcohol.
Alcohol consumption leads to harm
According to the Australian article, the practice of introducing alcohol to children in a home environment actually appears to do more harm than good. Young people who got alcohol from parents were more likely than other teens to also get it elsewhere, the investigators found.
“Our study is the first to analyse parental supply of alcohol and its effects in detail in the long term, and finds that it is, in fact, associated with risks when compared to teenagers not given alcohol,” said lead author Richard Mattick. He is a professor of drug and alcohol studies at the University of New South Wales.
For the study, Mattick’s team followed more than 1 900 teens, whose ages ranged from about 12 to 18, over a six-year period.
The report was published in the The Lancet Public Health.
During those years, as teens got older, the proportion who got alcohol from mom and dad rose – from 15% to 57%. The proportion with no access to alcohol fell from 81% to 21%.
Signs of future alcohol abuse
By study’s end, 81% of teens who got alcohol from both their parents and other people reported binge drinking (defined as having more than four drinks on a single occasion). That compared to 62% of teens who got alcohol only from other people, and 25% of those who got alcohol only from their parents.
Similar patterns were seen for alcohol-related harm, and for signs of future alcohol abuse, dependence and alcohol-use disorders, the study authors said.
In addition, the researchers found that teens whose parents supplied them with alcohol in one year were twice as likely to also get it elsewhere the next year.
The findings show that parents don’t help teens deal with alcohol responsibility by providing it to them, and doing so does not reduce the risk that they will get it elsewhere, the researchers concluded.
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