http://www.news24.com/Tags/Companies/cope Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:09 +0200 Two Northern Cape opposition parties have stayed away from a provincial budget sitting in Kimberley because it was being attended by two MECs accused of fraud. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/N-Cape-opposition-stay-away-in-protest-20130523 The government report on the Gupta scandal damns suspended Chief of State Protocol Bruce Koloane, and exonerates President Jacob Zuma and his ministers, but opposition MPs dismissed the findings. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Gupta-report-damns-Koloane-but-MPs-unconvinced-20130522 Opposition parties have demanded inquiries and strong action from government after the deaths of initiates in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Action-sought-on-initation-deaths-20130522 South Africa is not a "banana republic" where planes are allowed to land illegally, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/SA-not-a-banana-republic-Cwele-20130514