ANC flag outside Luthuli House on 15 July 2022. Picture: Michel Bega In today’s news update, the ANC held its January 8 Statement in North West on Saturday, while Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has defended his actions relating to the Venice Biennale scandal. Furthermore, universities will only receive the 2025 matric results on Monday to reduce the risk of leaks.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted that South Africans are losing faith in his party because of its failures in government as he delivered the ANC’s January 8 Statement. He was speaking at the Moruleng stadium in the North West on the occasion of the party’s 114th birthday. Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has responded to accusations of censorship after it was reported that he pulled a South African exhibition from the 61st Venice Biennale because it focused on the deaths of women and children in Gaza.
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Prospective first-time university students will only receive their application outcomes after the announcement of the 2025 matric results next week. This was confirmed by Universities South Africa (USAf), the umbrella body representing all 26 public universities in the country. The sentencing of Limpopo comedian Livhuwani Madadzhe has once again been delayed, after fresh interlocutory applications stalled his fraud case. On Friday, Madadzhe appeared before the Limpopo High Court in Thohoyandou, where he was expected to be sentenced.
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