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Making headlines: Zuma asks daughter to apologise to Shivambu or face MKP membership termination; South Africa eases rules for deals with State under R2bn; And, number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda rises to nine

Zuma asks daughter to apologise to Shivambu or face MKP membership termination

uMkhonto weSizwe Party President Jacob Zuma has asked his daughter and party MP Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla to immediately issue an unconditional public apology to party secretary general Floyd Shivhambu, or her membership will be terminated and she will be recalled from all party responsibilities.

This after Zuma-Sambudla took to X to post what the party termed "insulting posts" directed to Shivhambu, and which the party said constituted a direct violation of the party's disciplinary code of conduct.

Her post, in reference to Shivambu, was “Worst thing that happened to MK”.

Zuma directed Zuma-Sambudla to issue an unconditional public apology to himself, party members, party supporters and South Africans.

Zuma-Sambudla must also extend formal apologies to all structures she serves in or leads, including the Southern Caucus of the Pan-African Parliament, Zuma added.

South Africa eases rules for deals with State under R2bn

South Africa enacted changes to its public-finance laws that will reduce the red tape for projects valued at less than R2-billion where the government partners with private businesses.

The amendments to Regulation 16 of the Public Finance Management Act also introduce the concept of unsolicited proposals, where a company can pitch ideas for projects to a state institution instead of first waiting for the government to request bids.

The National Treasury first proposed the amendments in February last year and published the changes in a government notice on February 7. They take effect from June 1.

And, number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda rises to nine

The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has risen to nine from three, the country's health ministry said.

The East African country declared an outbreak of the severe, often-fatal viral infection late last month.

The latest outbreak is being driven by the Sudan strain of the virus, for which there is no approved vaccine.

Uganda's health ministry said that of the nine confirmed cases one person had died, seven were being treated in a hospital in the capital Kampala and one was in a hospital in the eastern city of Mbale, near the Kenyan border.

All eight patients are in a stable condition, and 265 contacts of the confirmed cases have been placed under quarantine, the ministry said.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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