THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2024, 08:57
As Mogale City residents drown in sewage, the political leadership, led by former mayor Danny Thupane, allegedly did not hesitate to purchase three luxury BMWs for the Troika, costing ratepayers R2.3 million.
An eyewatering R2 billion has so far been spent on the Department of Defence and Military Veterans’ flagship Project Thusano, which trains medical students in Cuba, but the programme is not accredited in South Africa, leaving returning students with little to no job prospects.
Under the theme solidarity, equality and sustainability, South Africa has for the first time been handed the G20 presidency which is made up of 19 countries including three of the world’s superpowers: China, the US and Germany.
Build One South Africa Gauteng MPL Ayanda Allie has attributed the Emfuleni municipality’s financial woes to misallocated funds, debt and a lack of transparency.
South Africa intends to lobby for reform of the UN Security Council when it takes over the G20 presidency from Brazil
Environment, forestry and fisheries minister Dion George has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ending controversial practices surrounding captive lions, particularly the lion bone trade.
Thwala was dismissed at a hearing held in his absence
Pension funds industry makes hundreds of millions of rand in fees.
Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says he knew he would become the face of load-shedding when he assumed office in March 2023 during severe power outages in the country.
An ugly political power struggle between North West Premier Lazarus “Lazzy” Mokgosi and MEC of education Viola Motsumi has resulted in the two ANC deployees appointing two acting heads of department (HODs) for the same post.
The sport, arts and culture minister has donated R345,000 so far
eNdumeni Mayor Siyabonga Ndlovu of the IFP resigned in dramatic fashion last week, claiming his party allegedly colluded corruptly with the DA in the municipality.
Sources in the city’s executive believe the former mayor has become a ‘liability’ for the Johannesburg council
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The judge says the bank is not a Ponzi scheme and cannot be stripped of it non-banking powers
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Reuben Brigety’s resignation comes amid uncertainty over trade relations under the incoming US administration
The party will challenge the 2026 local elections and is eligible to contest by-elections in KZN until then
This week speculation began swirling that Mbuyiseni Ndlozi may have been suspended from the party as he had not attended key EFF meetings in the past two weeks.
Controversial US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety, a member of the Democratic Party under outgoing US President Joe Biden, will leave the country in January in the lead-up to Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The slate of party president Julius Malema is expected to win unopposed
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President Cyril Ramaphosa spent his birthday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday by taking a stroll on the beach and attending several bilateral meetings with heads of state.
How have our ministers performed in the first 100 days following the formation of the Government of National Unity? TimesLIVE takes a closer look at the Justice Cluster