FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2024, 06:55
Councils in three of the country’s poorest provinces collectively owe waterboards more than R11 billion. Added to this, a staggering R60 billion in municipal infrastructure grants, much needed to upgrade infrastructure, is not being effectively spent by councils and is being returned to the National Treasury.
Political party heads have sparred, hurled insults, and dared their new partners in the government of national unity to leave if they wished to. But those in the GNU are confident it is here to stay, write Siyamtanda Capa and Amanda Khoza.
Minister of international relations Ronald Lamola said the two most worrying which have led to devastating humanitarian crises are in the eastern DRC and Sudan
The Johannesburg high court dismissed MK’s urgent court application to halt JSC interviews
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will be able to proceed with interviews to fill 27 vacancies across various courts from Monday after the MK Party’s court application to have the interviews postponed failed on Saturday.
The party wants the results set aside and a fresh poll to be held
In his resignation letter he expressed his concerns about the party’s political direction, saying he no longer felt comfortable with it
EFF leader Julius Malema has warned “lazy” party representatives, saying they will be dealt with despite losing members to MK Party.
The City of Cape Town said it is investigating allegations of corruption related to a R186m urban waste management tender involving two senior managers.
“I am a proud, God-created, black man and an African — and when someone attacks another African on the basis of generalisation, I will not defend that.”
Former public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has apologised for her recent racial remarks when she claimed she was targeted by judicial officers of Indian descent after losing a case.
ANC veteran Willies Mchunu has quit the party.
No progress has been made on establishing a structure to resolve deadlocks on policy
Williams has alleged before his resignation as Tshwane mayor in 2023 he was accosted by Msimanga — and that DA leader John Steenhuisen fired him
Once the panel decides there is a prima facie case, the matter should immediately proceed to an impeachment inquiry, says the party
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union has come under fire for entering into an agreement with a credit provider that has left municipal workers under severe financial strain
‘The footage is clear. When you look into it, it was military style,’ says Johannesburg safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku
Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA
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ANC insiders insist Lesufi played no part in removing the Democratic Alliance’s Brink from his position last week
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Ramaphosa needs time to consider the matter because it involves the minister, which may affect the cabinet, his office stressed
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The KwaZulu-Natal state-owned bank is working to overcome its regulatory and legislative issues
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