THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2024, 11:31
President Cyril Ramaphosa was forced to move his address to the nation to Friday evening because the government had been struggling to formulate a concrete response to the poisoned food crisis.
Spaza shops and other food handling facilities must be registered with municipalities in which they operate within 21 days or face closure.
Delegates to the SACP’s fifth Special National Congress will reassess its partnership with the ANC, citing declining electoral fortunes and growing voter discontent
While the party acknowledged the need to address the issue of illegal mining, they believe the approach “lacks humanity and is causing undue suffering”.
The Democratic Alliance says there is no strategy for its ministers to torpedo bills they opposed before joining the GNU
Speaking to media on Thursday, KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli said challenges have especially affected the departments of education, health and social development, making it hard to employ graduates.
A series of meetings between treasury departments, basic education, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Imbizo, and labour’s unyielding pressure, saved the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department from humiliation after it failed to come up with funds for exams.
Corruption-accused Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae takes one-month sick leave as brother of party SG is sworn in as acting premier
For South Africa’s municipalities to become functional and pay all their debts, businesses, government departments and ratepayers must pay up.
This comes after the ANC and DA went head to head last month when President Cyril Ramaphosa referred to Russia as a friend and ally
ANC Mayor Bongani Hadebe’s attempts to suspend Dannhauser municipal manager Mandla Sithole without following due process, and in the middle of the municipality’s regulatory audit, has backfired spectacularly.
Minister Gayton Mckenzie of the PA, ActionSA’s Herman Mashaba and Funzi Ngobeni have voiced support for Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s stance.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni had no sympathy for illegal miners trapped in a shaft in Stilfontein, saying it is not the government’s job to retrieve the bodies of criminals, and law enforcement officers’ lives should not be risked to help criminals.
Mpofu is likely to continue with his legal work, including representing Jacob Zuma in the arms deal case, which would prevent him from being an MP
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