Wesgro secures R7.75bn in investments projected to create nearly 4,000 jobs
The Western Cape government’s trade and investment promotion agency Wesgro has secured R7.75bn in committed investments for the 2023/2024 financial year.
Politics
News24 | ‘We need to move on’ instead of creating public spats: ANC hits back at Zille’s latest remarks
ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane hit back at DA federal chairperson Helen Zille, saying that government of national unity (GNU) members must focus on implementing agreements made when forming the new government.
Godongwana’s 4.7% offer sets scene for civil service strife
DA MP Michael Bagraim thinks the finance minister is backing out of the wage offer.
MK Party will not replace Hlophe for the JSC, court hears
The party was addressing an argument that its court application on Friday was ‘utterly pointless’ because of Hlophe’s resignation from JSC
LISTEN | ‘Western countries weakened the ANC’: Jacob Zuma
MK Party leader Jacob claimed “Western countries” weakened the ANC so it could be helped by other parties to govern.
News24 | DA, EFF demand removal of Matjhabeng mayor found guilty of assaulting his bodyguard and driver
The DA and the EFF have called for the resignation or removal of Matjhabeng Mayor Thanduxolo Khalipha after he was found guilty of assaulting his bodyguard and driver.
News24 | Ramaphosa, political parties congratulate Botswana on elections which ended BDP’s 58-year rule
President Cyril Ramaphosa and political parties in South Africa have congratulated Botswana on a peaceful election that ended 58 years of Botswana Democratic Party rule.
ANC strengthens integrity muscle
Members will be vetted and undergo political education to help the party clean its house
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News24 | Despite Hlophe’s JSC resignation, MK Party challenges court ruling barring his exclusion
The nomination of MK Party deputy president John Hlophe to the Judicial Service Commission was never rubberstamped by the National Assembly, and MPs used their full discretion by debating all nominated candidates.
News24 | Municipalities, SOEs, departments owe AGSA more than R1 billion
While the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) is clawing back more than R3 billion in financial losses for the state, state departments and entities, especially municipalities, owe it more than R1 billion.
News24 | AG says public institutions must deploy resources with greater prudence
Slow economic growth requires better financial management. But in South Africa, this has not been the case, Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke told the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on the Auditor-General on Friday.
News24 | Theewaterskloof council chaos: DA, GOOD alliance bid to take over municipality stopped in its tracks
The DA and its coalition partners’ bid to oust the current leadership of the Theewaterskloof Municipality was stopped dead in its tracks after the mayor ran to court to stop the council meeting.
With Malema’s backing, Gardee heads the deputy leader race
Party leader Julius Malema seems set to maintain control at the Economic Freedom Fighters elective conference
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‘Floyd must come back, not to EFF but to his senses’: former MP Matumba on Zuma’s ANC membership appeal
Former EFF MP Anthony Matumba has criticised Floyd Shivambu’s decision to join a party led by someone still fighting to retain his ANC membership.
Zizi Kodwa a free man as NPA withdraws corruption charges
The National Prosecuting Authority said the possibility of its case against Kodwa and his co-accused succeeding had ‘diminished
R5m investment could turn spinning into multibillion-rand industry: McKenzie
Cell C and sportswear company Kappa are among the first sponsors to come on board.
Water crisis rooted in infrastructure failures and municipal distress, says Mashatile
The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage
News24 | ‘Gangsters are 10 steps ahead’: EFF MP calls for specialised units, trained to deal with extortion
MPs expressed deep concern about the increasing cases of extortion in the construction industry and in communities.
‘I unconditionally retreated’: expelled EFF member says he faces physical threats after online spat with Malema
The controversy began when Kganki Mphahlele engaged in an online spat with EFF leader Julius Malema, advocating for the party’s MP Mbuyiseni Ndlozi to become its next deputy president.
News24 | EFF’s bumpy road to Nasrec | ‘Try me, boys’: resignations, expulsions, election losses, and slates
The road to EFF’s National People’s Assembly has been characterised by calls for its president Julius Malema to take a back seat, expulsions, a powerful and emerging women’s caucus, tussle for positions, and questions about longtime leader Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s future in the party.
News24 | Mashatile backs Expropriation Bill, while MK Party, EFF ask for constitutional amendment
Despite pressure from the MK Party and EFF, Deputy President Paul Mashatile says land reform will take place under the current constitutional scheme as expressed in the Expropriation Bill, which allows expropriation with nil compensation under certain circumstances.