# The DA says Sandton residents are facing a serious water shortage while the G20 route for the November summit gets special attention. According to the party, many homes and businesses remain without water, yet officials rushed to inspect parts of Sandton along the G20 route for international optics. The DA’s Leah Potgieter urges the […]
# The Public Servants Association condemns the North West parks and tourism board over a 300-percent rent hike for staff at Taung and Mafikeng hotel schools. The union states staff have been told their rent will jump from one-thousand-300-rand to six-thousand-800-rand a month from next month, along with salary deductions for electricity, without consultation. The […]
# My Vote Counts warns that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent changes to the Political Funding Act increase secrecy and reduce accountability in political donations. Ramaphosa has doubled the annual donation limit to 30-million-rand and raised the disclosure threshold to 200-thousand-rand. The advocacy group’s Joel Bregman argues this will increase the influence of wealthy donors and […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse called on Tourism minister Patricia de Lille to support the South African Tourism board following the suspension of CEO Nombulelo Guliwe. The move follows forensic and Auditor-General reports highlighting governance breaches involving a four-million-rand payment to a service provider for the failed Dubai expo during the Covid-19 pandemic. OUTA […]
# The DA in Beaufort West in the Western Cape says it’s ready to restore stability and good governance in the municipality. The party will today elect a new speaker at a special council meeting after the former speaker, Jacob Jeffrey van der Linde, was removed for misconduct. The DA’s Gina Duimpies says the party […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Japan to lead South Africa’s delegation at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development Summit. The summit, which begins tomorrow in Yokohama, will focus on innovation, trade, peace, and stability. South Africa will push for Japan’s support on infrastructure, health, and security under agenda 2063. Presidency spokesperson […]
# Retired Constitutional Court Justice Sisi Khampepe says the new judicial commission of inquiry into alleged interference in truth and reconciliation cases, signals a renewed commitment to truth, justice, and reconciliation. At the Hector Pietersen Memorial in Soweto, in Gauteng, Khampepe introduced the panel assisting her, including retired judge president Frans Diale Kgomo and advocate […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has appointed Michael Sutcliffe as a governance expert to support the uMsunduzi Municipality. Sutcliffe, a former eThekwini municipal manager, will lead a turnaround plan aimed at enhancing service delivery, governance, investor confidence, and financial management. Buthelezi called on councillors to fully support Sutcliffe […]
# The South African Metered Taxi and E-hailing Association has committed to working with the South African National Taxi Council to make the transport industry safer following the Maponya Mall e-hailing attack. The association has partnered with the private sector to improve safety, compliance, and innovation, including a new digital safety system for drivers and […]
