# ActionSA in KwaZulu-Natal has expressed concern regarding eThekwini Municipality’s request to approve the procurement of additional water tankers. In March, mayor Cyril Xaba stated that the metro would be receiving 264 water tankers to address ongoing water shortages. ActionSA’s spokesperson, Sanelisiwe Zuma, says it is puzzling that the municipality is already seeking to procure […]
# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is calling on Finance minister Enoch Godongwana to ensure no cuts to municipal funding are proposed when he tables the national budget on Wednesday. The minister will attempt to table the budget for the third time after the two previous attempts were halted due to political and legal challenges. […]
# The Freedom Front Plus has requested that the City of Tshwane’s Department of Environmental Affairs clean the dam in the renowned Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, which is covered in algae. The party’s, Anne-Marie Sparg, says that a different dam located next to the Blue Crane Restaurant, the soil has washed into it over the […]
# The UDM has welcomed the launch of the Review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The review aims to solve the overarching issues facing local municipalities, including limited funding and a lack of professional skills and transparency. UDM’s, Yongama Zigebe, says local government […]
# The DA says it finds it unacceptable that the police and the National Prosecuting Authority allowed public pressure and outrage influence the investigation into the alleged rape of Cwecwe in the Eastern Cape. The NPA has decided not to prosecute anyone for the rape of the seven-year-old girl, saying there was insufficient evidence upon which […]
# The GOOD Party says it will not support a budget that does not retain the Social Relief of Distress Grant, adding that there can be no compromise on the state’s duty to support the vulnerable. On Wednesday, Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to table the third version of the national budget in as […]
# Education activist, Hendrick Makaneta, has commended authorities for taking swift action against seven teenagers, who allegedly assaulted another girl in Yeoville, Johannesburg. The girls, aged between 13 and 14, were arrested after a video showing a group attacking a 14-year-old Bedfordview High School pupil went viral on social media. They were arrested and appeared […]
# ActionSA has welcomed the deportation of controversial Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso, from South Africa. The pastor, who was acquitted on charges including rape and human trafficking last month, has been declared an undesirable person. He has been banned from returning to the country for five years. ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba, says they want the […]
# The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa is calling on the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank to drastically cut interest rates to the lowest rate of 3.5-percent. GIWUSA leader, Mametlwe Sebei says this will help in addressing the decline in manufacturing activity and growing unemployment. He says the organised working class […]
