# The Freedom Front Plus the salary agreement between the ANC-led coalition in the Johannesburg Metro Council and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union is simply unaffordable, given the metro’s current financial position. The 10.3-billion-rand wage deal will be implemented over two years. FF Plus’s Franco de Lange says, although mayor Dada Morero insists that […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says preparations for the local government elections in November are firmly on track. He led the presentation of the Department of Cooperative Governance Budget Vote to the National Council of Provinces yesterday. Hlabisa says four-thousand-488 wards have been finalised, an increase of 20 wards from […]
# Civil society movement, the Activists and Citizens Forum, says government and the police need to do more to ensure the safety of South Africans, especially in high-risk crime communities. This follows Tuesday night’s mass shooting in the Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, which claimed the lives of 12 people and left nine injured. […]
# The DA in the Western Cape says the Cape Care Fund continues to make a tangible difference through a range of projects, including the provision of wheelchairs and sanitary products. The provincial Department of Social Development has secured a partnership with the Cape Town Science Centre, which will see an investment of nearly 11-million-rand into the fund. The DA’s Wendy […]
# The George Municipality says the data collection for the compilation and maintenance of the general valuation roll and supplementary valuation rolls is progressing well. The data collection commenced in mid-April this year. The municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose, says the process includes the collection of property data and street view imagery for approximately 50-thousand properties. She adds that […]
# The City of Tshwane says the multiparty coalition government is committed to investing in infrastructure that directly improves the daily lives of residents, while creating safer and better-connected communities. The metro successfully energised 129 newly-installed streetlights along Sinovich Drive in Ward 91, Region 6, as part of the #SwitchOnTshwane service delivery programme. It says […]
# Union federation SAFTU is concerned over revelations that the Public Investment Corporation’s Isibaya Fund invested approximately 4.45-billion-rand in 15 companies and projects which lost all of their money. They have now recorded an internal rate of return of minus 100-percent, meaning every cent has effectively been lost. SAFTU’s Asive Dyani says the central issue is […]
# Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, has enforced strict consequence management and accountability processes at the Construction Education and Training Authority. CETA was placed under administration in August last year due to systemic failures, including four consecutive qualified audit opinions, and significant overcommitment of discretionary grants, over 2.7-billion-rand in total commitments against […]
# Eastern Cape premier, Oscar Mabuyane, says the memorandum of demands he has received from anti-immigration civic group March and March Movement, will be processed through the appropriate channels. The group staged a protest in KuGompo City as part of its national campaign on immigration-related matters. Mabuyane has reaffirmed their commitment to listening to citizens’ concerns […]
