# The Congress of the People has joined calls for president Cyril Ramaphosa to fire minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe. She is alleged to have redirected a donation of vehicles meant for the ANC Women’s League to her children. It is also alleged that her former household employee was made to pay half her […]
# The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation urges Parliament to approach the impeachment of president Cyril Ramaphosa with the seriousness it deserves, ensuring it does not devolve into a political spectacle or factional battle. On Friday, the Constitutional Court has ruled the National Assembly’s vote on Ramaphosa Phala Phala matter in Parliament was invalid and unconstitutional. The foundation is calling on the Speaker […]
#The Gauteng provincial legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety is calling on provincial police commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, to address the crisis at the Pretoria West Police Station. The committee chairperson, Bandile Masuku, says during an oversight visit last week, they uncovered serious infrastructure and Information and Communication Technology challenges that are severely undermining effective policing […]
# The DA in Gauteng says premier Panyaza Lesufi’s is not the right person to fix the financial sustainability of all municipalities in the province. The party’s Solly Msimanga says this comes after the provincial MEC for Finance, Nkululeko Dunga, announced that he spoke to Finance minister Enoch Godongwana about the City of Johannesburg financial crisis. […]
# Home Affairs minister Leon Schreiber says over 100-thousand Smart ID cards were processed within two months since launching the expanded digital partnership between the Department and commercial banks across the country. He says this initiative aims to eliminate long queues by bringing services to 110 bank branches nationwide, aiming for one-thousand with a five-minute, paperless, and biometric-based application […]
# The African Christian Democratic Party in Ekurhuleni is calling for the precautionary suspension of City Manager Kagiso Lerutla, pending the outcome of the investigation of the charges against him. The ACDP’s Palesa Yates says Lerutla is out on bail and facing Schedule 5 offences of the Criminal Procedure Act. She says the party excepts that […]
# The South African Local Government Association is calling on the public to actively participate in the process of redefining the next phase of local governance, by submitting inputs into the reviewed draft White Paper on local government. This call follows the publishing of the draft document for public comment by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs minister […]
# The South African National Christian Forum says the ANC must offer an unreserved, public apology to the people of South Africa. Forum leader, Marothi Mashashane says this apology should specifically name the error, namely the misuse of a Parliamentary majority to block accountability in the Phala Phala matter. He says by admitting that the […]
# The South African National Christian Forum urges National Assembly speaker, Thoko Didiza to facilitate the work of Parliament Impeachment Committee with absolute transparency. Forum leader Marothi Mashashane says the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the Phala Phala matter has cleared the path for the revival of the impeachment inquiry. He says when the Court found […]
