# AfriForum says the recent theft of military weapons at the Lyttelton Military Base in Pretoria has once again highlighted the failure of state institutions to secure weapons. At least three R4 rifles and a grenade launcher were stolen when criminals gained entrance to the premises by cutting a hole in the perimeter fence. AfriForum’s […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie se voorsitter, Mosotho Moepya, sê hy is bemoedig deur die opbouende ontmoeting met die MK-party. Die kommissie en die MK-party, insluitend die leier, Jacob Zuma, het gister in KwaZulu-Natal vergader. Die MK-party het voorgestel die verkiesing word uitgestel tot hul griewe uit die 2024-verkiesing aangespreek is. Moepya sê geen kwessies is tydens […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa vra beter dienslewering en ʼn verskuiwing in munisipale bestuur. Hy het gister deelgeneem aan die ANC se nasionale werkskomitee se besoek aan die Nelson Mandela-streek in die Oos-Kaap. Die besoek is deel van ʼn landwye program om vordering met dienslewering in metropolitaanse munisipaliteite te monitor. Ramaphosa sê daar moet beter na […]
# Die DA sê die tugstappe teen die Tshwane-onderburgemeester en burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Finansies, Eugene Modise, is onvoldoende. Hy is beboet met die ekwivalent van twee maande se salaris nadat bevind is dat hy finansieel voordeel getrek het uit ‘n munisipale sekuriteitskontrak. Die betrokke kontrak is toegeken aan 22 verskillende maatskappye, insluitend een wat deur Modise […]
# The Electoral Commission chairperson, Mosotho Moepya, says he is encouraged by the level of constructive engagement with the MK Party. The IEC and the MK Party, including leader Jacob Zuma, met in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday. The MK Party has proposed that the elections should be postponed until their grievances from the 2024 general elections are […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa is calling for improved service delivery and a shift in municipal management. He participated in the ANC’s National Working Committee visit to the Nelson Mandela Region in the Eastern Cape on Monday. The visit forms part of a nationwide programme aimed at monitoring service delivery progress across metropolitan municipalities. Ramaphosa emphasised […]
# The DA says the sanction imposed on Tshwane deputy mayor and mayoral committee member for Finance, Eugene Modise, is inadequate. He has been fined the equivalent of two months’ salary after it was found that he financially benefited from a municipal security contract. The contract in question was awarded to 22 different companies, including […]
# The Special Investigating Unit has uncovered a major land fraud case in Ekurhuleni involving the illegal sale of 221 municipal properties in Villa Liza, valued at around 58-million-rand. News24 reports over 200 cases have been referred to the National Prosecuting Authority, with additional referrals to the Legal Practice Council, South African Revenue Service and […]
# The DA says the Gauteng Department of Education has misled the public about electricity cuts at schools. The party claims that while the department has publicly stated that no schools have experienced power disconnections, its own official reply in the provincial legislature confirms that several schools in Ekurhuleni have been affected. The DA’s Michael […]