# The City of Ekurhuleni says it remains committed to governance and accountability. Suspended Metro Police Department deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi and municipal manager Kagiso Lerutla appeared in court yesterday. They face charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice over allegations of a court impersonation scheme. Mkhwanazi is also accused of unlawfully fitting […]
# Trade union Solidarity has instructed its legal team to finalise court papers challenging the City of Tshwane’s suspension of city manager Johann Mettler. The union argues the decision is unlawful, irrational and unconstitutional, and claims the suspension is politically motivated. Solidarity’s Anton van der Bijl says the union is seeking to have the suspension […]
# The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is coordinating emergency relief for residents affected by the devastating fire at the Jika Joe informal settlement in Pietermaritzburg. The weekend blaze has affected an estimated 427 households, with four people injured and one person missing. The department’s spokesperson, Senzelwe Mzila, says the cause of […]
# De Beers has announced it will suspend production at its Venetia mine in Limpopo, South Africa’s largest diamond mine, for two years, as part of a cost-cutting and restructuring plan. According to News24, the mine, which produces about 40-percent of the country’s diamonds, will use the pause to upgrade key underground infrastructure while Anglo […]
# The DA says Johannesburg’s ongoing Pikitup protest has become a public health and environmental risk as rubbish remains uncollected across parts of the city. The party’s Leanne de Jager says residents are being exposed to illegal dumping, while broken refuse trucks and poor financial management have worsened the crisis. De Jager calls for a […]
# Rise Mzansi says poor leadership is to blame for Johannesburg’s ongoing refuse collection crisis, which has left residents and businesses surrounded by uncollected waste. According to the party’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Lukhona Mnguni, concerns raised by Pikitup casual workers, including job insecurity and the rotation of contractors, are disrupting waste removal services. Rise Mzansi’s […]
# Former eThekwini mayor and former ANC regional chairperson Zandile Gumede has joined the MK Party and has been appointed the party’s deputy provincial convenor in KwaZulu-Natal. Gumede is currently on trial with 21 co-accused on fraud and corruption charges linked to a 320-million-rand Durban solid waste tender. MK secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo announced the appointment […]
# Rise Mzansi sê swak leierskap is die rede vir Johannesburg se voortdurende vullisverwyderingskrisis, met inwoners en besighede wat omring word deur opgehoopte vullis. Volgens die party se burgemeesterskandidaat vir Johannesburg, Lukhona Mnguni, word vullisverwyderingsdienste ontwrig deur kommer van Pikitup se tydelike werkers, insluitend werksonsekerheid en die rotasie van kontrakteurs. Mabine Seabe van Rise Mzansi […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het sy regspan opdrag gegee om hofstukke te finaliseer wat die Stad Tshwane se skorsing van die stadsbestuurder Johann Mettler betwis. Die vakbond voer aan die besluit is onwettig, irrasioneel en ongrondwetlik, en beweer die skorsing is polities gemotiveerd. Anton van der Bijl van Solidariteit sê die vakbond wil hê die […]
