# Eskom says it is conducting an ongoing, iterative process to strengthen governance and internal control frameworks for contract management and operational emergencies. This follows shortcomings identified during the investigation of diesel procurement and storage contracts. The investigation confirmed instances of non-adherence to the power utility’s processes regarding payments made to certain suppliers under emergency […]
# The IFP has urged voters to choose leadership committed to accountable governance, transparency, improved service delivery and responsive local government. The party will hold its final Siyanqoba Rally at the Prince Mangosuthu Regional Stadium in Ulundi tomorrow, ahead of the local government elections on Wednesday. IFP’s national spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa told the SABC that […]
# Die ANC-president Cyril Ramaphosa het weer vertroue uitgespreek dat die party goed sal vaar in die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Die party se ondersteuning het gedaal van 65-persent in die 2006 munisipale verkiesing tot 40,2-persent in die 2024 nasionale verkiesing. Projeksies dui daarop dat die ANC minstens nog ses persentasiepunte van sy 2024-uitslag kan verloor. Ramaphosa het […]
# Die DA sê hy is gereed vir die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing en hoop om sy uitgebreide veldtog in stemme om te skakel. Onlangse meningspeilings toon die party en die ANC loop kop aan kop. Volgens interne en openbare peilings het die DA nasionaal tussen 28,4-persent en 35-persent ondersteuning wat slegs 1,2-persentasiepunte minder as die ANC is. […]
# National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says police will protect the constitutional right to peaceful protest but will also act against lawlessness. This comes as the Durban High Court imposed conditions on the March and March movement’s demonstrations in KwaZulu-Natal, including restrictions on marching times, designated routes and the carrying of potentially dangerous objects. Masemola […]
# The Electoral Court has dismissed the DA’s case challenging the EFF, MK Party, ActionSA and GOOD Party’s decision to submit only the name of a single candidate on their proportional representation lists for municipalities. The DA had argued that the four parties were attempting to conceal candidates from voters before the elections, and allow […]
# MK Party president Jacob Zuma has urged voters to turn out in large numbers and take part in the local government elections, saying the party is ready to take over. In his first public appearance in nearly a month, he appeared in a video posted by his party. Zuma was admitted to hospital on […]
# Politieke partye hou hierdie naweek hul laaste saamtrekke voor die plaaslikeregeringsverkiesing. Die DA se laaste nasionale saamtrek vind vandag by Moretele-park in Mamelodi, Tshwane, plaas, terwyl die EFF sy Tshela Thupa-saamtrek by die Orlando-stadion in Soweto hou. Sondag lei die ANC-president Cyril Ramaphosa sy party se Siyanqoba-saamtrek by die Sisa Dukashe-stadion in Mdantsane in […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag sê die aanklagte teen die voormalige hoof van die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie, Andrea Johnson, en die gewese adjunkhoof van Misdaadintelligensie, Feroz Khan, is baie ernstig. Die twee is gister in die Pretoriase landdroshof borgtog van tien-duisend-rand elk toegestaan. Een van die ernstigste bewerings is ʼn aanrading- en intimidasie-aanklag in 2018 waarby […]