209 DA accuses the municipality of shifting its revenue collection duties onto JMPD officers. The DA in Gauteng has accused the City of Johannesburg of using Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers…
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Mbalula accused of taking sides in Buffalo City leadership revolt
207 ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula is accused of defending Buffalo City metro mayor Princess Faku as councillors question her leadership. The ANC is to intervene in the strife-torn Buffalo City metro…
Ramokgopa dismisses claims US tariffs target BEE policy but admits it needs ‘tweaking’
253 Electricity minister said ‘South Africa is not being targeted and isolated as a country’. Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has denied allegations that the United States (US) imposed a 30%…
Leadership battle heats up in Limpopo
188 An early ANC Limpopo elective conference sparks debate over who will succeed Stan Mathabatha as provincial chairperson. The ANC in Limpopo will hold an early provincial elective conference in an endeavour…
ANC NEC meeting to discuss local government elections and GNU
189 The stability of the GNU will also be on the agenda at the NEC meeting. The ANC national executive committee (NEC) is scheduled to deliberate over the weekend on various issues,…
ActionSA reports Macpherson to parliament’s ethics committee for alleged ‘racist’ remarks
183 Macpherson denies claims and says ActionSA is trying to take attention away from the investigation into the IDT. ActionSA has reported Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson to the joint standing committee…
No interviews, but appointed: DA raises alarm over ANCYL members on Gauteng hospital boards
192 The DA says appointments to hospital boards should be seen as a public service and not a job. The DA’s Health shadow MEC for health in Gauteng, Jack Bloom, says 10…
ActionSA lays fraud charges against NW municipal manager
209 ActionSA has intensified its anticorruption campaign, targeting the Rustenburg local municipality over R335 million in alleged illegal contracts. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has taken his anticorruption battle to Rustenburg as he…
Probe into rot at North West’s Madibeng local municipality
214 A whistleblower’s report has led to a formal probe into allegations of corruption and nepotism at Madibeng. Many years of maladministration, including allegedly unlawful appointments of officials and acts of nepotism…
Feeding scheme or feeding scam: KZN education department responds to food tender ‘corruption’
218 The school nutrition Programme in KZN benefits around 2 million learners. As KZN education MEC Sipho Hlomuka waits to hear whether he will be sanctioned by Premier Thami Ntuli, his department…