142 Cosatu has moved to kill talk of a split in the Tripartite Alliance, resolving to support both the ANC and the SACP in the upcoming local government elections, while giving its…
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Animal health law gathers dust for 24 years amid FMD crisis
157 South Africa is battling foot-and-mouth disease using a 42-year-old law that Parliament’s agriculture committee chairperson says has serious operational gaps, while legislation intended to replace it has remained dormant for 24…
Emfuleni mayor Marco wants second term to fix roads, jobs and corruption
123 Emfuleni Executive Mayor Asan Marco says he wants a second stint to finish turning around one of the country’s worst-performing municipalities, with a plan anchored on fixing aging infrastructure, stimulating jobs…
Amakhosi excluded from laws governing 25 million rural people
120 An MK Party MP, Zwelakhe Elija Mthethwa has accused the Department of Agriculture of leaving traditional leaders out of consultations on two new laws that affect millions of people living on…
Farmland law stalls after agriculture dept runs out of money
116 The Department of Agriculture has admitted it ran out of money to finish the rules needed to bring South Africa’s new farmland protection law into force. Deputy director-general Dipepeneneng Serage told…
ANC won’t sacrifice stability for ideology in post-election coalition talks
118 Re-elected ANC Johannesburg Regional Secretary Sasabona Manganye says the party holds fundamental ideological differences with the DA, but it will not dismiss it as a potential coalition partner after the November…
Rich are turning farmland into houses, dept admits
112 The Department of Agriculture has admitted that wealthy landowners are converting South Africa’s farmland into housing developments, eating into the land available to produce food.Deputy director-general Dipepeneneng Serage told Parliament’s Portfolio…
Mashatile back at Limpopo investment conference after missing Alexandra campaign
118 Deputy President Paul Mashatile will return to the public stage on Thursday to deliver the keynote address at the 6th Limpopo Investment Conference, just days after pulling out of an ANC…
Losi faces Phetoe for SG as Shingange battles Cele for COSATU President in high-stakes vote
152 COSATU’s leadership war is now official after nominations for national office bearers closed at Emperor’s Palace, setting up a heavyweight showdown between outgoing President Zingiswa Losi and outgoing General Secretary Solly…
COSATU goes behind closed doors as lobbying for top posts intensifies at Ekurhuleni Congress
160 COSATU’s 15th National Elective Congress will go behind closed doors on Tuesday as delegates thrash out the federation’s future and intensify backroom lobbying for national office bearer positions at Emperor’s Palace….