African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has urged delegates at the party’s 9th Western Cape Provincial Conference taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre to vote for leadership candidates they trust. The conference began this morning following several hours of delays on Friday. Some 700 delegates are attending[…]
By Kouthar Sambo “The reason why the South African Reserve Bank has decided to increase interest rates, is because they want to dampen the demand in the economy, and this is a very blunt instrument. It is going to be very painful and bad for the economy and going to[…]
The EFF in North West will on Monday dispatch its gender-based violence (GBV) desk to the victims of an ANC councillor who was arrested in connection with their statutory rapes at the weekend. The councillor from the Matlosana municipality is known to TimesLIVE but is not being named until he has[…]
Gayton McKenzie says the Patriotic Alliance (PA) is still on a mission to remove Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad, despite him (McKenzie) pulling out of the race to become mayor. The PA leader and Central Karoo district mayor last week threw his hat into the ring to become the next Johannesburg[…]
The ANC’s Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo is seeking an interdict from the High Court in Polokwane, to stop the Co-operative Governance Department from placing it under administration. The matter will be heard in court in July. The district municipality argues that the intention is a political ploy to remove[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Political parties, civil organizations, and analysts were up in arms at the news that Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, had issued an exemption to Eskom, through a government gazette, that would see the energy giant exempt from reporting financial irregularities in its annual financial report. This exemption[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana | Source: GovernmentZA via Flickr A Government Gazette has sparked discontent across the Republic as Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has exempted Eskom from reporting any irregular expenditure, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, that occurs from now until the financial year of[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Source: Democratic Alliance The Democratic Alliance’s Federal Congress has concluded with no significant changes as John Steenhuisen remains DA leader after beating party peer Dr. Mpho Phalatse. Steenhuisen retaining his position has come as no surprise but has revealed a problem within the official opposition. Speaking on[…]
by Daanyaal Matthews Source: Pixabay Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has tabled the Budget for the year 2023/2024 titled: “A Budget for Building Hope”. The budget aims to address the needs of the vulnerable whilst planning for the future of the Mother City and catering for the desires of[…]
The African National Congress is not going to amend the Constitution in order to tackle illegal migration. This was confirmed as the party unveiled the resolutions from its 55th national conference, which took place in December. The party adopted the Migration Policy Framework which seeks to address illegal migration –[…]
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