Bokaap youth say their decision to embark on a protest in the area is a cry for help from those in government, who keep turning a blind eye to the socio-economic challenges in the area. On Monday, some 30 people took to the street in front of the Hilton Hotel[…]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has made representations to the Democratic Alliance’s federal executive to say why she should not be removed from her post as mayor. De Lille made the submissions on Wednesday as required by the DA’s new “recall” process, after the majority of the party’s Cape[…]
Craig Kesson, the executive director in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille’s office, got hold of around 1 000 confidential forensic reports, which contained details of probes into councillors and other officials, without proper permission. City manager Achmat Ebrahim made this claim in response to allegations levelled against him by[…]
DA mayoral candidate Athol Trollip was elected unopposed as the executive mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday. “The people of Nelson Mandela Bay have voted for change. They have endorsed our offer of stopping corruption, growing our economy, to create jobs and for better service delivery,” he said during[…]
Western Cape African National Congress councillors have to pull up their socks or face the consequences. This was one of the resolutions taken by the ANC at the provincial general council (PGC) over the weekend. ANC Western Cape chairperson Marius Fransman said they could no longer tolerate ineptitude when it[…]
The government will ask political parties to axe underperforming councillors in an effort to punish those at the helm of municipalities that constantly perform poorly on their audited finances, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has said. Gordhan mentioned an “insatiable greed” for taxpayers’ money, poor financial record[…]
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