Internal polls forecast at least 40% of votes in the local government elections, while warnings against factionalism abound
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Gauteng secretary TK Nciza was demoted to being an additional member and snubbed the meeting
Reconfiguration or dissolution? Moves against Gauteng and KZN leaders leaves party in disarray
An estimated R4-million has been budgeted for this year’s event, up sharply from R208 000 in 2021
Parliament yet to implement health and safety recommendations from 2018, union claims
Fresh blaze erupts on roof of National Assembly
After firefighters battled for more than 24 hours to bring the devastating blaze under control, presiding officers were meeting on Monday to assess the damage
Ability must determine who gets hired, not jobs for pals or because of their political affiliation, says the head of the South African Local Government Association
MPs can’t seem to stop the house from degenerating into screaming matches, even during virtual sittings, as exhibited when the deputy president answered questions in the NCOP on Wednesday.
The legislature will suspend its business indefinitely from Wednesday, after a final sitting to pass two pieces of critical legislation to keep the wheels of government turning
The Nodal Review might transform South Africa’s biggest city. Implementing the new policy, which has the potential to open wealthy suburbs to impoverished residents, is the challenge
In his Sona response, the president apologised for the weaponising of gender-based violence, saying the attack on the red beret leader was “uncalled for”
ANC MPs test the EFF’s disruptive tactics on the leader of the Red Berets in Sona reply
Apartheid’s last president walks back comments that definition was a Soviet plot
Julius Malema’s 44-member caucus stick to their guns: ‘Fire Pravin or else’
The official opposition says the president’s state of the nation speech will not detail anything new or productive. Meanwhile, the EFF is threatening more disruption
The former president’s lawyers say they do not know how where Parliament obtained the information about his attendance
Changes include Thandi Modise for speaker of the National Assembly. North West premier Job Mokgoro also keeps his job
A 100-page report details ‘serious breaches of the Constitution, policy, law, regulations and directives’ by the former president
The ANC’s Parks Tau has been appointed as the mayor of Johannesburg, the city said on Thursday.
Outgoing Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo is proud of the city’s accomplishments in the last 10 years, he said on Monday.
Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo launched the Inner-City Property Scheme on Wednesday.
The acting cooperative governance and traditional affairs minister has apologised to Johannesburg residents for a wide scale billing crisis.
Jo’burg residents affected by billing problems will be provided with a "favourable settlement arrangement" that includes discounts, Amos Masondo says.
Only two of the country’s six top metros are likely to retain their mayors after the local government elections in May.
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Johannesburg residents protested over council billing complaints outside the city’s customer service centre in Braamfontein on Friday.
The seeds of the crisis in Jo’burg’s billing system were sown five years ago when a R208m tender was awarded to an inexperienced company.
The response of mayors to billing problems and to the floods would influence their nomination as ANC candidates in the upcoming local elections.
The City of Johannesburg on Monday said it had learned "valuable lessons" from the current billing problem, and asked for patience.
Johannesburg’s billing problem, which mayor Amos Masondo recently said was not a sign of a crisis, will be investigated, the government says.
The dissolution of the ANC regional executive committee in Johannesburg was necessary because it was "descending into total madness", the party said.
A carnival mood took over the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg on Friday as mayor Amos Masondo opened the newly decorated structure.