With severe drought conditions affecting large parts of the country, the finance minister set aside R6‑billion to mitigate the effects
The DA announced that it made a complaint with the Public Protector to investigate Gigaba for lying under oath and violating the Constitution
The portal is intended to make the budget more accessible through a user-friendly format to enable more effective information sharing
The court ruled that the Speaker exercise his discretion and decide whether the motion of no confidence should be conducted by secret ballot.
De Lille approached the courts after 59 members of the DA’s caucus voted against holding the no confidence motion in her at the party’s meeting.
The delay in Day Zero has been attributed to the continued decline in agricultural use and Capetonians water-wise actions
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the ANC NEC will make a final decision on President Jacob Zuma’s fate as head of state on Monday
The physical predicaments we experience go far further than what our conditioned minds perceive
‘The approach of Day Zero has put Capetonians into panic mode and suburbia is getting distinctly nervous’
The private sector will offer solutions and money if there is policy certainty and effective guarantees
A Gauteng businessman blames De Lille for costing the city millions of rand in relief efforts for shack fires that could have been avoided.
"Day Zero" is the day when city officials will be forced to cut off the normal water supply to more than one-million households.
Zuma continued with “business as usual” on Wednesday, meeting ministers for cabinet committee meetings for most of the day
Duarte says the ANC’s NEC need to put an end to speculation around Zuma’s future, as its decision will bind all members
Day Zero has been pushed back until May 11 because farmers in the province have used up their allocated supply
Day Zero: Farms take a hit from the Cape water crisis.
‘After a period of stabilisation and consolidation in 2016, the mining industry in 2017 continued to strengthen in its recovery’
Reliance Compost, which managed some of the city’s green waste drop-off points for 15 years, said sites would be closed because an unrewarded tender
No political party should lead a response to an urban governance crisis. The city, provincial and national governments must cooperate as government.
The emergence of a crop of new black players is changing the makeup of the industry that is among the world’s top 10 wine producers
The party’s federal executive has authorised a motion of no confidence in Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille, the party announced on Wednesday.
"We have to reassess our relationship with water, and the City supports the move by residents to explore more sustainable water-wise technologies"
The City of Cape Town is currently rated Baa3 – the lowest level of investment grade, and is on review for a downgrade.
When Cape Town’s taps run dry, an elite squad will leap into action to halt outbreaks of disease
Readers write in about Africa’s children and Cape Town’s water crisis
Bottled water flies off the shelves, demand for storage tanks outstrips supply and short hair is in
Reservoirs around Cape Town, in the grip of its worst drought for a century, have gone largely unreplenished for more than three years
"We can still avoid day zero if everyone remains within the limit of 50 litres per person per day"
‘At that point the tap dried up … ‘
"They are using the drought crisis as a cash cow," said the leader of the opposition in the council, Xolani Sotashe
"To claim that the SIU is not allowed to run the investigations they have been doing for years would mean that all other specialist units should stop"
The recommendation will now be taken to the DA’s provincial and federal leadership, which will have to make a decision on how to act on the matter.