Just 156 green jobs out of a target of 1 120 were created in 2021-022 financial year
The South African National Taxi Council says its members can decide if they want to take part in the national shutdown planned for 20 March
DA gets confirmation from Sars that ‘dirty dollars’ hidden inside couch on the president’s Phala Phala farm were not declared to tax agency
The party says the committee should have the power to summons witnesses
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DA calls former Eskom chief executive De Ruyter ‘brave’, thanks him for his service
Power utility says the high court challenge to the increase is flawed in law, and could mean more load-shedding, or worse, a credit default
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Current chairperson hopes to take over from Nqaba Bhanga when the DA elects provincial leaders – and to deliver an upset in the 2024 election
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Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
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Illegal land occupation and alleged corruption plague the city’s unstable administrations
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The party believes it has been able to ‘self-correct’ after alienating white voters in the previous national and provincial elections
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An internal report implicates Maimane as the mastermind in a plan to rid the party of its white leaders, thereby alienating white voters
Internal report finds former youth leader Luyolo Mphithi not to blame for party’s response to Schweizer-Reneke school ‘racist’ incident
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Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future
In closing the debate on his State of the Nation address, the president said the country was not abandoning coal as a major power source
DA leader says voters face a clear choice in next year’s national polls after president lost the opportunity to pull back from the brink
Embattled mayor had been under pressure over the city’s adverse audit opinion in 2021-2022
The presidency has described the decision by the Democratic Alliance (DA) to challenge the declaration of a national state of disaster over Eskom as “confusing” given that the party had been asking the president to do so since last year. DA leader John Steenhuisen confirmed on Friday that the party had already briefed its legal […]
But the municipality has laid the blame for the filthy state of Tembisa at the feet of the community
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The former mayor says the ‘culture of fear’ in the party needs to be dealt with and it needs to be more honest about its links with the EFF
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Candidates vying for top positions in the DA will undergo rigorous vetting including audits of their financial records
As Nkosazana Disaster Zuma gets ready to once again rule we should fear a cigarette ban to keep the lights on is loading
At a council meeting, 140 councillors voted to remove Phalatse, while 129 supported her
Youth league members prevented the Democratic Alliance from delivering its memorandum to Luthuli House, the ANC’s headquarter
Governing party says it cannot be ‘arrogant’ and try to run Durban alone
South Africa has refused to condemn Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and last week announced it will host joint maritime drills with Russia and China in February
Public enterprises minister raises complexity of issues involved in response to a letter of demand from parties planning to sue the state
Party seeks to interdict Eskom from implementing 18.65% hike, pending the outcome of an application to have it set aside as unconstitutional
The Democratic Alliance says the 18% electricity price hike is unconstitutional, while other parties are likely to file a wider challenge on the power crisis
The EFF leader has said that they should “vote with their conscience” and not according to the caucus instructions
Advocate for the president tells the apex court the high court finding that her suspension was retaliation was refuted by the ample grounds for the decision
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The parties have forged an alliance to remove the ruling party from power in the province
About 50% of South Africans say they would relinquish their voting rights if an effective government was guaranteed