The ANC treasurer general said people can donate R10 to R30 to the ANC using an SMS code and from R100 to R99 000 through electronic fund transfers
National executive committee members may thwart plans by the ANC top brass to bring former ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang back
In her short time as ANC treasurer general, Ramokgopa has overseen the resuscitation of the party’s finances
DA leader John Steenhuisen has argued in a court application that the government has failed to give a clear decision on its position on the Russian president’s expected visit
Doing so is a standard procedure, and does not affect the arrest warrant issued for Russian president Vladimir Putin
In an Africa Day address, Ramaphosa said Pretoria had been threatened with penalties for pursuing an independent foreign policy and a non-aligned position
The ruling party’s secretary general pushed back against US pressure to pick a side in Russia/Ukraine war
Ramaphosa on verge of losing investor confidence after US claims – Standard Bank
She said that the US ambassador was fueling mistrust and straining diplomatic relations
Ramokgopa set to stay put following a failed push for the position to be part-time
For the first time the party has elected three women to the top seven, but two of them are in deputy positions
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe has threatened MPs with disciplinary action if they vote in favour of section 89 report
They have, as a matter of principle, opposed the suggestion that an NWC member, Gwen Ramokgopa, be seconded as coordinator in the ruling party’s engine room.
The newly-appointed Gauteng health MEC confirmed that five people were injured when a section of the hospital’s roof collapsed.
Half of South Africa’s 100 000 blind children could have been saved if they were treated earlier, shows a new report.
Many medical schemes rely on the ignorance of their members, who buy more expensive cover than they may need, for their very survival.
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/ 2 November 2010
Kgosientso “Sputla” Ramokgopa was elected mayor of Tshwane on Tuesday over Democratic Alliance candidate Gerhardus Pretorius by 92 votes to 49 votes. The Mail and Guardian had established in July that outgoing mayor Gwen Ramokgoba’s nephew was tipped to take the position. A committee member that wanted to remain anonymous said, “These are the rewards […]
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/ 28 October 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Wednesday said it had ”mixed feelings” over Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa’s reshuffling of committee members.
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/ 27 October 2009
After consultation with the regional ANC, Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa has decided to reshuffle the city’s leadership.
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/ 21 October 2009
The mayor of Tshwane and her mayoral committee must be removed to avert further collapse of the municipality, the FF+ said on Wednesday.
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/ 3 September 2009
The City of Tshwane will be ”tightening its belt” to counter its cash flow problems, mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said on Thursday.
The City of Tshwane has been left with a bloody nose after challenging a Carte Blanche exposé of corruption in the administration.
Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa is ”shocked” and ”disappointed” with her daughter after she was arrested during a drug raid at school on Friday.
African National Congress president Jacob Zuma on Thursday addressed a gathering of more than 1 000 poor white Pretoria residents.
Criminal elements were behind the fire that broke out at Kruger Park flats in the Pretoria CBD on Tuesday, Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said.
Tenants of Schubart Park flats in Pretoria will have to be evacuated from the premises in order for the building to be renovated.
Former president Nelson Mandela on Tuesday warned against ”destructive divisiveness” in the country. ”Remember the horror from which we come.” Mandela was speaking shortly after receiving the Freedom of the City from Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa at a private ceremony at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg.
The city of Tshwane will bestow a freedom of the city award on former president Nelson Mandela on May 13. Tshwane Mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said it would kick-off a year-long programme to celebrate Mandela’s life and legacy. The ceremony will take place at the Tshwane City Hall and simultaneously at a public event on Church Square.
Although crime in public places has decreased, there has been an increase of crime in residential areas, Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa said on Friday. Delivering her State of the City address at the council offices in Pretoria, the mayor said that the city is concerned about the increase in ever more violent crimes in residential areas.
Sexual harassment of women in miniskirts at Johannesburg taxi ranks has been occurring for at least eight years, the Gauteng community safety portfolio committee heard on Thursday. However, only one incident has been reported to the police.
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/ 6 February 2008
All traffic lights at the 788 controlled intersections in Pretoria are to be retrofitted with light-emitting diodes and later backed up to solar power, the Tshwane metropolitan council said on Wednesday. This followed meetings between mayor Gwen Ramokgopa and big business outlining the council’s plans to deal with the electricity crisis.
Opposition political parties on Wednesday expressed shocked at the reaction of local African National Congress (ANC) leaders on the ruling of the Pretoria High Court preventing the name Pretoria being replaced with Tshwane on road signs. On Tuesday the court granted an urgent interim interdict to the Freedom Front Plus and AfriForum.