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latest news & developmentsMK Party to oppose Gauteng provincial budget over ANC snub
The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal, while the EFF also withholds support over the insourcing of…
Gauteng tables R179 billion budget, R1.4bn of which has been allocated to legislature and political parties
Panyaza Lesufi’s office has been given R1.6bn in 2026/2027
Mbalula targeting Lesufi in ‘proxy battle’ ahead of 2027 ANC conference
Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage
Murmurs of Makhura in ANC top six are ‘smoke and mirrors’
A national position is a flickering light for Gauteng Premier David Makhura, whose province is the firm turf of Paul Mashatile
Gauteng ANC conference likely to produce mixed bag of leaders
No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way
Can Panyaza Lesufi save the ANC in Gauteng come 2024?
With the Gauteng provincial conference around the corner, West Rand regional secretary Sanele Ngweventsha argues that Lesufi might give them the edge in 2024.
Coalition politics and law: The fight over Tshwane
With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common
Battle for control of the City of Tshwane is back on
The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services
High court overturns decision to place Tshwane metro council under administration
Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends
No more evictions — for now
But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown
Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract
Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery
By-election woes for DA as Tshwane council is binned
The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again
The learners who live in a church
Despite promises of relocation, two months after floods people in Mamelodi are still living in a church. Bongekile Macupe and Delwyn Verasamy went to talk to the learners who are…
Gauteng agriculture department to ditch security firm
The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development intends to terminate its contract with a controversial security services company
ANC eyes youth and minority voters
The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections