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Liam Jacobs (centre) has returned to the Democratic Alliance after a short stint with the Patriotic Alliance. (X)
DA

Liam Jacobs defects back to the DA

DA leader said the party was not interested in the politics of chaos and personality cults

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
Shake up: EFF has threatened that it will withdraw its support for the ANC in the City of Johannesburg if its demands are not met.
ANC

EFF demands Joburg transport post as condition for continued support of ANC

The move is a strategy ahead of next year’s local government elections, as the party believes that fixing roads, traffic lights and public transport networks will prove its…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
The PA is demanding that its newly appointed councillor, Liam Jacobs, take over the position of transport MMC in Johannesburg.(@LiamJacobsZA/X)
ANC

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll pull out of Joburg coalition if we don’t get transport MMC post, say EFF and PA

The EFF wants Mgcini Tshwaku — while PA want Liam Jacobs — to take over the position left vacant by Kenny Kunene’s resignation

  • Lunga Mzangwe
2 min read
The PA is demanding that its newly appointed councillor, Liam Jacobs, take over the position of transport MMC in Johannesburg.(@LiamJacobsZA/X)
AFRICA GLOBAL NEWS

DA defector Liam Jacobs replaces Patriotic Alliance’s Kenny Kunene in Johannesburg council

Kunene, the PA’s deputy president, resigned as a councillor after links to murder suspect Katiso Molefe

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read