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Jobrg Mayor Dada Morero speaking. A memorial service is underway in Soweto for late politician and struggle stalwart, Mosiuoa Lekota. The 77-year-old anti-apartheid activist died last week after a long illness. In the years before his passing, Lekota served as the leader of the Congress Of The People (COPE), a party he helped form after breaking away from the African National Congress (ANC).  Photo Delwyn Verasamy

Morero jokes about no-confidence motions at Mosiuoa Lekota memorial

Joburg mayor humorously urged UDF leader Bantu Holomisa to stop his party’s councillor from filing motions of no confidence against him. Morero also honoured Lekota’s…

Basic education minister, Siviwe Gwarube. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo)

‘Aspects’ of Bela Bill will be implemented when signed into law, says education minister

Siwive Gwarube’s political party, the Democratic Alliance, has previously described the Bill as a threat to the autonomy of schools

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Democratic Alliance wants 12 cabinet posts or no GNU deal

The opposition party has rejected the ANC’s offer of six ministerial positions in the government of national unity

Deputy President Paul Mashatile. (Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mashatile plans to chart a path through the 2024 coalitions minefield

Legally binding coalition agreements are among measures being suggested to stabilise governance

KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Eskom plans to spend 18.2% more on independent power producers in the next five years

Power utility will buy significantly more electricity from IPPs as they come onto the grid, outgoing chief executive De Ruyter tells NCOP

The City of Johannesburg has recorded an increase in illegal mining activities, which include tunnelling on the road reserve, below road surfaces and excavations of bridge embankments in recent years. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Specialised task force to combat illegal mining in South Africa

Police and minerals department tell briefing a specialised team will be appointed in each province to fight illegal mining

Harrismith’s streets are potholed, filled with refuse and illegal electricity connections are evident but more worrying are the power and water cuts. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Eskom to take over distribution, billing at troubled Free State municipality

The Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality owes the power utility more than R5-billion

Late former deputy president David Mabuza. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mabuza asked to account for why ministers were seated next to Malema in Senekal

MPs can’t seem to stop the house from degenerating into screaming matches, even during virtual sittings, as exhibited when the deputy president answered questions in the NCOP on…