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/ 23 September 2009
Gauteng is a smart province, but has not been smart enough in dealing with crime, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday.
Gauteng Pemier Nomvula Mokonyane has warned taxi operators not to disrupt the launch of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
Community concerns over service delivery were being hijacked by ”criminal elements”, the provincial government said on Thursday.
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Employment and job creation will be at the centre of Gauteng’s policy, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said in her state of the province speech on Tuesday.
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The Gauteng provincial administration has been reorganised and will include a planning department reporting to the office of Nomvula Mokonyane.
The ANC achieved its 50-50 of gender balance when it nominated four women and four men to head the provincial governments it controls.
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/ 21 November 2008
The Eden Park situation is reportedly under control after a man was killed there on Thursday, allegedly by the Red Ants security guards.
Paul Mashatile is tipped to be Gauteng’s new premier, but there is also a possibility that he may become the finance minister’s deputy.
The internal democratic processes of the ANC are being compromised by block-voting and a winner-takes-all mentality.
Over R3-billion was allocated to meet housing delivery needs in Gauteng, provincial housing minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday.
The launch of a hostel eradication programme in Soweto this week stirred speculation that the Gauteng government had been spurred into action by fears of further xenophobic outbursts.
Both leading candidates for the presidency of the ANC Women’s League seen as strong supporters of Jacob Zuma.
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/ 19 February 2008
Outrage mounted on Tuesday over an attack on a young woman at the Noord Street taxi rank in Johannesburg for wearing a miniskirt. Nwabisa Ngcukana (25) was humiliated when taxi drivers and hawkers at the rank tore off her clothes and said she was being taught a lesson for wearing a miniskirt.
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/ 17 January 2008
A ”wish list” of proposals that could improve service delivery has been sent to the Gauteng premier, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday. Spokesperson and member of the provincial legislature Jack Bloom compiled the list. It has been sent to Premier Mbhazima Shilowa, and includes the actions Bloom believes would improve service delivery.
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/ 19 December 2007
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An attempt to get the principle of gender parity elevated to the top structures of the ANC was trounced on Monday night, the Mail & Guardian has learned.
The policy, also known as the 50/50 principle, is a steep change in empowerment in the ANC and requires that every alternative position available for leadership be reserved for a female candidate.
South African President Thabo Mbeki came under mounting pressure over the weekend to explain his suspension of the country’s top prosecutor, a controversial move weeks before a crunch vote on his leadership of the African National Congress (ANC).
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/ 24 September 2007
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Gauteng has nominated Gauteng finance minister Paul Mashatile for provincial chairperson, the league said on Monday. At an extended meeting of its provincial executive committee, the ANCYL agreed on a set of broad characteristics for the collective leadership.
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/ 20 September 2007
The Gauteng housing department plans to fast-track housing delivery over the next two years, housing minister Nomvula Mokonyane announced on Thursday. This comes after the special investigating unit confirmed on Wednesday that it is investigating government officials believed to have fraudulently received housing subsidies.
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/ 6 September 2007
Community members who are furious at the lack of sufficient housing and service delivery in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, have met ward councillors to discuss their frustrations, which had led to public protests and the occupation of government-built homes earlier in the week.
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/ 5 September 2007
Soweto residents who protested violently over housing earlier this week should not be misinformed and misled, Gauteng housing minister Nomvula Mokonyane warned on Wednesday. The Anti-Privatisation Forum claims that the government had promised residents in 1994 that houses would be built in the Protea South area.
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/ 4 September 2007
Members of the Vukuzenzele Crisis Committee in Alexandra on Tuesday occupied a construction site in the northern Johannesburg township to protest against a lack of service delivery and housing. The committee’s chairperson, Frieda Dlamini, told the Mail & Guardian Online that people are desperate for houses.