SCORE: E With 105 of South Africa’s 144 municipal water service authorities classified as failing – representing nearly three-quarters of the country’s water governance structures – Majodina’s tenure faces critical scrutiny. Municipal debt to water boards has surged to R25 billion, threatening operational viability. Criminal networks — the “water mafia” — exploit illegal connections, extortion […]
The DA has not ruled out sabotage as one of the reasons the city has failed to provide water
Political and administrative delays, treaty complications and changes in government leadership contributed to the jump
Of South Africa’s 144 water service authorities, 105 are performing ‘dismally’, according to Minister Pemmy Majodina
SCORE: D- Known for her flamboyant hats and headdress, Pemmy Majodina has big shoes to fill. Her predecessor, Senzo Mchunu, drew widespread praise for his tireless efforts to turn around the department, which had been hollowed out by state capture. She is still in the early stages of her tenure and under close scrutiny and […]
The minister’s statements come a day after the constitutional court said it was working remotely because of unreliable water supply
The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage
The province is ‘not doing the right things’ to rescue itself from running out of water, Pemmy Majodina told parliament’s portfolio committee on water and sanitation
Pravin Gordhan’s earliest role as an organiser of civil resistance still carries relevance
The minister stood up MPs waiting for a briefing on the reinstatement of the water board’s chief executive days after he was fired after a corruption investigation
New Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says she will work with municipalities that are in debt, diversify water supply to include desalination and introduce measures to reduce water use levels
Mchunu has left big shoes that need to be filled, according to experts
Several small opposition parties protested, but the ANC’s might carried the vote
She says her impeachment probe can’t go on until the state gets her a new attorney but has privately briefed one to demand the recusal of the chair of the process
ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula has confirmed that Ebrahim Patel becoming a member of parliament will make way for a non-MP to become a cabinet minister
ANC MPs blurred party and state lines by summoning Eskom’s top brass to a caucus meeting
Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula let slip that she has received legal opinion on how parliament should proceed on the findings of the state capture inquiry and now finds herself accused of stalling
‘Large parts of the president’s speech are straight from the DA’s playbook’ – Steenhuisen
Former defence minister voted in ahead of the Democratic Alliance’s Annelie Lotriet
The National Assembly has adopted a report finding prima facie evidence of misconduct by 275 votes as an ANC caucus revolt is contained
The ANC chairperson has instructed its caucus ahead of the vote to establish a committee to investigate the public protector’s fitness to hold office
Magashule has received at least five letters from ANC caucus members unhappy with the chief whip’s backing of a vote against the public protector
The National Assembly’s decision will be at once about the future of the public protector and about the street fight for power in the ANC
The ANC parliamentary caucus as yet to confirm whether Bongani Bongo, who faces bribery and corruption charges, has resigned as an MP in line with the NEC’s directive
Pemmy Majodina says controversial MPs have not been convicted in a court of law
The president is set to deliver Sona in Cape Town on Thursday
The M&G understands the ANC plans to offer the position to the IFP in exchange for support in metros lost during 2016 local government elections
The politics of who gets to decide how the country works are getting more intense ahead of the State of the Nation Address on June 20
Pemmy Majodina returns to the parliamentary precinct after having served as a member of the National Council of Provinces between 1999 and 2004
In the build-up to the election of the president, the DA had intimated that it would put its own candidate, but it was not to be.
The president says he is still finalising just how his administration will look like
The Eastern Cape department of health needs to release a full report on the deaths of 142 babies in that province, says the DA.