The minister has endured through a leasing scandal and factional wars in the police because the president can’t jettison the KwaZulu-Natal support base that he commands
The Impofu Dam will run dry in six days and the Churchill Dam will be empty 15 days
During a meeting of national executive committee deployees in Limpopo, Senzo Mchunu is said to have warned that the province is not ready for the conference
Premier Sihle Zikalala’s special adviser, Nhlanhla Ngidi, will challenge him for the position of ANC provincial chairperson
Residents of the towns and villages falling under the Ugu district municipality have been fighting for a secure water supply for years
Rebuild efforts have been mired in concerns about looting, but it could provide a much-needed stimulus to a crisis-hit province
The Green Drop 2022 report, the first since 2013, reflects a serious deterioration in the management of wastewater treatment plants
The axed board members have been paid out for the 14 months they spent sitting at home.
Advisers – not consultants – can help close critical gaps in government where the loss of key skills leaves the president desperately needing to enhance the state’s capacity to secure his reforms
Ramaphosa said planned institutional reform will improve the enforcement of water standards at municipal level
The department of water and sanitation and Rand Water have addressed questions about the inauspicious timing of this week’s shutdown
The Ugu district municipality has, for years, failed to provide a constant source of clean water and parties are pitching their elections campaigns around the crisis
New Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu has already started moves to implement the court order and dissolve Sisulu’s interim board
The high court has ruled that the dissolution of the water entity’s board by Minister Lindiwe Sisulu was unfair and unprocedural
People in the Fetakgomo Tubatse local municipality, who have to collect water from Motse River, are backing independent candidates because they’re tired of parties’ election promises
Umgeni Water has won the right for a more than 40% levy increase on private water supplier
Water and housing entities are likely to see political appointments reversed after the cabinet reshuffle
Zuma’s mystery illness has given TV viewers time to watch his successor swap ministers and be astonished about the extent of state capture
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, previously the defence minister, replaces Thandi Modise, who was deployed as the minister of defence in last week’s cabinet reshuffle.
ANC economic policy head Enoch Godongwana takes over the finance portfolio
Despite agreement that it would be politically ‘unwise’ for the president to remove the health minister before the Special Tribunal makes its decision on the application by the Special Investigating Unit, he may have just done so
Mkhize’s request to take special leave left President Cyril Ramaphosa reeling, party insiders say
Sources closely involved in the meeting said that the president’s allies — Ronald Lamola, Senzo Mchunu and Snuki Zikalala — each called for Mkhize to take special leave while the matter was still under investigation
The trade union rejects Senzo Mchunu’s ‘stunt’ on asking the public to weigh in on public sector wage bill
Because President Cyril Ramaphosa won the step-aside order in the ANC’s national executive committee, a cabinet reshuffle looms, with Sisulu and Dlodlo’s names on comrades’ lips
Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre
Persistent rumours of a cabinet reshuffle may be jumping the gun, but they do reflect the political realignment taking place within the ANC
Cosatu rejects job losses and a wage freeze for public servants, calling this ‘a declaration of war’
KZN’s new premier will have to start his promised clean up of the provincial government at the very top and fire its director general
Members’ IDs are scanned, helping to get rid of nonexistent members and bogus branches
But using the courts and oversight institutions to dissolve enemies slows the pace of the cleanup
The ANC’s new KwaZulu-Natal leaders want the NEC to let the former president campaign