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Rev Musa Xulu resigns as chair of Section 22 Committee, alleging state control of religion

Xulu said a draft Christian sector self-regulatory framework released in December had been rushed through meetings presided over by the chairperson of the Commission for the…

Walkabout: President Cyril Ramaphosa visited multiple communities in Rustenburg and surrounding wards, meeting residents, ward councillors and traditional leaders. Photo: Supplied

ANC leaders criss cross North West in anniversary blitz

Residents told party leader Cyril Ramaphosa about water shortages, electricity outages, potholes, and slow service delivery, and he promised them the ANC would prioritise…

Cogta and Salga are  pushing for an amendment Bill that seeks to remove the undue influence of smaller parties on the appointment of political office bearers in municipalities to be approved as law by next year’s elections.
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Cogta, Salga keen for the passing of Bill limiting smaller parties’ influence on municipalities

The Bill seeks to stabilise local government by ensuring that parties which make the composition of municipal councils are a true representation of the will of the majority,…

KZN MEC for Cogta Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi and his counterpart MEC for public works Martin Meyer during a media briefing in Durban. Photo: Sandile Motha

KZN government cancels R24 m/year lease in clampdown on costly office rentals

The provincial administration plans to use government-owned buildings to cut down on expenditure

Alfred Nzo district municipality mayor Vukile Mhlelembana. (

Failing Eastern Cape municipality spends just 13% of R123m infrastructure grant

Premier Oscar Mabuyane has been urged to act against Alfred Nzo municipality’s mayor, Vukile Mhlelembana

Outa sounds alarm over new bills that ‘protect’ irregular appointments in local government

The civil society group said the bills were probably being written by legislators with ‘self interest and expediency’ in mind

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David Harrison/M&G

Public urged to comment on General Municipal Bill, which could extend timeline for fixing irregular appointments

The Bill, open for comment until 31 August, proposes an extension of the timeframe within which irregular appointments must be rectified

Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. File photo Rajesh Jantilala/AFP/Getty

Death toll increases to 22 after KZN floods

Cogta has dismissed claims that it has not put measures in place to mitigate against natural disasters

Andy Mothibe has been appointed as the new national director of public prosecutions. File photo by Paul Botes

Municipalities still stalling on Special Investigating Unit recommendations

The Special Investigating Unit is owed R986 million by the state institutions it has investigated

Determined: Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva (above centre) arrives at Hillbrow police station to lay charges against Pastor Paseka Motsoeneng, of the Incredible Happening Ministries, who asked his followers to fund his legal fees as he prepared to battle the Cultural, Religious and Linguistics (CRL) Rights Commission in court. (Vathiswa Ruselo/Sowetan/Gallo Images)

Danger of exposing the dark side of prophets and pastors

The head of the Cultural, Religious and Linguistics Rights Commission investigated church leaders abusing their congregants and refused to be distracted by threats on her life

Concourt dismisses IEC application to postpone elections

The ANC will be the hardest hit by the order having failed to register with the Electoral Commission of South Africa its candidates in no less than 93 municipalities

IEC publishes 27 October election date as required by law, but wants to postpone

A report by former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke opens the possibility of a postponement

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

IEC says it is ready for election, but cautions it has not control over Covid-19 spikes

The chief executive of the IEC, Sy Mamabolo, assured the Salga leaders assembly that the organisation would deliver a free and fair election.

Land standoff: Land invaders who allegedly paid cash to a traditional leader have set up shacks on land restored to the Mmotoaneng community. Photo: Lucas Ledwaba/Mukurukuru Media

State’s failure to act leaves Mpumalanga community at land grabbers’ mercy

Mpumalanga land claimants have been failed by state organs, whose officials are not helping them to remove land invaders, despite a court order

Gauteng’s most vital resource irreparably damaged – SAHRC

Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government

Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Batsa fires back in response to Dlamini-Zuma’s appeal

The tobacco company has counter-filed for leave to appeal December’s tobacco ruling, should the government’s application for leave to appeal be successful

Government appeals Covid-19 lockdown tobacco ban ruling

A fresh legal wrangle and jostling at the courts over the ban could run for much of the life span of the pandemic itself

WATCH LIVE: Customary Marriages Bill panel discussion

Facilitated by chairperson Kedibone Diale, the discussion will provide legal, socioeconomic, cultural, legislative and human rights perspectives from various subject experts.

The curfew reveals to us a state that is willing to act irrationally. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

READ IT IN FULL: Final amended lockdown rules

Read the amended national lockdown regulations