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SABC Bill has in fact not been withdrawn: Mashatile
SABC Auckland Park head office 3 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his role as leader of government business, has written to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to inform her that the SABC Bill has, in fact, not been withdrawn. Early in November, Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the bill, citing the…
AAAM members successfully challenge their expulsion from MK Party
A branded MK Party van. 2 minutes Members of the All African Alliance Movement (AAAM) have successfully challenged their expulsion from the uMkhonto weSizwe Party in the Western Cape High Court. The AAAM members allege that MK Party leader, former President Jacob Zuma sidelined them. The court, in an order dated 4 December 2024, reviewed…
Hung council emerges again in Thabazimbi Municipality
Residents form a queue to cast their special vote in the Thabazimbi Local Municipality by-election at the Regorogile SASSA Offices in Limpopo on 03 December 2024. 1 minute A hung council has emerged yet again at the Thabazimbi Local Municipality in Limpopo, following Wednesday’s municipal by-election. According to the Electoral Commission (IEC) results portal, none…
Balton subpoenaed over two ANC MK members’ deaths in 1989
Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF), Neeshan Balton has been subpoenaed to appear before the Randburg Magistrates Court tomorrow. 2 minutes The Executive Director of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF), Neeshan Balton has been subpoenaed to appear before the Randburg Magistrates Court on Friday to answer questions relating to the deaths of two African National Congress (ANC)…
Panel to hand over electoral system report to Home Affairs next year
South Africans waited in long queues to vote. 2 minutes The Electoral Reform Commission Panel says it will be ready to hand over its report to the Home Affairs Minister in May next year. The panel was established six months ago, under the Electoral Amendment Act, to consider South Africa’s current voting system. The panel…
Mapisa-Nqakula corruption case postponed to January 2025
The matter against Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been postponed to 20 January 2025 because the defence filed their heads of arguments late. 1 minute The corruption case involving former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been postponed to 20 January 2025. The postponement follows the late filing of heads of argument by Mapisa-Nqakula’s defence, which the…
Brink ordered to vacate his position at City of Joburg
Joburg City manager, Floyd Brink. 2 minutes Johannesburg City Manager Floyd Brink has been ordered to vacate his position within 10 days or once an acting manager is appointed. This comes after a High Court ruling declaring his re-appointment unlawful, unconstitutional and invalid in a matter brought before the court by the Democratic Alliance (DA)….
ANC wins Karoo Hoogland Municipality in by-election
ANC regains power in highly contested by-election at the Karoo Hoogland Municipality. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape won a ward off Democratic Alliance (DA) in the highly contested by-elections at Karoo Hoogland Municipality in Namakwa yesterday. The ANC received 803 votes, DA received 230 and Patriotic Alliance attained 247…
Patriotic Alliance wins Ward 9 in Oudtshoorn by-election
Signage directing people to a voting station. 1 minute The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has won the by-election held at Ward 9 in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, that includes parts of Dysselsdorp, Schoemanshoek and other outlying areas. Ferlecia Abrahams from the PA went up against candidates from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the African National Congress…