DA to monitor Tshwane Mayor’s repayment plan to the city

Tshwane Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Tshwane says it will closely monitor whether Executive Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya repays the nearly R270 000 she was overpaid while serving as chief of staff in the Mayor’s office in 2019. The payment stemmed from a once-off benchmarking salary adjustment applied to 78…

Read More

Parly’s communication committee calls on Malatsi to pass SABC Bill

SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. Parliament has called on Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi to expedite the finalisation and passing of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Bill. The Bill has been stalled for months due to the Minister’s previous indication of withdrawing it. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications and…

Read More

SA launches G20 taskforce to examine global wealth inequality

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the opening meeting of the BRICS summit at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday launched a G20 experts taskforce to examine global wealth inequality and its impact on growth, poverty and multilateralism – the first initiative of…

Read More

New date for Madlanga Commission yet to be announced

Justice and Constitutional Development, Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, briefs the media on the progress of the commissions of inquiry. A new date for the commencement of the Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference and corruption is not yet known. The Commission, which will be chaired by retired Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, was initially expected to begin…

Read More

DA welcomes hate speech ruling against Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has welcomed the ruling of the Western Cape Equality Court, which found EFF leader Julius Malema guilty of hate speech. This verdict relates to statements Malema made during a speech at the EFF’s third provincial People’s Assembly in the Western Cape in 2022. The DA says the…

Read More