LIVE: Review of White Paper on Local Government
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa leads the review of the White Paper on local government in Midrand, Johannesburg, on Monday. Live proceedings below:
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All parties to have say as COGTA reviews Local Government Policy
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaks during the White Paper on Local Government Review Launch at Kempton Park in Johannesburg on 19 May 2025. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister, Velenkosini Hlabisa, will today lead a high-level dialogue with political parties as part of the ongoing review of the 1998 White Paper…
Treasury’s social grant conditions causing delays: Parly Committee
People queue to receive their social grants. The Portfolio Committee on Social Development has expressed concern about conditions from National Treasury for the allocation of social grants. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, during his Budget Speech in May, said there would be stricter conditions for social grant allocations. This includes quarterly reporting of grant suspensions and…
Shivambu not on MK Party’s nine new MPs list
Former MK Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu speaking at a party event. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has announced nine Members of Parliament (MPs) designates to be sworn in at the National Assembly this coming week but the name of former Secretary- General, Floyd Shivambu is not on the list. In a statement, the party’s…
ANC KZN interim leadership structure finalised
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS FLAGS The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal says it has finalised the process of establishing an interim leadership structure across all eleven regions of the province. In a statement, the party says the structures known as Regional Task Teams (RTTs) are meant to revitalise ANC structures and reconnect the movement with…
Kubayi denies NPA infiltration, says Batohi used ‘wrong words’
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has dismissed claims of alleged infiltration in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and clarified that the NPA boss, Adv. Shamila Batohi’s reported statement to that effect was a “wrong choice of words”. This, after Batohi’s reported comments of alleged…
Six councillors lives threatened over tenders in Johannesburg
The City of Johannesburg holds an Extra-Ordinary Council Meeting on July 25, 2024. Six City of Johannesburg ward councillors have recently opened cases with the police after receiving life-threatening messages. The City’s Chief Whip, Sthembiso Zungu, says in less than two months, two ward councillors were fatally shot, prompting the City to convene an urgent…
Food bank centralisation will increase food insecurity: DA
Food parcels. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it rejects plans by the Gauteng Social Development Department to centralise food bank operations. The party’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe says this will see food parcel distribution from the 288 Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) and the five regional food banks transferred to a central food bank. She says this is concerning…
MKP’s Shivambu has a lot of options: Analyst
Former uMkhonto weSizwe Party secretary-general Floyd Shivambu. Political analyst Levi Ndou says the fact that the former uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu will be briefing the media outside the party could be signaling his departure. The MK Party has said it did not sanction the media briefing which is set to take place…
Expelled MKP founder hit with another punitive cost order
uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) founder Jabulani Khumalo in the Electoral Court in Johannesburg on June 3, 2024. The expelled founder of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Political Party, Jabulani Khumalo, has been hit with another punitive cost order. This, after he withdrew his urgent application for the directorship of the MK Party NPC – a non-profit…