Despite two consecutive audit disclaimers, the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) paid its officials almost R4 million in “performance rewards” in the last financial year. Facing the COGTA portfolio committee on Tuesday evening, Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma offered no explanation of how this was possible. She also told the committee that the contract […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, that R495.1 million will be allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) dedicated to improving compliance with bio-security and support exports. The DA has been calling for the provision of the required funding support to improve the […]

In an unsurprising move yesterday, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that R230 billion has been allocated over ten years to stabilise electricity supply, which effectively means more money wasted on a bankrupt Eskom. Yet again, the Finance Minister showed his unwillingness to free South Africa from the monopoly of Eskom as we see large amounts […]

MPHO DUBE Prominent businessman Tau Malebana of Dula Fela Entertainment has vowed to emulate philanthropists who have embarked on empowering communities from the countries of their birth. Malebana of Ga-Dikgale in Limpopo known to his allies as “village boy” or “president” has touched the hearts of many with his Tau Malebana Foundation# Village Boy. He […]

Lesotho’s first lady was released on bail on Wednesday after she was detained overnight and charged with murder over the killing of her husband’s estranged wife. Maesaiah Thabane, 42, had been placed in custody after turning herself in on Tuesday, ending a weeks-long disappearance. She was charged after police quizzed her on the brutal murder […]

Durban – Police Search and Rescue personnel were out at Durban south beach on Thursday morning looking for the body of a man who is presumed drowned after getting into difficulties while swimming in the sea late on Wednesday night. Robert Mckenzi, KZN Emergency Medical Services spokesman said that three people got into trouble while […]

Cape Town – “A traversty” that “flies in the face of fairness and justice”, “a symptom of how blacks and black African lives are disregarded” and “a tool of intimidation”. These were just some of the words ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini used to describe Judge Dhaya Pillay’s decision to grant a warrant of […]

My fellow South Africans Of all the responsibilities that a government has towards its citizens, the most fundamental are those listed upfront in our Constitution, in the Bill of Rights. And arguably the most important of these is the right to sufficient and clean water. What we see here in Siyanqoba is a government that […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Sekhukhune will file a formal complaint with the Public Service Commission (PSC) to probe Sekhukhune District Municipality after discovering that 66% of officials employed by the Department of Infrastructure and Water Services (IWS ) do not have grade 12 or matric certificates. The revelation was confirmed by the Executive Mayor, […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) will write to the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, to provide temporary mobile classrooms as an interim measure at Thabakhibidu Primary School in Rooiberg , Thabazimbi where over 57 learners share one classroom due to a lack of infrastructure to accommodate these learners. In a written reply to the DA, […]