Author: Boitumelo Kgobotlo

Joburg residents to pay 12.74% more for electricity, 13.9% for water
Politics

Joburg ActionSA committee chairpersons face motions of no confidence

Three ActionSA committee chairpersons in the City of Johannesburg are facing motions of no confidence due to be debated on Wednesday. The motions target Environment... Read more.
Politics

State pensions administration agency boss suspended over controversial R1bn lease

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has placed Government Pensions Administration Agency (GPAA) CEO Kedibone Madiehe on suspension. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s... Read more.
Mkhwanazi acts against 'matric dance' police
Politics

DA, IFP, EFF side with MK Party in Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi claims probe

The ad-hoc committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has resolved to also probe the instability within... Read more.
Axed member of SAT board lashes De Lille
Politics

Outa wants Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Patricia de Lille for disbanding SA Tourism board

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is on a collision course with Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille, demanding that she reinstate the disbanded South African... Read more.
EFF tells Trump to back off from SA affairs
Politics

EFF urges US President Donald Trump to back off from SA military affairs

The EFF is urging US President Donald Trump to distance himself from South Africa’s military and international affairs. The national spokesperson for the EFF,... Read more.
Politics

Why Minister Patricia de Lille dissolved SA Tourism board

Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has dissolved the South African Tourism Board with immediate effect. De Lille informed the board members of her decision on Tuesday... Read more.
DA MP taken to task over spiritual calling 
Politics

DA wants Buti Manamela to withdraw SETA appointments

Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Karabo Khakhau has written to Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela, requesting that he reconsider the appointment... Read more.
Kgosi Letlape joins ActionSA
Politics

‘Vaping is safer than cigarettes,’ Kgosi Letlape blasts health department advert

ActionSA member of parliament Dr Kgosi Letlape has defended vaping against the Department of Health’s claims that it is as harmful as smoking cigarettes. Letlape... Read more.
SACP not happy about being excluded from National Dialogue
Police

SACP cries foul over exclusion from National Dialogue

The SACP has accused the government of sidelining it from the National Dialogue. This topic was discussed at the party’s politburo meeting at Kotane House on Friday,... Read more.