Author: Setumo Stone

Thoko Didiza
Politics

MK Party moves to subpoena Didiza over Ramaphosa impeachment case

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has moved inside Parliament’s impeachment committee for Speaker Thoko Didiza to be subpoenaed over her decision not to oppose President... Read more.
Edwin Sodi buddies return to work
Politics

Fresh hearing for Tshwane officials implicated in R291m Rooiwal tender

The legal battle to stop disciplinary action against five City of Tshwane officials has collapsed, opening the door to a fresh inquiry into a R291-million wastewater... Read more.
Politics

Analysis | Who blinks first? Ramaphosa, Parliament and the constitutional showdown

President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed one piece on the board: a court application. His opponents have placed another: an impeachment committee. Tomorrow, a judge... Read more.
Politics

Makashule Gana vows to fight Ramaphosa bid to halt impeachment inquiry

Parliament’s impeachment committee chairperson Makashule Gana says the committee will ask the Western Cape High Court to reject President Cyril Ramaphosa’s attempt... Read more.
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Northern Cape municipalities lose millions as water disappears in broken systems

Northern Cape municipalities are losing millions of rands through water distribution failures, with oversight findings revealing severe losses caused by ageing infrastructure,... Read more.
Politics

New Bophuthatswana party enters local government race

A new political party drawing heavily on the legacy of former Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope has entered South Africa’s political arena, promising to contest... Read more.
Cosatu warns minister against fiscal austerity 
Politics

Treasury cuts likened to ‘cutting oxygen’ from struggling municipalities

Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi has criticised National Treasury’s decision to withhold funding from struggling municipalities, saying the move would deepen... Read more.