KZN municipality may fail to pay staff salaries for next three months
The staff of Okhahlamba local municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is facing a bleak future after the municipality ran into financial difficulties. The dire... Read more.
Municipality fails to answer how it paid R16m to firms for same work
An Eastern Cape municipality has been taken to task over its illegal decision to pay R16-million to two companies that claimed to have done the same job in a failing... Read more.
Municipal staff allowed to hold political posts – Concourt confirms
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has confirmed a lower court ruling that set aside a clause of a municipal law that sought to bar all municipal employees from... Read more.
King Misuzulu reappoints ex-royal house spokesperson Thulani
King Misuzulu KaZwelithini has brought seasoned royal spokesperson Prince Thulani Zulu back into the fold after three years in the wilderness. Prince Thulani has... Read more.
King Misuzulu’s siblings turn against him, back sister he insulted
The siblings of AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini have publicly expressed their outrage over the audio clip that was leaked, in which the king was heard disparaging... Read more.
Broke Umzinyathi municipality lost R5,7m in stalled water projects
The Umzinyathi district municipality, which was in the news after running out of money to pay staff salaries on time last month and was recently forced to reverse... Read more.
IFP leader scrambles for bail as he faces illegal gun charges
The Speaker of the Uphongolo local municipality along the South Africa-eSwatini border in northern KwaZulu-Natal is today due to appear before the Pongola Magistrate’s... Read more.
KZN CoGTA suspends top officials over failed R151m water project
The KwaZulu-Natal department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (CoGTA) has suspended two top officials over a failed R151-million Nondabuya water... Read more.
IFP defends move to support divisive 0.5% increase in VAT
The IFP has once again defended its decision to vote in support of the budget last week, despite the fact that it included a 0.5% increase in value-added tax (VAT).... Read more.
Zulu royals take reconciliatory stance in battle for disputed crown
Members of the Zulu royal family in support of Prince Simakade to take over the throne, say current King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini would not be humiliated if he loses... Read more.
