Patricia de Lille will on Tuesday afternoon hear if the Western Cape high court has suspended the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) decision to terminate her membership.
De Lille was axed from the party a week ago for making a statement to Radio 702 talk show host Eusebius McKaiser …………
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Axed Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille has accused Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane of leading the fight to oust her as head of the city and as a party member.
She said in an interview this week that Maimane had failed to ensure that she was treated fairly …….
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An SMS allegedly sent by Patricia De Lille in her time as Cape Town mayor to influence the appointment of a city manager has now materialised.
In the report compiled by Democratic Alliance chief whip in parliament John Steenhuisen, the party says De Lille was accused of sending an SMS……….
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Former Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille will file court papers on Friday to challenge her removal from the Democratic Alliance.
“I will show on Friday, this so-called automatic succession clause is undemocratic and unconstitutional.”
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The Democratic Alliance’s Federal Executive has announced it has terminated Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille’s party membership.
The decision means that De Lille is no longer the mayor of Cape Town, according to the Municipal Structures Act, and deputy mayor Ian Neilson will now become acting mayor.
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The ANC’s top six leaders will meet at Luthuli House on Monday where they are expected to discuss the future of North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo.
The party’s national working committee resolved on Wednesday that Mahumapelo must be recalled, and on Thursday………
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On a mattress decorated with tiny South African flags, a baby girl is bundled tightly against the rain and cold that envelopes Cape Town. Her fingers curiously play with a piece of cardboard just in front of her. As she feels the thick paper, her eyes dance across the bold red words written on it: “Land for living”.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa hit back at critics of the national minimum wage, saying that the proposed R20 an hour is just a baseline towards establishing a living wage for workers in South Africa.
Addressing workers at trade union federation Cosatu’s main May Day event in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday, the president admitted the minimum wage is not a living wage.
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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has until 3pm on Wednesday to make representations to the Democratic Alliance’s federal executive on why she should be allowed to remain mayor.
De Lille’s submission comes a week after the majority of the DA caucus in Cape Town voted in support of………..
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Consumers already owing R1.37-trillion in debt will feel more heat from higher fuel and toll prices in May, said a debt expert.
Neil Roets, CEO of Debt Rescue, said in a statement that consumers will also have to contend with financial pressures from the 1% VAT increase.
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Resigned Steinhoff chairperson, Christo Wiese, has lodged a claim of R59-billion against Steinhoff International. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon Wiese’s Titan Group, announced that it had served a summons on Steinhoff for the amount which related to investments made into the retailer in 2015 and 2016. In one case, companies in the Titan..
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The Cape Town Democratic Alliance (DA) caucus has supported the motion of no confidence against mayor Patricia De Lille after a three-hour-long caucus, says deputy caucus leader JP Smith.
An internal motion of no confidence against Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille was passed during a …..
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The Australian mining company seeking the right to mine in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape, has been lashed for its treatment of a community in the Western Cape where it has been accused of breaching its legal obligations.
In the small community of the Matzikama Local Municipality, along the West Coast and some 300km away from Cape Town, resentment still lingers against the Australian company, Mineral Commodities Resources (MCR).
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Based on the experiences of other coalition-based societies, the section in my book, Coalition Country, titled Three Futures, introduces three scenarios of what it could mean in practice when coalitions become the norm in South Africa, although they are not the only possibilities.
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Parties failed to reach a wage agreement during a two-day meeting with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Workers initially demanded a 12% increase and employers offered 7%. The workers have since rejected an offer of 8% for the first year, and 8.5% in the second year, instead proposing a 9.5% increase in the first year and 9% for the second.
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