Rogue African National Congress (ANC) members sided with the Democratic Alliance (DA) in a bid to remove Sol-Plaatje municipality mayor, Mangaliso Matika. The motion of no confidence succeeded and has left the ANC provincial executive fuming. It should be celebrated as a joyous occasion – for weeks the Northern Cape town of Kimberley has been..
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ANC and DA joined forces in Kimberley to remove mayor Matika
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No wonder Trump said that we are a “sh*t hole country” – Uitenhage residents living on the banks of a river of sewage
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Residents of Duduza, Uitenhage, have declared their area a disaster zone. A river of sewage from a main sewer pipe runs past about a 100 RDP houses in KwaNobuhle. Duduza, one of the oldest areas in KwaNobuhle, is situated between Holomisa and Gunguluza. Resident Nothobile Sithebe said the stinking water has been running past her..
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Get those candles ready and brace yourself for some more power cuts
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The larger municipality of Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpark, Sebokeng and Sharpeville have recently learned from Eskom that there will be power outages from 6 August due to the huge overdue debt owed to the national power supplier. Eskom has declared that they will interrupt power on a regulated basis, enabling organizations to arrange their operations. The monthly debt..
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EFF boasts with only 1 vote during municipal elections
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During a municipal election, the radical EFF received only one vote. However, the election was reckoned to be one of the lowest polling stations that has yet to be reported. Not even 10% of registered voters have made an attempt to go to the polls. Of the 453 registered voters, only 45 had arrived at..
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R8 Billion Foreshore Freeway project abandoned by City of Cape Town
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Cape Town’s infamous unfinished freeways, resulting from a failed construction project in the 1970’s, are to remain as is, for now. Following a tender process which concluded in February, controversy and legal concerns have scrapped the planned refurbishment. Construction of the Foreshore Freeway Bridge concluded in 1977. The unfinished bridge which looms over the city..
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If you live in the Free State, make sure your municipality is up to date with its Eskom payments
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National power utility, Eskom, is determined to recoup costs from defaulting municipalities. The beleaguered power supplier has set its sight on two Free State municipalities, threating to cut them from the power grid should their debts not be settled immediately. South Africa’s power supplier is struggling financially – that’s no secret. The state-owned enterprise (SOE)..
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Rand Water cuts blamed on Apartheid
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The State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) placed the blame for the current Rand Water cuts on the former apartheid infrastructure. This message came from the Executive Mayor of Emfuleni Local Municipality (ELM), Councillor Jacob Khawe, during his SOMA address hosted in the City Hall on June 26. Cllr Khawe said he had nothing against..
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Illegal housing development, Tarlton land owners take a stand
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More than 100 inflamed landowners and residents of Tarlton (Krugersdorp) on the West Rand gathered this morning, 19 June 2018, at the construction site of the Brickvale development to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the construction of more than 6000 homes.
The landowners were addressed by the FF Plus Leader for Gauteng, Jaco Mulder and the FF Plus Councilor in Mogale City, Amanda de Lange who gave the party a mandate to negotiate with the Gauteng government for the project to stopped.
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Mangaung Metro Municipality – Free soccer tickets for the poor but no funds available for service delivery
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Yesterday, 6 June 2018, during a media conference, the mayor of the Mangaung Metro Municipality (Bloemfontein, Dewetsdorp, Van Stadensrus, Wepener and Soutpan), Ms Olly Mlamleli, indicated that she is going to propose that the Metro must buy between 1000 and 2000 tickets for the Bloemfontein Celtic soccer match and then hand these tickets out to the poor.
The ANC government is only interested in short term politics and the proposed purchase and distribution of the soccer tickets can be seen as a desperate attempt by the ANC to hold onto political power.
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Bucket toilets still reality for thousands – And the ANC-regime probably blame this on apartheid as well?
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More than 60000 South African households still use the bucket toilet system – 12 years past the initial deadline set by the government to eradicate them.
This is according to Statistics SA’s Non-Financial Census of Municipalities 2017 report released this week.
The report lifted the lid on the shameful picture in some of the municipalities.
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Top 10 municipal culprits not paying Eskom debt
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The top 10 defaulting municipalities owe Eskom R9.73-billion, and a parliamentary committee has resolved to meet with them to find out why they are not paying their debts………
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112 Municipalities won’t have enough money to cover their expenses
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The majority of municipalities which won’t have enough money to cover their expenses are in Limpopo, followed by the Northern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.
It’s emerged more than 40% of municipalities don’t have the money to carry out service delivery plans for the current financial year.
Port St Johns municipal workers end seven-month strike
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Municipal workers returned to work in Port St Johns on Monday after an on-off strike which has lasted seven months, leaving the town strewn with garbage.
Municipal workers had been on an intermittent strike since last year, demanding the dismissal of the municipal manager and the implementation of wage promises they say were not kept. According to South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) spokesperson Andile Bara the problems started in 2013 when seven SAMWU shop stewards were fired after a strike over wages.
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The story is not just Xolobeni: What the Australian mining company did in the Western Cape
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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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Pig!!! – Father flings baby from roof as he tries to prevent shack demolition
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A Port Elizabeth man has been arrested after he flung his child from the roof of his shack while resisting the demolition of the structure.
The horror scene played out in Joe Slovo informal settlement yesterday where police and metro police as well as members of the municipality were demolishing shacks built on municipal land.
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