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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AfriForum response in reaction to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that those who would like to mobilise the international community against “their own country”, should “come back home for inclusive dialogue”, is that the President should not confuse South Africa’s interests with the ANC’s policies.
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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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AfriForum has threatened to take Volkswagen to the Equality Court if they don’t let the young man try out as a driver.
Student JP Peens is accusing Volkswagen South Africa of racism as he, as a white person, is deliberately being excluded from taking part in a competition to become a Volkswagen racing driver.
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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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A senior government official is being investigated for allegedly splashing thousands of rands of taxpayer’s money on a car for his girlfriend and furniture for her house during a two-year spending spree.
Between 2014 and 2016, July Maphosa, a director at the sustainable livelihoods programme of the Gauteng department of social development, which is meant to support needy families, also allegedly instructed a service provider to transfer funds to buy a luxurious car for a friend.
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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Another race row has rocked the DA after senior party leaders took Mmusi Maimane to task over his comments on “white privilege”.
But this time Maimane is feeling the heat from his three most senior colleagues in Parliament. Some party insiders allege they mounted an “orchestrated attack on him” during a heated caucus meeting on Thursday.
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King Goodwill Zwelithini is getting more money. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Willies Mchunu announced during his budget vote for the 2018/19 financial year in the provincial legislature in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday that the Zulu monarch’s annual budget has been increased by R7-million‚ from R58.8-million last year to R65.8-million this year.
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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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While the Hawks hunt for Optimum coal mine owner Ajay Gupta, Eskom is looking for a way to keep the mine’s doors open as coal stocks fall.
If it doesn’t, Eskom could be lights out by Friday, according to an energy analyst.
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DA leader Mmusi Maimane seemed to have really opened a can of worms with his tactless remark on white privilege last week, using his own wife in the crudest manner imaginable as an example.
No wonder Times Live nominated him “Mamparra of the week” this morning.
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