Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s fallout is playing itself out in the public unrestrained. The two have accused each other of dishonesty just days after the South African born left the Trump administration. Trump said he was disappointed with Musk’s remarks on the sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. Trump told reporters that he doesn’t know if his close relationship with Musk will continue after he labelled the president’s tax bill as a disgusting abomination.  “I’m very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill better than almost anybody sitting here, better than you people.…

The Gauteng provincial government multi stakeholder initiative is showing signs of early success. The province entered into a deal with all 11 municipalities of Gauteng that includes the three metros of Joburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni in November last year and have already embarked on crackdown operations across the province with hundreds of arrests. The latest such law enforcement operation was held in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni where officials and officers were greeted with the worst ( gruesomely violent) as an ATM bombing was carried out by a gang ( estimated to be 10 in number) just hours before the start of the…

Scores of left leaning organisations from across the world have come together to demand an end to what they believe to be imperialism and are demanding the reversal of the effects of colonialism in many parts of the globe that remain impoversihed. The sixty or so organisations that identify as “progressive Pan-Africanists” from 32 nations, including the USA and Brazil, convened online on May 29th for a conference organised by the Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF), Ghana Socialist Movement, and Pan Africanism Today under the central theme: preparing for the 80th anniversary of the landmark Fifth Pan-African Congress held in Manchester…

The City of Joburg has vowed to reclaim patches of land that have been turned into illegal dumping sites to convert them into public amenities. The KleenaJoburg 100 sites campaign was launched by mayor Dada Morero at Senwana, Soweto in a park that was initially a dumping site right in the middle of the township. The municipality said the initiative was a significant step towards transforming the city’s landscape by targeting and rehabilitating 100 illegal dumping sites across the municipality. “What we are doing is to reclaim the illegal dumping sites and turn them into facilities that our residents can use. We…

Floyd Shivambu has been removed as the Secretary General of uMkhonto weSizwe (MKP) just a few months into the position. MKP announced the decision at a media briefing in Durban on Tuesday stating that it follows a meeting of officials with party leader Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa. MKP said the decision followed public outrage over Shivambu’s visit to the church of fugitive and self-proclaimed prophet Sherphard Bushiri where he attended the easter service. Shivambu had claimed in several interviews that the trip had been sanctioned by Zuma but MK National Chairperson Nkosinathi Nhleko said the trip…

uMkhonto weSizwe Party has come out strongly in rejection of Monday’s Western Cape High Court judgement barring its deputy president and parliamentary caucus leader John Hlophe from participating in the Judicial Justice Commission. The party said in the rejection it would appeal the decision saying it amounted to interference by the court. MKP said the judgement is also evidence of how bad the constitution is. “This judgment represents everything that is wrong with the current constitutional dispensation in South Africa. It cannot be that 3 unelected judges who are not lawmakers but interpreters of the law, allow a racist minority to…

The Mayoral Committee Member for Roads and Transport in the City of Joburg roads Kenny Kunene has underplayed tensions that arose at a community meeting he was scheduled to address which had to be abondoned. Residents of Tshepisong near Soweto which is part of Joburg’s Region C were divided along party lines accusing each other of sabotaging the now postponed meeting. Members of both the ANC and the Patriotic Alliance turned in their party regalia and engaged in heated arguments about where the meeting should be held. The confrontation took place at the Civic Centre when other groups were reportedly…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the biggest endorsement of his flagship employment project as highly successful. Ramaphosa said in his weekly letter to the nation that the Presidential Employment Stimulus which was launched in 2020 was now showing results. He said some 200, 000 youth were today expected to start work as part of the fifth phase of the mass recruitment programme in the area of education.They are deployed to schools as teacher and administrative assistance among others, an opportunity that will them not just secure income but much needed work experience as well. “Today marks the ‘first day at…

A civil society group has called for progressive forces in the country to united halting the operations of the Rheinmetall arms plant in South Africa, until full probe has been completed. According to Alkebu Social Movement group, Rheinmetall factory supplies ammunition to Ukraine and Israel, violating the laws of the Republic and undermining the international relations with Palestine and Russia—relations painstakingly built over the years by the country’s leaders, including Mandela and OR Tambo. They said South Africa is a nation committed to peace, not to alignment with aggressors and warmongers like Ukraine and Israel.  Current situation The civil society…

Deputy president Paul Mashatile has warned that political interference in the running of government departments and State Owned Entities makes it impossible for the state function optimally. Mashatile held a round table panel discussion in Pretoria where he cautioned against the removal of key officials by politicians without sound reason. He said interference has resulted in high turnover in state institutions which in turn leads to inconsistency in policy implementation among others. “The evaluation findings show that when the interface is unstable, plans remain unfunded, policies are inconsistently applied, and citizens lose trust in the state. When Directors-General are routinely…