Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
The pressure group Operation Dudula is crying foul after failing to submit heads of argument in the Johannesburg High Court in a case that may see it grounded permanently. Operation Dudula Treasurer and self-proclaimed founder Solomon Kruger Kekana desperately tried to convince the court to postpone the matter, claiming not to have been aware that the case was being heard on Tuesday. The case was brought by NGO, Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) which accuses Operation Dudula of harassing and abusing immigrants. Also a respondent in the matter is the government which KAAX claims has neglected its duty to enforce…
The executive mayors of Johannesburg and Tshwane have laughed off reports that DA Federal Chairperson Helen Zille could become the party’s mayoral candidate for the City of Joburg in the next local government elections. The two held a joint media briefing in Pretoria ahead the Africa Africa Mayors Assembly and U20 Sherpa Meeting scheduled for later this week and were asked for comments on Zille’s reported candidacy carried by several publications on Sunday. City of Tshwane Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya said she was reluctant to comment but suggested Zille was an interesting choice considering she’s not even a resident of…
Once again the treatment of black executives and professionals is under the spotlight. The latest to find herself having to fight back is City Manager at the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Imogen Mashazi, who has been placed on ‘special leave’ just a few months before her retirement. The Ekurhuleni council last week decided to place Mashazi on special leave in order to allow space for ‘transition’ in anticipation of her retirement in August when she would have turned 65. The complication is that the City Manager still has another year on her contract for which she’s demanding to be paid for…
The City of lol Ekurhuleni may have to backtrack on its decision to place City Manager Emogen Mashazi on special leave. This as the veteran dugg in her heels insisting on working until her actual 65th birthday and being paid for the remainder of her five year contract (ends in 2027) Just as the city announced it’s council decision placing her on leave, Mashazi promptly rejected it and vowed to keep serving in the position until there’s a mutual settlement. She spoke to Newsnote on Friday and questioned what she believed to be a rush to see her leave the…
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…