Author: Kgaogelo Magolego
The DA has singled out unemployment as the biggest problem in South Africa which it says was created by the ANC through poor policies and mismanagement of the economy. The party also accused the ruling party of creating an impression that the current high levels of joblessness were created by a “force of nature” and tabled its economic offer ahead of the much-anticipated general elections scheduled for May 29. Leader of the official opposition John Steenhuisen led the presentation of the policy offer alongside the party’s first deputy chairperson of the DA Federal Council Ashol Sarupen, Dion George, the party’s…
Former President Thabo Mbeki has expressed confidence that the ANC will be returned to power during the upcoming National and Provincial elections. Mbeki started his election campaign for the ruling party at Jabulani Mall after a decade and half absence since his removal from office in 2008. There was pandemonium when the former president went on a walkabout at the mall with shoppers pushing each other trying to get a glimpse of him amid heavy security presence. Mbeki was particularly confident that residents of Soweto will vote for the ANC in numbers. “I am here distributing these pamphlets and to…
The ANC has warned opposition parties that their hopes of taking over the province in the upcoming general elections will be dashed. Provincial Secretary TK Nciza spoke to Newsnote on the sidelines of the IEC code of conduct signing ceremony and dismissed the messaging of the opponents of the ruling party.“Everyone is campaigning on the basis that they must remove the ANC, not campaigning on the basis of what is it they can do for our people. That on its own is a weakness from their side but I don’t think they’ve picked it up,that they’ve been doing the same…
The ANC has vowed to appeal the Durban High Court ruling dismissing its application to have the Jacob Zuma led uMkhonto weSizwe party from using the current logo which the ruling party alleges is its own trademark. Monday’s ruling is a third crucial court case won by the new party having previously had the electoral court reverse an IEC decision to stop Zuma from standing as a candidate and had the same court thwart an ANC attempt to deregister MK. ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula briefed the media on Monday and expressed confidence the Durban High Court decision could be…
As voting day for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections draw closer political parties are out in full force trying to court as many potential voters. The election is expected to have a record number of parties and for the first time will feature independent candidates. One of the debutants, Arise South Africa launched its manifesto at a bookshop in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Thursday and is promising to bring an innovative approach to some of the country’s most pressing challenges such as unemployment, electricity crisis and corruption. The event was also used to launch the book of founder and party…
The MK party has threatened to approach the courts if IEC Commissioner Janet Love does not resign from the commission.The league accuses Love of being biased against its leader, former President Jacob Zuma who survived an attempt to have him removed from the ballot paper for the May 29 National and Provincial Elections.Scores of the league’s members marched on the electoral body’s headquarters in Centurion on Friday also demanding that the commission make public its dealings with NGOs and media companies the league believe are questionable as well as that it not count the votes electronically. “We demand that IEC…
Opposition parties in the City of Tshwane have accused the metro’s DA led coalition government of evading responsibility for the mismanagement of municipal funds. The City, now cash strapped, has earned a series of negative audit reports from the Auditor General. Mayor Celliers delivered his State of the City address on Thursday and defended the qualified report the institution obtained saying its a marked improvement from the adverse opinion it got for the previous year but opposition parties rejected the assertion and accused those in charge of the coalition government of acting busy when all they are doing is preside…
The cash-strapped City of Tshwane is adamant it will end reliance on Eskom. Mayor Celliers Brink announced during his State of the City address that the municipality is looking at entering into deals with independent power producers whom he said are more reliable than the state-owned Eskom. The City’s debt to Eskom currently stands at R 3.3 billion. “We’ve taken the first steps to achieve 1000 megawatts of energy independence from Eskom by 2026. In January this council approved the report giving permission to proceed with a 40 year lease with the Rooiwaal and Pretoria West power stations and the…
Cooperation between various government spheres has been lauded as the backbone of the success of the Gauteng provincial government’s effort to resolve the ongoing electricity crisis. The Gauteng Energy Response Plan is an initiative of the provincial government implemented by City Power which was appointed by Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s administration in November 2023.The programme has seen the repair of damaged transformers as well as installation of new ones benefiting millions of residents who had gone without electricity for months and in some cases, years. On Wednesday the Premier along with City of Joburg Mayor Kabelo Kwamanda presided over the commissioning…
The IEC has defended its decision to approach the Constitutional Court seeking “clarity” on the implications of an Electoral Court judgment nullifying its decision to bar former President Jacob Zuma from running in the upcoming elections. On Thursday the Electoral Court sitting in the Johannesburg High Court overturned an IEC decision upholding an objection to Zuma’s candidacy on the basis of his incarceration for contempt of court after he refused to appear before the state capture commission chaired by then Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo whom he accused of being biased against him. The commission briefed the media at its…