Author: Kgaogelo Magolego

Former President Jacob Zuma has been disqualified from standing as a candidate in the upcoming General elections. The IEC said it took the decision following an objection against his candidature. The commission briefed the media at its offices in Centurion on Thursday and said the MK party and others who’s candidates were disqualified have been informed. The confirmation by the IEC follows weeks of speculation driven mostly by Zuma’s conviction and sentencing for contempt of court after refusing to appear before the Zondo commission. “In the case of former President (Jacob) Zuma yes we did receive an objection which has…

The South African Communist Party wants DA leader John Steenhuisen to be censured over his comments labelling Gauteng government’s crime prevention wardens as “drunkards” who were picked up from shebeens. The party’s provincial chapter held a protest at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on Wednesday demanding that parliament and the South African Human Rights Commission take action against the opposition leader. SACP Gauteng provincial secretary Jacob Mamabolo said at the very least, the DA should have reprimanded its leader or distanced itself from his remarks. “What kind of person pulls a drunkard out of a shebeen, gives him a uniform…

Following a devastating defeat in the electoral court, the ANC is looking to redeem itself when it faces off with uMkhonto weSizwe party in the Durban High Court. The electoral court dismissed the ANC’s application to have the registration of MK by the IEC nullified but the shot unanimously dismissed the application. The ANC had scheduled a media briefing for Monday, postponed it to Tuesday and then postponed it to a yet to be announced date shortly after the devastating blow by the electoral court delivered in the Johannesburg High Court. The party said in a statement that it had…

Hardly three months after the Gauteng provincial government appointed City Power to electrify the province’s two hundred or so informal settlements, the first project has been completed and switched and commissioned on Wednesday. Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Joburg Mayor handed over a multimillion-rand solar power microgrid to the community of eMarasteni in Alexandra which never had electricity. The facility built at a cost of R60 Million produces up to megawatt of electricity and has electrified some 200 households in the informal settlement of predominantly people of Rastafarian religion. “This is part of an energy crisis response plan by the province…

City of Ekurhuleni Mayor Sivuyile Ngondwana has survived a second attempt to oust him from the helm of the metro. Action SA, the ANC and the DA came together to topple the African Independent Congress councillor but the EFF fought vehemently in his protection resulting in an adjournment of the meeting by Council Speaker Nthabiseng Tshibenga, ten hours into the proceedings. Tshivhenga cited a need to source legal opinion for her decision after the ANC and the DA tabled amendments to the original Action SA motion of no confidence against the mayor which the EFF argued “substantially changed” to the…

Residents of informal settlements and hostels in the East Rand have given the City of Ekurhuleni a week to come up with a plan to address service delivery challenges in their areas. The disgruntled residents came in their numbers to demonstrate outside the municipality as councillors were engaged in a power struggle inside the council chambers, the EFF led the defence of mayor Sivuyile Ngodwana who faced a motion of no confidence tabled by Action SA.  “Its been thirty years of hell for the communities in areas such as Katlehong, Kagiso and Voslorus as they have been sold dummies one…

The DA has come under heavy criticism for writing to several Western powers including the US government asking for intervention ahead of the May 29 elections citing possible unrest it said may be caused by the involvement of uMkhonto weSizwe party. Without providing any evidence, the official opposition which pundits predict will shed more votes having already recorded a decline in electoral support in the past elections ( 2019 general elections and 2021 local government elections), wrote to various governments alleging that the Jacob Zuma led MK party’s participation in the elections posed a threat to democracy and asked that…

Gauteng provincial government is soon expected to announce more job opportunities including fourty thousand internships to be spread across departments. Premier Panyaza Lesufi told an ANC Youth League rally in Alexandra on Sunday that the ANC government will end unemployment in the shortest possible time through various programmes including the reskilling of the province’s unemployed youth. Lesufi was speaking in his capacity as the ruling party’s provincial chairperson and said the mass jobs programme will cover even thousands of youth he said were unemployable as they’re uneducated and unskilled. “ The Gauteng government will take you to FET and while…

AL JAMA-AH has called for radical transformation of the economy including expedited land reform as well as an overhaul of what it describes as a white judicial system. The party launched its manifesto for the 2024 National and Provincial Elections in the predominantly Muslim area of Lenasia, south of Johannesburg where it also called for unity of black parties. Delivering its offering for the electorate party leader Ganief Hendricks said the May 29 poll was a “black against white” affair lamenting what he calls thirty wasted years under ANC rule. While calling out the ANC for failures in government, Hendricks…

Mmusi Maimane’s Build One South Africa party has set ambitious targets after meeting the requirements to be on the ballot paper. Maimane led a delegation of the party to the IEC offices in Centurion where they submitted piles of documents containing signatures of registered voters endorsing the party to contest the May 29 general elections. Maimane said the party was targeting a million votes which he believes would make the party kingmaker in the event there’s no outright winner. “We know we are doing. We’re going to criss-cross the country to talk to communities to ensure that we get the…