Author: Silver Sibiya
Tourism Deputy Minister Fish Mahlalela says the department will invest R300 million in tourism, in the next financial year. Mahlalela was speaking in Durban on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s Africa Travel Indaba and said the investment is necessary to grow the industry. “I’m pleased to announce that the Department of Tourism in the country is planning to spend almost R300 million in the next financial year, developing the enterprise and transforming the tourism sector,” he said. Some of the money will also go to women owned Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME)’s. “As part of our transforming agenda we have…
Newly elected Joburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda’s tenure could be short-lived as social media is ablaze with accusations of impropriety against the Al-Jamah-ah candidate following damning allegations that he may have scammed members of the public. Gwamada became Mayor on Friday May 5 after getting 139 votes beating the DA’s hopeful Dr Mpho Phaalatse who got 68 votes against ActionSA’s Mfunzi Ngobeni’s 59. This follows the resignation of fellow party members Thapelo Amad amid pressure within the coalition government at the Metro. Gwamanda was backed by ANC-EFF partnership and the collaboration includes Cope, AIC, ATM, PA and Good Party. In his…
Soweto residents took their complaints to Human Settlements Minister Mmaloko Kubayi’s imbizo in Rockville, where some of them, mostly the elderly and women, said they have been waiting for houses for almost 30 years. Scores descended on the local cricket stadium in Rockville, many carrying personal documents and enquiring about the status of their applications. Some of the residents have been on the waiting list for houses since 1996 like Lucas Mthembu who said he was shocked that people who applied for houses recently and some foreign nationals are occupying the houses. “How can I not received the house but…
Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance, Mzi Khumalo, has expressed concerns about instabilities in major Metros and municipalities across the province. Khumalo was speaking at the Joburg City Council in Braamfontein, where a new mayor was set to be elected. There have been numerous mayoral changes in recent months in different municipalities in the province since the year started. The power struggle has been between ANC and DA where the two biggest parties fight to hold on to major metros such as Tshwane, Joburg and Ekurhuleni. First to go was the DA’s Joburg Mpho Phalatse in January and replaced by Al…
The last group of South Africans stranded in war-torn Sudan arrived on Sunday following a rescue mission described by Dirco as ‘dangerous’ when civilians got caught up in the crossfire in clashes between government forces and the rebel group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Several people have lost their lives in skirmishes recently because of the power struggle in Sudan which intensified recently when the Sudanese armed forces loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s ruler, clashed with the RSF forces aligned with General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti. The situation forced many countries to evacuate their citizens…
The family of one of the two Soweto children who were brutally slain and their bodies left in the fields in White City and in Rockville last week said they had their suspicions all along that those nabbed by the police could have been behind the death of their child. The killing of the two boys Nqobizitha Zulu and Tshiamo Ramanye caused outrage in the Soweto community following the arrest of a 50-year-old grandmother of one of the murdered children and her 39-year-old partner after they were found with body parts. Nqobizitha Zulu’s grandfather, Anderson Mdingi said during the sidelines…
The families of the two boys whose mutilated bodies were found in Rockville and White City in Soweto yesterday morning, were devastated by the brutal killings. Six-year-old Tshiamo Ramanye and Nqobile Zulu (5) were allegedly kidnapped on Thursday afternoon while playing in the area. The community gathered in the veld where the bodies were found and in an emotional outpouring threatened to unleash violence on those responsible for the heinous crime. A community member who preferred anonymity said the person who did the horrendous crime didn’t deserve to live but to be burned alive. “We are very hurt as the community…
The leader of the newly formed political party, Rise Mzansi, Songezo Zibi, has lambasted the DA’s approach to lure political parties with its so-called ‘Moonshot Pact’. This emerged during the launch of a new political party called Rise Mzansi, at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein. Over the weekend DA leader John Steenhuisen claimed 15 parties have endorsed his Moon Pact which entails entering into a pre-election agreement with the hope of parties coming together to unseat the ANC in the 2024 general elections. Steenhuisen said newly-formed parties and movements who have not yet contested elections are more than welcome to join…
Convicted murderer Rosemary ‘Nomiya’ Ndlovu is back in court, this time for conspiracy to kill a friend’s husband Justice Mudau so that his wife Nomsa Mudau could allegedly benefit from life insurance worth R1,5 million. Nomsa Mudau appeared alongside Ndlovu in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court, where Justice Mudau told the court that his wife Nomsa had already confessed to plotting to kill him. Justice said Nomsa met Ndlovu at the Tembisa Police Station and influenced her to kill her husband. “She said a friend influenced her; she arranged that I should be killed,” he told the court and said…
The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng is trying to persuade the Patriotic Alliance’s (PA) Gayton McKenzie not break ranks with the coalition partners to join ActionSA and support the party in its motion of no confidence against Mayor Thapelo Amad. This week McKenzie apologised to the City of Joburg for supporting the elections of Amad for the Mayorship of Joburg following a television interview where Amad battled to explain what he said was a loan procured by the City to deal with its debt. ANC Provincial Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi in a media briefing in Johannesburg today said the party…