A group that has installed itself as the leadership of Soweto-based community radio station Jozi FM is refusing to hold an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to formally elect a board of directors. This follows ICASA’s rejection of the group’s claim that it had removed the station’s properly constituted board and replaced it with a new one. Without providing supporting evidence, the group’s lawyer, Brian Dile, claims that ICASA’s insistence on a properly constituted AGM is unlawful. “I’m saying to you,…

The newly appointed North West Arts, Culture, Sports and Recreation MEC, Wessels Morweng, has vowed to use his new portfolio to help the province create much-needed jobs for young people. Morweng assumed the position on Wednesday following Premier Lazarus Mokgosi’s decision to reshuffle his Cabinet. He hit the ground running, meeting with the department’s senior management on Thursday. He swapped portfolios with former MEC Galebekwe Tlhapi, who has been assigned the Department of Community Safety and Transport Management. In an…

The City of Matlosana and Ditsobotla local municipalities in the North West have been urged to move beyond developing plans and demonstrate tangible progress in the way they are governed, manage public finances and deliver services to residents. This emerged during a virtual meeting between the two municipalities and the Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA). The committees conducted a joint oversight engagement with the municipalities to assess progress on…