The Democratic Alliance (DA) has placed political stability at the centre of its election campaign, warning that multi-party coalitions can make effective local government difficult. Speaking ahead of the party’s final campaign rally in Mamelodi, Tshwane, Deputy Federal Chair Solly Malatsi said the DA was targeting outright majorities in Gauteng’s biggest metropolitan municipalities to avoid the challenges associated with coalition administrations. In an televised interview on Saturday morning, Malatsi expressed confidence that the party could emerge as the largest political…
The four-day, multi-stakeholder National Workshop on Weather Forecasting will get underway on Tuesday, 28 July, in Pretoria. It will be jointly led by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, and his counterpart from the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts. The workshop will bring together more than 100 stakeholders from disaster management, government departments, civil society and the media to review the current Impact-Based Forecasting (IBF) system and explore mechanisms to…
The resignation of former Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) head Advocate Andrea Johnson has created challenges for the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, with Johnson telling the Pretoria-based inquiry that she can no longer access certain outstanding documents requested by investigators. Johnson, who is still appearing before the commission as a witness, said her departure from IDAC means she no longer has the authority to obtain records through official channels. She told evidence leaders that she had ensured the necessary presidential…
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has criticised Department of Home Affairs Director-General Tommy Makhode after he failed to appear at a subpoena hearing into delays in processing a citizenship application. Makhode and the department’s North West Provincial Manager, Eunice Mhlanga, had been subpoenaed to appear before the Commission at its Rustenburg provincial office on Monday. However, only Mhlanga attended the hearing. The inquiry followed a complaint over prolonged delays in the processing of a citizenship application, which the…