ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero will remain in his position, dismissing calls for his removal. Mbalula was addressing the media in Johannesburg on Wednesday, following reports over the weekend that the ANC’s Regional Executive Committee (REC) in the city was planning to oust Morero. He said the ANC’s National Working Committee (NWC) guidelines make it clear that the Johannesburg region acted outside its authority in calling for the mayor’s removal. “There is no mayor that is…

Communities residing around or near mining operations in Rustenburg, North West, have been implored to take a more active role in shaping their own future. This emerged during the Rustenburg Chrome Community Empowerment Trust Annual General Meeting held at the Orion Hotel in Rustenburg. The trust, which is just over a year old, was formed through a series of community engagements that led to the recruitment of trustees and its formal registration as a legal entity. It was established to…

Twenty-three erven (portions of land) allocated to the Mahikeng Local Municipality in the North West, have been returned to the Municipality. The land was unlawfully transferred to a private developer unlawfully or without proper channels and the resolution of the council back in 2015. The official handover of the land, as well as unfinished residential blocks and building materials was made by the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Andy Mothibi, including Economic Development MEC Bitsa Lenkopane on behalf…