ActionSA President Herman Mashaba has issued a strongly worded statement declaring that his party will not be dictated to by other political parties, commentators or supporters of rival organisations. In a statement issued on Saturday, Mashaba said political disagreements must be distinguished from outright disrespect. He added that he had reached a point where he would no longer remain silent while people attempted to “bully, undermine and dictate” to him and the organisation he leads. His remarks come amid growing…
Following weeks of speculation, President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally made executive changes in his cabinet. This after he fired the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Dr Dion George, and replaced him with the Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson, Willem Aucamp. “In accordance with section 91(3)(b) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, I have appointed Willem Abraham Stephanus Aucamp, Minister. Consequently, I have removed Dr. Dion George from the portfolio in accordance with section 91 (2) of the Constitution,”…
Former City of Ekurhuleni Divisional Head for Employee Relations, Xolani Nciza, has made damning allegations of corruption, maladministration, and nepotism within the municipality — particularly in its law enforcement arm, the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD). Nciza delivered animated testimony before the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of Criminality, Corruption and Political Interference in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission, currently sitting in Pretoria. His evidence added to growing claims of systemic corruption within the EMPD,…
The North West provincial government has welcomed the latest figures of the third quarterly Labour Force Survey released by Statistics South Africa’s Statistician General Risenga Maluleke on Tuesday in Pretoria. Maluleke announced that the country’s unemployment rate has dropped to 31.9% from 33.2% in the second quarter of this year. “While this brings the number of employed people to 17.1 million, eight million other people eligible to work still remain jobless,” said Maluleke/. In the North West, unemployment has dropped…