Councillors Must Work Harder for Communities
Councillors must give officials a hard time when there is a cut in services like water and electricity. Political analyst,…
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Load Shedding To Continue For The Rest Of The Week
South Africans can expect load shedding to continue for the rest of the week. This, as Eskom has announced Stage 2…
SA Won’t Reach 70% Vaccine Target By December
South Africa will not reach its 70 percent Covid-19 vaccination target for adults by the end of December. The Health…
Judgement Reserved in City Land Occupation Case
There’s more frustration as judgement has been reserved in the matter dealing with land occupation and removing people from vacant…
Theft and Fraud Uncovered at Eskom’s Tutuka Power Station
Two Eskom employees and a supplier have been arrested on charges of theft, fraud, and corruption in Mpumalanga. Their dubious…
Deokaran Murder: Mkhize either Witness or Suspect
Former Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize’s name has once again been brought into the fray in the Babita Deokaran murder case.…
Dark Weekend Ahead for SA
Public frustration with Eskom is reaching boiling point as the utility has instituted another bout of loadshedding. Stage 3 blackouts…
Elected Councillors Must Be More Visible In Their Communities
Strengthening the trust between citizens and elected representatives through competence, integrity, performance, and delivery should be prioritized. This is the…
Storm Brewing as Parties Consider Cape Election Re-Run
The Al-Jamaah Party’s leader, Ganief Hendricks says that the IEC in the Western Cape has harmed the country’s electoral democracy.…
Coalition Governments Are A Betrayal To Voters
Coalition governments are a betrayal to South African voters. Political analyst Dr Ntsikelelo Breakfast contends that before the political elite…
Provincial IEC Accused of Failing Electorate
There’s been a call for a re-run of the municipal elections. This as members of the Democratic Independent Party and…
Facebook Shuts Down Its Facial Recognition System
Facebook says that it will shut down its facial recognition system and deleting scan data on its users. The company…
Several Elements Behind Local Government Poll Bungles
The highly contested municipal elections resulted in many glitches that took place on voting day. Radio 786 reporters on the…
Minority Rule Could be Good and Bad
Minority governments are becoming more pronounced at a municipal level in South Africa. This as a growing number of citizens…
R2m Drugs Found in Truck Destined for Cape Town
Western Cape authorities are cracking down on drug trafficking in the province. In the latest, more than R2 million worth…
Free and Fair Elections Come at a Cost
The budget cuts that the IEC had to enforce have played a significant role in the facilitation of this year’s…
Only 12.2 Million People Voted In The Municipal Elections
Just over 12.2 million people voted in the local government elections. This figure is unprecedentedly low, considering the 26.12 million…
Study: Young voters have appetite and potential for change
It is fundamentally important for South Africans to be taught about their responsibility to engage with politics and government. This…
Municipalities must adopt food-first policy to combat poverty
Municipalities need to develop a Food First approach. This is the assertion by the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI)’s Dr.…
Ramaphosa votes, urges people to fulfill their duty
President Cyril Ramaphosa has cast his vote in Chiawelo in Soweto. Addressing the media, Ramaphosa urged all South Africans to…