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Tshwane speaker Mncedi Ndzwanana says as speaker of Tshwane he has every right to chair Wednesday’s planned council meeting set to debate a motion of no confidence against him.

Two political parties have distanced themselves from the proposed “moonshot pact” to unseat the governing ANC, barely three days after it was announced by DA leader John Steenhuisen.

Parliament has kicked off the process of officially summoning G4S Security before it to explain how rapist and murderer Thabo Bester escaped from a prison the company managed.

G4S Security received a hiding in parliament on Tuesday after it failed to appear before a committee where they were expected to explain how rapist and murderer Thabo Bester made a grand escape from a prison the company had been managing.

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is scrambling to find R68m in back pay for 640 safety and security directorate watchmen whose employment scale was incorrectly graded when they were absorbed by the city in 2017.

Ratepayers are likely to cough up more for services in Nelson Mandela Bay, paying 6% more for water, sanitation and refuse, while the proposed tariff increase for electricity is a whopping 18.49%.

AIC councillor Sivuyile Ngodwana was elected mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni on Thursday night after the DA's Tania Campbell was removed through a motion of no confidence.

On Thursday, 126 councillors voted in favour of the motion while only 96 voted against the motion tabled by ATM councillor John Senona.

An ecstatic Cilliers Brink was hoisted into the air by supporters after being declared the new Tshwane mayor on Tuesday.

The new City of Tshwane mayor seeks to unite council and prioritise service delivery.