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The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education will only rejig its public participation process for the controversial Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill next month, when Parliament reconvenes after recess.

“If you are going to start politics of removing the speaker, you must know that you are never going to find peace, ” said the EFF's Obakeng Ramabodu.

The two previous attempts were marred by caucus breaks, delays, termination of membership of various councillors, confusion over the filling of their vacancies and contention over voting methods, among other issues.

To intensify its mission to evict illegal manganese ore operators in Nelson Mandela Bay, the municipality has resorted to going to court to try to enforce the closure of nine operators that have been issued with 19 noncompliance notices.

A Tshwane council meeting to elect a new speaker of council collapsed on Monday after a failure to reach a quorum.

City of Tshwane council speaker Dr Murunwa Makwarela says the vote to elect former mayor Randall Williams’s successor will be done by secret ballot. The EFF had requested for a secret ballot.

A meeting of the Tshwane council was delayed on Tuesday morning after an the objection from councillors questioning Cilliers Brink's membership and presence in council.

Joburg group corporate and shared services MMC Loyiso Masuku has defended the decision to approve the recommendation to appoint Floyd Brink as city manager.

City of Tshwane speaker Dr Murunwa Makwarela is set to face a motion of no confidence, this time, tabled by members of his own coalition.

A threat by the Northern Alliance to withdraw from the ruling coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay is still on the cards despite a coalition management committee meeting called at the 11th hour to iron out issues with the party.