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“Merit and the ANC are not mutually exclusive and we can prove it,” says minister in the presidency for women, youth and people with disabilities Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

Eskom is seeking more relief by looking to amend the Eskom Debt Relief Bill which was implemented at the beginning of the year.

Perpetrators of constitutional crimes were fixated on the trough and not the fast-coming horizon

The multiparty charter, consisting of the DA, ActionSA, FF Plus, IFP, ACDP, UIM, SNP and Isanco, wants civil society to help change the country's political direction.

The ANC and EFF councillors elected to form part of an investigative ad hoc committee to probe allegations made against Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk were no-shows at their first meeting that sat on Wednesday.

ActionSA has blamed its former coalition partner, the DA, for allegedly refusing an opportunity to reclaim the City of Johannesburg.

Margaret Arnolds is the third speaker of the City of Joburg council in the last two years but is confident the coalition government is stable enough to enable her to hold the position longer than her predecessors.

A number of opposition parties have warned the government against closing the Israeli embassy in South Africa and cutting diplomatic ties with that country.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary Van Niekerk’s 10-point plan to tackle crime in the city got little love in council on Thursday, with opposition councillors calling him a criminal who must resign.

The multiparty charter is in pole position to facilitate a power grab from the ANC in Gauteng in next year's elections, according to according to a recent independent poll.