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Former eThekwini mayor has a meltdown after Durban high court judge Sharmaine Balton adjourned the trial again

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

Mayor Gary van Niekerk has attempted to interfere in the administration of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, instructing that all legal briefs pertaining to the city be placed on hold with immediate effect. His letter to acting city boss Sidima Dyani and the legal services department on Wednesday took centre stage at Thursday’s council meeting, where opposition parties accused him of unlawfully overstepping into the administration.

The number of people with jobs in SA surpassed the pre-Covid-19 level in the third quarter of this year to hit its highest since 2019, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday.

With only 3% of a R349m informal settlements upgrading grant spent so far in the 2023/2024 financial year, Nelson Mandela Bay councillors were bewildered by the lacklustre spending of various departments that were allocated funding.

The case of an Eastern Cape man who accused premier Oscar Mabuyane of bribery is ready for trial, the state said on Tuesday.

While millions of rand allocated for food aid have been returned unspent to the National Treasury in the past three years, the Eastern Cape social development department has admitted that many people remain trapped in the cycle of poverty as government efforts fail to yield the desired results.

ANC files court papers opposing DA's legal action aimed at having the governing party's cadre deployment committee ruled unconstitutional.

Citizens speak out as Cyril encounters colossal political backlash - a nation in uproar as the political climate derails.

"Everybody is literally shocked at the decision to fire me. We were all here waiting for Lekota to attend our weekly Monday meeting to chart the way forward for the week and for voter registration weekend - lo and behold, we received phone calls to say I've been axed."