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The Makhanda High Court has given the Emalahleni municipality the go-ahead to sue the former Knysna municipal manager Dr Sitembele Wiseman Vatala.

The ANC has suffered its biggest loss at the polls since the first democratic elections 30 years ago.

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Gary van Niekerk is yet to announce a plan to stop the metro from losing R542m in conditional grants.

We found that in all four vaccine contracts, the pernicious nature of pharmaceutical bullying and Gavi’s heavy-handedness were plain: the terms and conditions are overwhelmingly one-sided and favour multinational corporations and preserving their intellectual property (IP) empires. We found tha...

The Health Justice Initiative says government Covid vaccine contracts show ‘SA’s sovereignty was bartered for scarce supplies’.

The court rationalisation committee, which has recommended to justice minister Ronald Lamola that the provincial court seat move from Makhanda to Bhisho, had failed to properly consider the astronomical cost to the public purse of such a move.

Suspended education department head Dr Naledi Mbude has resigned after reaching a secret settlement with provincial premier Oscar Mabuyane, probably amounting to millions of rand. Mbude, through no fault of her own, languished at home on suspension for more than a year on her full annual salary of R1.

The DA has called on national government to immediately place the “bankrupt and financially reckless” provincial health department under administration after a scathing judgment against it by a full bench of the high court. The treasury, premier’s office and health department this week failed in their high court bid to avoid having to pay out almost R400m in judgment debts arising from negligence claims against it.

Since it was published, the 2021 Budget has been called out as unconstitutional and austere from many corners. More than 200 social movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and individuals, in an open letter to members of Parliament, have endorsed a call for MPs to reject the Budget and send it back to the drawing board. The current Budget will cut public spending by R265-billion over the next three years in areas which directly affect human rights. The signatories of the open lette...

Public service move welcome but badly timed The government’s move to consult stakeholders about professionalising the public service is welcome, but comes at a very difficult time, the Public Service Accountability Monitor says. The PSAM was responding to the announcement by Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Senzo Mchunu, of a two-week public consultation process next month on this topic. In December the draft National Implementation Framework towards the Professiona...