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The proposal to spend R9m for public service delivery engagements was voted for by 92 councillors but 80 are against it

● Against allowing Seychellois living overseas to take part in national elections   The leader of United Seychelles (US), Dr Patrick Herminie, has called for the dismissal of the Election ...

Some councillors said the procedure had not been followed in implementing the intervention. They said the MEC of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Bongi Sithole-Moloi, should have first briefed the executive committee about the action and then full council.

EThekwini Municipality mayor Mxolisi Kaunda revealed that it has revised its tariff hikes during a council meeting on Wednesday. The changes to the proposed tariff increases would offer some relief to customers, he said.

Councillors in eThekwini demanded to be briefed on the progress being made to remove an ANC councillor drawing a salary while in Jail.

Ward 101 councillor Muzimuni Ngiba is awaiting trial for the murder of fellow ward councillor Siyabonga Mkhize, who was killed in October 2021.

The DA has penned a letter to the head of eThekwini's Water and Sanitation Unit, demanding a solution be found to the daily leaks and burst water pipes around the city.

Phoenix has become one of the busiest communities in the province as it is frequented by political parties after the July unrest when dozens of African people were stabbed and killed by vigilantes who claimed they were protecting their community from looters

The Daily News gave political parties running in the local government elections a chance to tell voters how they would change the lives of ordinary South Africans and how they would do things differently

Party leader Patrick Pillay says they ’unashamedly’ stand for the marginalized and downtrodden