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ANC provincial chair Oscar Mabuyane says factional fights among party councillors in the Amathole district municipality have compromised service delivery.Speaking at Dr Jongi Klaas’s book launch in Mkhubiso village outside Keiskammahoek on Wednesday, Mabuyane said he was planning to convene a meeting with ANC leaders in ADM.

Vavi says government officials must, “taste the medicine ordinary working-class parents are tasting” and go to public school.

Saftu's proposal to make government officials enroll their children in public schools addresses the alarming conditions in schools.

While most of the residents have given up hope that the promises made during the outbreak will be kept, Gcaleka has given mayor Brink just 60 days to ensure

Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that the City of Tshwane had failed to supply the residents of Hammanskraal with water that is suitable for human consumption.

News update: Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Blade Nzimande has been ordered to reverse his decision on Unisa.

Former public protector advocate Thuli Madonsela has congratulated advocate Kholeka Gcaleka on becoming the new leader of the institution, saying her appointment was well deserved.

Gcaleka is taking over the reins from Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane, who was impeached in September before her term in office ended.

It can take just two months to obtain a spousal visa if the foreign spouse of a South African citizen applies from outside the country. However, if they apply from inside South Africa it becomes a waiting game and they cannot leave until the process has been completed.

Some health services in the province could be eliminated, while state patients might have to start buying their drugs. Education is likely to be badly hit.