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The process to try to remove the ANC-led coalition from power in Nelson Mandela Bay will begin immediately.

"Can we fix it? Yes, we can," John Steenhuisen told journalists quoting the popular cartoon character Bob the Builder.




After months of negotiations seven parties in Nelson Mandela Bay have signed an agreement to form a new government in the metro. They will now seek 61 signatures on a petition for a special council sitting in an attempt to unseat mayor Eugene Johnson and her coalition government.

Chief justice Raymond Zondo's recommendation that voting laws should be changed to allow South Africans to directly elect their president has reignited a 20-year-old debate over electoral reforms.

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) says it is disappointed over the Judicial Conduct Appeals Committee's decision to uphold the findings of the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) against former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Trade and industry minister Ebrahim Patel has less than 24 hours to make a decision on the appointment of an acting chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission while the National Assembly considers a report on a permanent appointment.

Some political parties contesting this year's local government elections have raised some concerns and offered criticisms ahead of the polls.

Alcohol, cellphones, shoes and portraits... these are just a few of the things MPs received as gifts By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Alcohol, laptops, cellphones, flowers, books, shoes, portraits, free travels and soccer match or festival tickets are some of the gifts listed in the 2019 instalment of the register of members’ interests. The joint committee on ethics and members’ interests committee published the register this week. It said there were a number of MPs that did n...

GCIS Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was confident her department would be ready for the elections. FF Plus MP Michal Groenewald was kicked out of the virtual meeting. It was evident the local government elections are months away because the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) budget debate descended into electioneering. It also resulted in an FF Plus MP shown the virtual door. Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma presented the budget for her department in a virtual mee...

First published by GroundUp. Relations between Minister of Trade and Industry Ebrahim Patel and the board of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) are now largely reduced to exchanges of lawyers’ letters and official correspondence. This became evident on Wednesday when the minister addressed the Trade and Industry Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, which has oversight responsibility of the Lottery, at a virtual meeting. The battle between Patel and the NLC has also involved briefings to se...