Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is set to appeal, virtually as per Covid-19 lockdown guidelines issued by government since last year, a judgment made in June by the Pretoria High Court which ruled that while declaring a state of disaster was rational, the overwhelming number of accompanying regulations were irrationally conceived, thus declaring all Disaster Management Act regulations as unconstitutional and invalid.
Instead of hearing the matter in person on Wednesday, Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court of Appeal Christiaan van der Merwe informed the two parties the hearing would be held virtually. There’s more to this story
Richards Bay Murder Latest: Premier calls for calm in KZN
The Richards Bay assassination followed “groundbreaking discussions” between RBM managers and Amakhosi regarding its latest R100bn investment
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has called for calm following the assassination of Richards Bay Mineral’s senior executive Nico Swart on Monday.
According to SAPS spokesperson Thembeka Mbele, Swart, who was general manager of operational services at RBM, died when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle, while he was driving to work in Richards Bay. More 20 high calibre bullets pummelled into his vehicle. Swart died at the scene of the crime.
The murder took place following what Zikalala described as recent “groundbreaking discussions” between RMB management and local Amakhosi regarding the firm’s latest investment in Zulti South which is projected to inject R100bn to the economy, as well issues regarding compensation to communities whose homes were damaged by RBM mining o
NMB mayor Bhanga to write to Ramaphosa over drought disaster declaration Nelson Mandela Bay Nqaba Banga said that he would be writing to the highest levels of national government to query a decision to turn down a request for drought disaster declaration. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor Nqaba Bhanga at a briefing on 4 March 2021. Picture: @NMandelaBaymuni/Twitter.
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CAPE TOWN - The Nelson Mandela Bay mayor wants to know why a drought disaster will not be declared in the Eastern Cape Metro.
Nqaba Bhanga said that he would be writing to the president, the minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs and the premier about the decision to turn down their request.
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