Residents ask Howick crusader and team to repair more potholes after still waiting for municipality
By Sibusiso Mboto
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DURBAN - WHAT started as a crusade to fix a bumpy and pothole-riddled road in the neighbourhood is increasingly becoming a way of earning a living for Howick resident Jonty Myhillâs assistants, as calls for their services have soared in recent days.
Last week, The Mercury reported how Myhill had started fixing Curryâs Post Road â which he calls a death trap â three years ago, fearing that waiting for the uMngeni Municipality to fix it could lead to further delays and possible loss of lives. Since then, Myhill has conducted repairs every year and hired locals on a temporary basis to help him.
Zulu Prince Simakade Zulu said he had no aspirations of sitting on the royal throne.
This after rumours that he was gunning for the top position.
King Misuzulu kaZwelithini reportedly felt mediation was not necessary to quell any discord in the royal house.
Zulu Prince Simakade Zulu has quashed rumours he is challenging King Misuzulu kaZwelithini s claim to the throne. I wish to assure everyone that I have never expressed such ambitions to anyone. I have heard that there are talks that there are people who wish me to ascend to this position. There is nothing I can do about that, he said on Tuesday.
KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC wants the appointments of two municipal managers set aside.
The High Court in Pietermaritzburg previously ruled in favour of the MEC, setting aside the appointments.
But the Supreme Court of Appeals overturned the decision, stating that the delay in launching the application for review was unreasonable.
The appointments of two KwaZulu-Natal municipal managers (MM) should be declared null and void and should be set aside.
KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Sipho Hlomuka wants Mthonjaneni municipal manager Philani Sibiya and Nkandla s MM, Langelihle Jili, booted from their posts.
On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court heard that the two municipal managers did not comply with the required qualifications.
Daily Poll The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service (CSP) on Friday opened for public comment a 2012 draft of the Firearms Control Amendment Bill, which will overhaul South Africa s primary law that determines who may own guns, and how those guns may be used. The Bill showed it would seek to ban self-defence as a valid reason to apply for a firearm licence. What are your thoughts on the matter? Please select an option Oops! Something went wrong, please try again later.
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Siyamthanda uses newspapers to make fire for cooking. She only cooks once a day because of the drawn-out process. Leftover food is eaten in the morning to prevent it from becoming rotten. Nomzamo is among the few townships in Soweto that have had no electricity for the past eight months. Some residents have adapted to living without electricity. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/ City Press
The DA has called for National Treasury to be held accountable for its “lax” oversight which has led to the misappropriation of billions of rands in electricity grant funding.
The money was set aside and given to municipalities to roll out free basic electricity to indigent households in the 2019/20 financial year.