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I breathed a sigh of relief as I digested newspaper headlines announcing that the city of Tshwane has a mayor after weeks of political instability. On March 28 DA caucus leader and former party MP Cilliers Brink won the mayoral election against Cope’s sole councillor, Ofentse Moalusi. Brink has succeeded the embattled on-and-off former Cope councillor Dr Murunwa Makwarela.
Lekwa-Teemane local municipality in North West evacuated more than 100 residents and resort owners living downstream of Bloemhof Dam after localised flooding.
A number of families living along the Vaal River in the Bloemhof-Christiana areas, have already been evacuated. Earlier this week, the Water and Sanitation Department ordered that two more sluice g...
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He added they would fight to put the residents of the municipality first. Pilane who is out on bail, faces charges of abduction, sexual assault, rape in the Delareyville Magistrate's Court. Pilane allegedly sexually assaulted and raped two minor girls. He told the SABC that the resignation was not an admission of guilt but rather, guided by the decision of the ANC's National Executive Committee to adopt guidelines on the process members should follow when faced with criminal cases. "I serve at the behest of the ANC that deployed me," he was quoted as saying. Did you know you can comment on th...