R31m! This is how much Durban ratepayers will pay to host Local Government Congress: Durban – The eThekwini municipality wants to increase its budget to host the United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) Congress to R31.7million. The initial budget proposed last year was R27.3 million; last week the city…
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Long-serving SANDF major facing dismissal for wearing hijab: Cape Town – The SANDF had infringed on the constitutional rights of one of its employees by charging her with “disobeying a lawful command” after she refused to remove her hijab, the woman’s legal adviser said. Major Fatima Isaacs, 47, a forensic pathologist at 2 Military Hospital in Wynberg, has worked in the force for the past 10 years and argued the scarf did not obstruct any military rankings or insignia, as she wore it under her formal military beret. Isaacs now faces dismissal after being charged by…
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As new MPs, former student activists give their views on Sona: EFF’s Naledi Chirwa had some harsh words for President Cyril Ramaphosa and ANC’s Nompendulo Mkhatshwa called for greater participation of women in society. ……
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Dear Transport Minister Mbalula: This is what we need you to fix urgently: EWN photojournalist Sethembiso Zulu spent two weeks documenting commuters’ daily travels and explored why so many wish they had other options. ……
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Gang violence, crime to take centre state as top officials meet in WC: While the province was also dealing with close to 2,000 murders since November 2018, the government has been calling on police to deploy more resources to the province. ……
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Pollution on our plate: How waste is ending up in fish caught off the Cape coast: The ocean around Cape Town is so polluted that pharmaceutical and industrial chemical compounds are accumulating in the flesh of fish caught off the coast. ……
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Great Fish River pollution: Water and sanitation dept takes local municipality to court: Legal action has been taken against the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality in the Chris Hani District Municipality, the Eastern Cape, to force it to stop polluting the Great Fish River, the Department of Water and Sanitation has confirmed. ……
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Application for leave to appeal against Seth Nthai’s readmission to be heard next week: Seth Nthai’s urgent application in the Limpopo High Court to have a ruling in his favour declared operational, pending the outcome of any appeals lodged against him will also be heard. ……
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‘Zuma faction still in charge’: DA’s Mazzone tells Ramaphosa ANC’s chairpersons announcement felt like a …: The Zuma faction is still in charge, DA MP Natasha Mazzone told President Cyril Ramaphosa in the debate on his State of the Nation Address during a joint sitting of the houses of Parliament. ……
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Single mom, five children face living on streets: Kimberley – An unemployed single mother of five children, the youngest of whom is only three years old, is facing living on the streets after officials from the Sol Plaatje Municipality’s housing department threatened to evict her from her Hercules Court flat on Monday. This comes amidst a warning from the municipality’s internal audit that the local’s authority’s flat rental system is “critical”. According to the audit report, the municipality has no proof that a deeds search is done to ensure that the rental units are not allocated to property owners, while in one instance a rental unit allocated temporarily for a period of six months to a housing official has not been vacated yet. The…
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