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Kgotso Khumalo, the former mayor of JB Marks Local Municipality, continues to earn a councillor's salary despite being implicated in Covid-19 procurement corruption.
The president also stressed the importance of keeping the economy open after months of stifling movement restrictions.
He urged citizens not to drop their guard and continue adhering to the health rules, such as wearing face masks and respecting curfew times.
South Africa has recorded just over 800,000 coronavirus infections - more than a third of the cases reported across the African continent - and over 20,000 deaths.
AFP
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acknowledged the reluctance within the Black community to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Speaking to MSNBC's... View Article
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Namibia's Environment Ministry is going to put at least 170 elephants on sale in order to curb what it has described as overcrowding in the face of drought-causing food scarcity in the habitats of the animals. The ministry has in the past complained that it was finding it hard to check the increase in the...
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BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is disconnecting water supplies to government departments over outstanding bills running into several millions of dollars. By NQOBANI NDLOVU Recently, the local authority switched off water supplies at Tredgold Building which houses the magistrates court, Labour Court, Department of Surveyor General, Social Services, Registrar-General’s Office, Local Government ministry and Umguza district co-ordinator's office. As of October, the local authority was owed $477 million by residents, government departments, industry and commerce. In the past, residents would bear the brunt of water cuts over unpaid bills with council sparing government departments. A latest report of the finance and development committee showed that an arrangement that saw council sparing government departments the inconvenience of water cuts had since been revoked. “Councillor Rodney Jele enquired about water disconnections for non-payments. There was rumour that council had disconnected water supplies in most government institutions which include Tredgold Building,” the council report read in part. “In response, councillor Silas Chigora confirmed that council was disconnecting water supplies at government institutions with outstanding amounts. Previously, council had a set-off arrangement with the central government, but this arrangement had since been stopped. Each ministry was paying its council bills directly.” Council argues that failure by its debtors to clear their outstanding bills was affecting its ability to provide services and owner its obligations. At one time, council having been frustrated by failure of ratepayers to pay bills, opted to name and shame defaulters. The council compiled a list of 29 wards, detailing payment patterns by residents. The local authority is also planning to introduce flow-limiter devices restricting households who fail to pay rates to five kilolitres of water per day as opposed to water disconnection to avoid litigation. In February, council unveiled a credit control and debt collection policy that sought to maintain predictable cashflows and allow for improved management of debts, among others. The policy provides for procedures and mechanisms for credit control and debt collection. It does not spare even BCC staff and councillors as the policy insists on forced deductions on their salaries if they have outstanding bills. Follow Nqobani on Twitter @NqobaniNdlovu
Islamist militants in Mozambique killed two dozen soldiers in an ambush attack, military sources say, a significant show of force against the military's struggle to quell an insurgency in the north.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The UNITA parliamentary group asked the National Assembly to set up a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) into the management of the Banco de Poupança e Crédito - BPC (Savings and Credit Bank, in English).
A no-confidence motion against South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa has been pushed till February next year.
The speaker of the South African parliament said the move was allow whether the vote should be held in secret ballot.
The motion was tabled by one of the country’s smallest opposition party, the African Transformation Movement (ATM). The party has only two regional government representatives.
ATM was formed in 2008 and has a backing from the Council of Messianic Churches in Christ (SACMCC).
Some analysts have linked Zuma to the party and is also widely seen as gaining support from some political divides from the ruling National Congress Party.
While the bill is most likely to fail given the complex nature of the ANC party members, it also a sign of displeasure among a few party members.
The major opposition party, the Democratic Aliance (DA) said they will not support the motion.
ANC is expected to hold its National General Council that will attract over 3,000 delegates. The meeting is set to assess ANC performance so far under President Cyril Ramaphosa.
President Ramaphosa has been fighting to clear his name in an election malpractice on campaign funding allegations.
Mr Ramaphosa, according to South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog, is alleged to have misled parliament about money he received in 2017, worth more than $36,000 (£27,000). Mr Ramaphosa maintains it was a donation towards his campaign for the ANC leadership.
As President, Mr Ramaphosa has staked his reputation on cleaning up the country's politics since he replaced Jacob Zuma.
Two Eastern Cape men have been handed heavy sentences for torturing and ultimately killing a man for money he received from the Road Accident Fund.
New Delhi — Losing sleep over the pandemic is a real thing. Many in India are finding it difficult to sleep well because of their altered lifestyle since Covid-19 hit the country. Now health care [...]
The Eastern Cape Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Liziwe Ntshinga has lauded law enforcement officials who were able to crack the horrific murder
ActionSA’s John Moodey has told the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) John Steenhuisen to worry about his own party’s affairs
The spikes in the Garden Route and Eastern Cape have caught authorities by “surprise”, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has said.
There has been little criticism from opposition parties to President Ramaphosa's announcement that the Nelson Mandela Bay metro would face stricter Covid-19 regulations.
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is trying to help Republicans project a unified front in two high-stakes Senate runoffs as he campaigns in Georgia a day ahead of President Donald Trump's potentially volatile visit to the state that will determine which party controls the Senate in January. The vice president is campaigning Friday with Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, with the GOP roiled by Trump's continued denial of his own defeat and his baseless attacks that Republican officials in Georgia, including the governor and secretary of state, enabled widespread voter fraud on […]
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This comes after the exam question papers were leaked shortly before the matriculants sat down to write the subjects.
The Malawian government has received the formal extradition request for fugitive self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary.
Gift of the Givers has brought clean water to the village of Ngqushwa in the Eastern Cape, something the municipality has not been able to do for years.
By Brian Goodin Contributing Writer Photos by Brian Goodin The Southeast Art Team is busy with their paint brushes these days. So much so that they have literally pictured and painted their way into a new store front art gallery. The location is perfect for exposure to the fine art from various gifted artists because […]
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By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China poses the greatest threat to America and the rest of the free world since World War II, outgoing National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said Thursday as the Trump administration ramps up anti-Chinese rhetoric to pressure President-elect Joe Biden to be tough on Beijing. 'The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends to dominate the U.S. and the rest of the planet economically, militarily and technologically,' Ratcliffe wrote in an op-ed published Thursday in The Wall Street Journal. 'Many of China's major public initiatives and prominent companies offer only a layer of camouflage to […]
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[African Arguments] Amid shifting dynamics in the Horn of Africa, South Sudan finds itself caught in the middle of regional rivalries.
