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Organisations use 16 days of activism to throw down challenge to government

As 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence gets underway - organisations are hard at work raising awareness and intensifying various campaigns highlighting what's called a 'second pandemic'. The campaign kicked off on Friday and runs until 10 December. The theme for this year is "Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!" The National Shelter Movement is calling on government to put its money its mouth is. According to […]

today28 November 2021

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ConCourt to hear IEC’s election postponement application on August 20th

NATIONAL The Constitutional Court is expected to hear the Independent Electoral Commission’s request to postpone the local government elections later this month. The commission filed an urgent application to have the gazetted date of 27 October 2021 postponed to February 2022. The IEC further requested that the court declare all municipal councils remain competent until then. This after a report by retired deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke, which found that […]

today7 August 2021

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ANC in Western Cape calls for Local Government Minister Bredell’s suspension

Leader of the opposition in the Western Cape Provincial Parliament and ANC member, Cameron Dugmore, has called on Premier Alan Winde to suspend Provincial Minister of Local Government Anton Bredell. Dugmore says several allegations, including maladministration and abuse of power, have been levelled against the provincial minister. He says there is reportedly a secret recording doing the rounds, wherein Bredell colludes with councillors in the Oudtshoorn Municipality to place the […]

today27 June 2020

Local

Concerns over missing loved ones as 4 000 still displaced in Knysna

Between 3 000 to 4 000 people are still displaced in Knysna after being evacuated from a fire that threatened to engulf the town this week, local authorities said on Friday. "Some areas that were evacuated have been declared safe and people from those areas have been allowed to return home," said local government spokesperson James Brent-Styan in the latest situation report. "In areas that have NOT been declared safe, […]

today9 June 2017

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