Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has made representations to the Democratic Alliance's federal executive to say why she should not be removed from her post as mayor. De Lille made the submissions on Wednesday as required by the DA's new "recall" process, after the majority of the party's Cape Town caucus last week supported an internal motion of no confidence in her. The caucus' reasons cited include accusations of […]
Embattled Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has confirmed that her party has laid a criminal complaint with the police over allegations that she had solicited a R5 million bribe from Johannesburg businessman Anthony Faul. In a statement on Wednesday, De Lille said her lawyers had an opportunity to respond to this new allegation but were unable to do so within the very short time permitted. She said the DA […]
While Capetonians have been urged to reduce their water usage to below 87 litres per person daily, three households on average, exceeded 1 000 litres per day. This was revealed by City of Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille on Sunday, who said the properties - two in Pinelands and another in Thornton - were singled out for the installation of water management devices. "The water usage of these households […]
A fresh set of claims and counterclaims between senior officials about unauthorised investigations and leaked information mark the latest scandal to rock the City of Cape Town. The claims reveal the depth of mistrust between some of the City’s most senior officials. On Tuesday, it emerged that City Manager Achmat Ebrahim alleged that Craig Kesson, the executive director in Mayor Patricia de Lille’s office, had gained access to about a […]
Craig Kesson, the executive director in Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille’s office, got hold of around 1 000 confidential forensic reports, which contained details of probes into councillors and other officials, without proper permission. City manager Achmat Ebrahim made this claim in response to allegations levelled against him by Kesson. Ebrahim also claimed that Kesson gave an instruction that five years’ worth of forensic reports be seized so that […]
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says exploratory drill work into the Table Mountan Group Aquifer is progressing well. She visited the project in the Steenbras catchment area near Grabouw. Test boreholes are being drilled to help map the way forward as part of the Western Cape’s programme to alleviate its water crisis. The initial yield from this project is expected to be 10 million litres of water per day […]
The City of Cape Town has announced the interruption of water supply in certain areas of the city, as part of a pipeline condition assessment, in preparation for the Cape Town harbour emergency desalination plant. The interruptions are scheduled to begin at 22h00 on Friday evening. The affected areas include, Maitland, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town Harbour, Lower Woodstock, The Cape Town CBD, and possibly Green Point and Sea Point. The […]
Cape Town's Granger Bay, Hout Bay and Dido Bay may soon be home to three proposed new desalination plants that the city intends commissioning to make extra drinking water for its residents and visitors, according to tender documents issued this week. Earlier on Thursday announced that the city planned to produce an extra 500Ml of water through a mix of desalination plants, ground water extraction, and water reuse. This is […]
Residents from Imizamo Yethu in Hout Bay planned to march in Cape Town on Tuesday to demand basic services and an end to “superblocking” in the fire-hit township. The organisers‚ mostly representatives from areas most seriously affected by the large fire in March‚ will hand over a memorandum to mayor Patricia de Lille’s office. They also want De Lille to send “experts” to meet residents and have asked for the […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
