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eThekwini mayor declares ‘war’ on boycotting ratepayers, says there is a hit list

The eThekwini municipality has started disconnecting water and electricity to homeowners participating in a rates boycott. This comes after ratepayer associations decided to withhold their rates payments in a protest against high tariff increases and deteriorating service delivery in the city. Westville Ratepayers Association (WRA) chairperson Asad Gaffar told TimesLIVE the municipality has started the process. “I can confirm they have started with disconnections. It’s quite a few houses,” he said. […]

today8 September 2023

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COCT Mayor calls closure of SAPO in Mitchells Plain ‘unacceptable’

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has written to the South African Post Office to request an urgent engagement on the closure of all its services in Mitchells Plain. According to a statement released by the COCT, Lewis said it was unacceptable that Mitchells Plain residents were simply being referred to the closest branch located nearly 20 kilometres away. ‘It has come to my attention that the South Africa Post Office […]

today12 February 2023

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Kenilworth Centre launches iconic rooftop farm

By: Aneeqa du Plessis The excitement was palpable at the Kenilworth Centre shopping mall where Redefine Properties unveiled the first retail urban rooftop farm in the province. The aim of the unique farm is to inspire purpose in disadvantaged persons in a sustainable way. It also intends to empower unemployed youth in the surrounds. “Our aim is to create a meaningful and sustainable long-term solution to tackle youth unemployment and […]

today23 November 2022

Local

Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes police’s undertaking to remove barbed wire around Government Avenue

Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has welcomed a police undertaking to remove barbed wire around Government Avenue in the Mother City. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has decided to take it down following requests from Hill-Lewis who described it as an unlawful obstruction for the public wanting to access the Company’s Garden in the city bowl. The mayor’s office says the police have instead decided to place a barrier […]

today23 September 2022

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Faced with government ineptitude, Cape Town is ‘going it alone’

As the government struggles to provide sufficient electricity, public transport and other basic services, the country’s main tourist hub is increasingly going it alone. Cape Town, which has been led by the opposition DA since 2006, is forging ahead with plans to secure its own energy supply. It’s also investigating the feasibility of taking over the city’s commuter rail network — currently operated by a state-owned company — and playing […]

today15 June 2022

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Court rules in De Lille’s favour against the DA

The Western Cape High Court has ordered that the termination of Patricia de Lille's DA membership by the party was illegal and invalid. The decision was set aside, and the party ordered to pay the Cape Town mayor's legal costs. High Court judge Andre le Grange handed down the judgment, which he said was unanimous, on Wednesday. He said the composition of the DA's federal legal council, which decided on […]

today27 June 2018

Local

June 4 judgment day for De Lille

The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Federal Executive Council Chairperson, James Selfe says they are prepared to live with the delay in the court case of Cape Town Mayor, Patricia de Lille. It has now been postponed to June 4, because the judges apparently need more time to prepare. De Lille is challenging the DA’s decision to terminate her membership and subsequently remove her as Mayor. She has been serving as the […]

today24 May 2018

Local

De Lille not fit to hold office: Smith

City of Cape Town mayoral committee member and Democratic Alliance (DA) deputy caucus leader, JP Smith says re-installed Mayor Patricia De Lille is not fit for the office. Smith was reacting to Tuesday’s high court ruling that granted Patricia de Lille interim relief to remain as the Mayor. Judge Patrick Gamble ruled that the cessation of de Lille’s membership of the DA has been suspended until her urgent interdict against […]

today16 May 2018

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‘DA’s reason to suspend me is unwarranted’: De Lille

Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille says the Democratic Alliance does not have sufficient reason to remove her. The DA's federal executive announced on Thursday that De Lille would be suspended from party activities - pending investigations - and that it had asked her to give reasons why she should not resign as mayor. She said in a statement on Sunday that if the party proceeded with steps to go […]

today18 December 2017

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