The Patriotic Alliance won Ward 7 in Ennerdale and Finetown in the deep south of Johannesburg off the ANC in the latest round of by-elections, while the DA increased its percentage vote share in all four wards it was defending. The ANC had a good win in Mkhondo in Mpumalanga and there were sign.
Trade, Industry, and Competition Deputy Minister, Nomalungelo Gina, will on Thursday host a business seminar in the Alfred Duma Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.
A forensic investigationinstituted by the IFP-run Uthukela district municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has revealed widespread looting offunds amounting to millions.
The DA in Alfred Duma welcomes reports that Councillor Abbas Warasally was taken in yesterday for questioning by the police. The reasons for this police questioning are as yet unknown, but there are strong allegations that it is in connection to the sex for jobs scandal. The said scandal broke in late February 2023 when a sound recording of a liaison, apparently between the councillor and a female employee of the Alfred Duma Municipality, was circulated on social media. During this sound recording, the voice is allegedly that of this councillor can be heard reassuring the female employee that her employment with the municipality is safe.