President Cyril Ramaphosa says his cabinet does not have the power to instruct municipalities not to implement load shedding and doing so would be in contravention of the constitution.
City of Tshwane council speaker Dr Murunwa Makwarela says the vote to elect former mayor Randall Williams’s successor will be done by secret ballot. The EFF had requested for a secret ballot.
Prepare to pay for electricity usage upfront as the National Treasury nudges municipalities struggling to collect revenue from non-paying consumers to install prepaid meters.