The SIU has obtained a high court preservation order to freeze nine luxury properties in Gauteng, a BMW 420i and two Ocean Basket franchises on the East Rand linked to renowned actress Terry Pheto, among others.
Escalating legal bills are becoming a headache for a struggling Eastern Cape municipality. The cash-strapped Amathole district municipality has already paid more than R25m since 2018 to just two legal firms which represented it in various legal challenges. While the municipality continues to pay millions of rand “to assist” its ousted municipal manager, Thandekile Mnyimba, in his court bid to reclaim his job, confidential documents seen by the Dispatch reveal that it is also paying the l.
New Brighton residents picketed outside the Mendi Arts Centre on Wednesday because general workers did not have their contracts renewed by the centre’s management.
Trinder Square in Central came alive on Sunday with children of all ages running around, dancing and playing, while the adults reminisced about “the good old days” by dancing and singing along to the music performed at the Central Alive Heritage Month celebration.
Most people who have their land returned under the government’s reform programme don’t have the technical know-how or enough access to markets to make a profit from it, according to Vumelana Advisory Fund CEO Peter Setou.