Former Western Cape human settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela’s bid to stage a spectacular comeback flopped on Friday when he was roundly defeated in the DA provincial leadership race.
Eastern Cape health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth says the province’s pothole-ridden rural roads are damaging its ambulances, slowing emergency response times and forcing the department to use helicopters at great cost to reach inaccessible areas. Meth revealed this when she tabled her department’s annual report for the 2022/2023 financial year in the provincial legislature last week.
An investigation into a lucrative tender between the OR Tambo district municipality and waste management company Tulsaspark has indicated that the council racked up more than R15m in suspected irregular expenditure.
A senior politician, who was instrumental in the renaming of Sandton’s William Nicol Drive after struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has renewed calls for East London’s name to be changed.