Plans to push through legislation allowing for expropriation without compensation suffered a setback this week, with Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema telling Parliament that his party would not vote for the legislation in its current form.
On Thursday morning, following short proceedings, acting Deputy Chief Justice Sisi Khampepe read out a judgment striking the matter off the roll with costs.
The IEC said that of the 40 by-elections contested across 25 municipalities on Wednesday, the ANC retained 27 wards and lost one.
Herman Mashaba's party, Action SA, has released a billboard with names and faces of various political party leaders with labels such as criminal, crook and fraud next to their names. He said that the refusal by media houses to flight the billboard amounted to censorship.
The party is responsible for damages to a fire engine, an emergency support vehicle, eight traffic lights, a traffic light control box and refuse bins.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said that it would be conducting oversight visits to COVID-19 vaccination sites to scrutinise the phase 2 vaccine rollout.
The party's Siya Rumbu said they had further demanded the restaurant manager – who allegedly forced the ill Funiwe Nkebe to work – be fired, but she's been placed on special leave pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing.
It's alleged that Funiwe Nkebe, a mother of two, was forced to report for duty at the Las Vegas Spur at Hemingways Mall earlier this month despite informing her manager that she was ill.
President Cyril Ramaphosa told MPs that South Africa has secured enough vaccines to dose 41.5 million people, but he cautioned that there could be delivery issues that were beyond the government’s control.
The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) both want more details about the government’s plan to vaccinate 40 million citizens against COVID-19 by the end of the year.
Treasury officials, though, said that the formation of the bank had been delayed by the many discussions with affected departments.
The EFF said that Saldanha Bay mayor, Marius Koen, claimed to hold an honours degree in Public Administration and Industrial Psychology and as well as a Master of Business in Administration at a UK-based institution but has not provided evidence.
The red berets were among those in discussions about the possible postponement of the October local government elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
It followed claims that the the minister tried to influence the appointment of judges.
City bosses blamed the party and Gatvol Capetonian for violence that marred two separate demonstrations.
The City of Cape Town has launched a R1.4 million civil claim against the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and Gatvol Capetonian for damage to public property during violent protests in 2019.
The 16 members were charged after storming Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan at the podium when he was delivering his Budget vote in July 2019.
The ANC's national executive committee decided this week that Ace Magashule and other members facing criminal charges should vacate their offices within 30 days.
