City of tshwane
Cope's Dr Murunwa Makwarela elected as Tshwane City council speaker
Makwarela, who is Cope's regional leader, was elected without much fanfare on Thursday in the council, which has a long history of violent disruptions.
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City of Tshwane: Significant progress made in restoring power to affected areas
Lyttelton and Kloofsig residents were left without power after substations were gutted by fire on Wednesday.
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Centurion outage: City of Tshwane confirms Kloofsig substation gutted by fire
City of Tshwane confirmed emergency services were called to the Kloofsig substation in Centurion at about 1am. And they managed to extinguish the blaze.
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Williams relieved Tshwane council could secure major coalition govt
The Democratic Alliance (DA) held talks with other parties to enter into the agreement, which saw the allocation of mayoral committee posts among different party officials, including those belonging to ActionSA and the Freedom Front Plus.
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Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams names multi-party mayoral committee
The multi-party agreement reached has seen the inclusion of councillors from ActionSA and the Freedom Front Plus, similar to the approach adopted in Joburg on Monday.
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‘The ANC will die if we don’t renew’ - Mbalula
Addressing the media on 25 November 2021, ANC head of elections Fikile Mbalula expressed that the party held no grudges against those who voted against it and that it had to focus on renewal, otherwise it would die. #Elections2021 #LGE2021 #ANC
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Gauteng ANC licks wounds, plots way forward to reclaim Tshwane from DA
The ANC’s Gauteng secretary, Jacob Khawe, said that a shift in psyche among ANC councillors in the Tshwane metro was the key to gaining the support of voters once again.
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Political parties set to meet to hammer out coalition deals for Gauteng metros
Leaders of political parties are set to meet in Sandton on Monday with the hope of beating the 14-day deadline to finalise coalition deals in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni after no party managed to secure an outright majority in the local government elections in these metros.
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Tshwane residents divided on being led by coalition government
Already burdened by high municipal rates, among other issues, Tshwane residents were now divided on the prospect of being led by another coalition government.
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ANC has big lead in national picture, metro-level shows closer race
The African National Congress (ANC) has bagged 46.4% of the vote so far, the Democratic Alliance (DA) is at 22.2% and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) at 10% nationally but the country’s major metros are, however, much closer than the main picture.
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ANC leads vote count in Joburg; DA ahead in race for Tshwane
The African National Congress (ANC) is so far leading in the City of Johannesburg, with 19,000 votes of those already counted, followed by the Democratic Alliance and in third place in Joburg so far, ActionSA.
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Gauteng DA writes open letter to Makhura, warns that 'time for games is over'
The Democratic Alliance (DA) asked gauteng Premier David Makhura to suspend or fire Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile over the Constitutional Court judgment, which found that the dissolution of the Tshwane Council was unlawful.
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Maile denies DA claims that administrators left Tshwane with R4bn deficit
Maile has spoken out against what he calls unfounded attacks on the competency of the former administrators.
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Angry residents say voting has become meaningless
As South Africa gears up for the local government elections on 1 November, disgruntled voters in Tshwane and Ekurhuleni say they have little reason to cast their ballots.
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ConCourt: Placing City of Tshwane under administration was unlawful
In a majority judgement handed down on Monday morning, the apex court affirmed both the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal’s rulings that the dissolution was unlawful.
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City of Tshwane defends fining resident for growing veggies on public sidewalk
Joe Nkuna, from Theresapark in Akasia, has been at loggerheads with the city after he planted crops, including cabbage, on a public road reserve outside his home.
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Ex-Tshwane city staff demand answers from DA after 600 ‘unlawful dismissals’
They marched to the Democratic Alliance's regional offices in Sunnyside, saying the party has deployed useless officials to run the city.
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Inquiry: City of Tshwane dismally failed to supply Hammanskraal with safe water
The inquiry was commissioned by new kid on the block Action SA, which held hearings in April about the state of water in that community.
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Power restored in Pretoria east after being in the dark for almost a week
After close to seven days, electricity has finally returned to thousands of households in the suburb following extensive repairs at the Wapadrand substation.
