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DA blames cadre deployment, lack of leadership for Amathole water crisis
Taps in some parts within its region have run dry for several days and it seems that mismanagement in the municipality is behind this mess.
Parties have agreed that several avenues, including a Section 89 and ad hoc committees, as well as a motion of no confidence could be used to hold the president accountable.
Makashule Gana did not say which political formation he would be joining except to quip that he would be part of an emerging generation of leaders and activists committed to mobilising and organising to return power to South Africans.
Mogale City MMC for Health and Social Development Gail Mphafudi said that illegal mining was wreaking havoc in the area.
Local authorities have been counting the cost of the damages, with estimates suggesting that the city will have to fork out millions of rands to carry out repairs.
The hospital said that while fuel prices, power cuts and cable theft contributed to the spending, these were all factors beyond their control.
It's immerged that Mileham - one of the committee members - is also the husband of DA Chief Whip member Natasha Mazzone a complainant in the matter.
There's speculation that we could be paying close to R25 for a litre of 93 octane from Wednesday.
The party said this signals that the wheels of justice are starting to turn against those who have stolen money from the marginalised.
Party leaders are anticipating that taps in the drought-stricken area will run dry by the end of the week. They said that the metro's leaders in Nelson Mandela Bay were not controlling the water crisis effectively.
In a media briefing held on Tuesday, Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen announced that the party had written to the FBI to investigate the money that was stolen after a burglary at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm. Steenhuisen said that the opposition was asking for the president to take the nation into his confidence. #Phalaphalafarm #farmgate #cyrilramaphosa #johnsteenhuisen
Politicians held events around the country as they commemorated 46 years since high school students in Soweto protested against the apartheid education system in 1976.
Members of the National Assembly have again debated rising fuel prices, with some suggesting South Africa looks to Russia to ease the pressure.
Ramaphosa is expected to respond to Thursday's debate where opposition parties tried to prevent him from tabling the Presidency budget, citing the criminal investigation into the robbery at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo.
King Zanozuko passed away on Wednesday following a short illness.
The fuel price is expected to increase by about R3.81 per litre on Wednesday when the general fuel levy of R1.50 is added to the price, taking a litre of petrol to about R25.
Mpho Moerane passed away on Wednesday at Milpark Hospital he was receiving treatment there following a car crash a week ago.
Lamola said that while more could be done, it was not true that the Department of Justice and Correctional Services was in decline.
The Party's Ashor Sarupen said the amount - exposed in court papers - is way more than the initially reported R50 million which has already caused an uproar in some quarters.