National Council of Provinces members are expected to grill the deputy president about the amendment of legislation to increase private electricity generation with the red tape being cut significantly.
The area has been shut down blocking residents from moving in and out.
Eyewitness News visited one of the voting stations in Delft and asked residents whether they were planning on casting their ballots.
Salga CEO Xolile George said that while councillors did not require any particular qualification, their lack of skills had become a problem.
On 13 April 2011, Tatane took his last breath outside the office of the local municipality after he was struck by a police rubber bullet in the chest.
Goza Primary School in Devland in Soweto has been fighting for proper access to water and sanitation since 2014. With 1,400 pupils to care for, it is facing a crisis. Eyewitness News visited the school to find out more.
Goza Primary School in Devland in Soweto has been fighting for proper access to water and sanitation since 2014. With 1,400 pupils to care for, it is facing a crisis. Eyewitness News visited the school to find out more. #WaterCrisis #BasicRights
It’s important to undertake a frank assessment of some of the most pressing South African issues that our beloved Cde Chris Thembisile Hani fought for, writes Khaya Xaba.
Deputy Director-General for Economic Statistics, Joe de Beer, said that 6.9 million consumers benefitted from free water in 2006, but this number dropped to just over 3 million in 2019.
The JMPD said one of the drivers was forcefully removed by the protesters.
Elias Motsoaledi Road has been cordoned off with rocks and stones.
They have told Eyewitness News that the infighting between the internal provincial council and its detractors had intensified in the province ahead of the much-anticipated elective conference.
The situation, which has been ongoing since 2019, seems to be getting more serious.
In a self-initiated investigation, the Chapter 9 institution looked into how the two could be strengthened for the benefit of people at the grassroots level.
The provincial government said it will be spending money to assist the community with service delivery and to better manage their finances, but it won’t be paying the bills for them.
Residents of an informal settlement started barricading the roads on Tuesday night.
The bodies of six-year-old Gift Dlamini and eight-year-olds, Ernest Dekwa and Buhlebuyeza Jili, were recovered from a stream, which contained illegal electric cables on Saturday.
Robberies at gunpoint, attempted hijackings, pelting of vehicles with stones and bricks and assaults from protesting crowds are some of the attacks that city staff have had to endure this year.
