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Thaba Chweu municipality faces criticism over 130 vacant positions
Thaba Chweu local municipality in Mpumalanga has been lambasted for failing to fill 130 vacant positions. It has been established that the municipality failed to fill the vacancies in the previous financial year. According to the municipality’s corporate service department quarterly report seen by The Citizen, the unoccupied positions include some in finance, technical and…
Government’s pledge to support the car industry
The newly appointed Gauteng MEC for finance and economic development, Lebogang Maile, says his department will continue to support investment in the automotive sector after visiting the Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (Tasez) in Pretoria yesterday. The SEZ completed the first phase of its development during Covid by using a R24 billion investment to set…
Daily news update: Mantsoe gets 15 more years for fraud | Opening of parliament | Wrong man named as Goolam
News today includes convicted murderer, Sandile Kagiso Mantsoe has been slapped with an additional 15 years behind bars for fraud. Meanwhile, despite an estimated R6m to R14m being budgeted for the opening of parliament on Thursday, there will be no gala dinner for parliamentarians. Furthermore, the Independent Media Group has apologised to the man it…
Limpopo ANC approves tainted MECs
The ANC in Limpopo has given the nod of approval to three of its members with accusations of impropriety hanging over their heads to serve as members of premier Phophi Ramathuba’s Cabinet. These are MEC for social development Florence Radzilani, who is also the province’s ANC deputy chair, agriculture MEC Nakedi Sibanda-Kekana, who doubles up…
GCIS budget: Communication is key
Parliament’s passing of the budget of the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) is a welcome step towards ensuring that communication is front and centre of the seventh administration. The government of national unity (GNU) will rely on the GCIS to communicate its strategic objectives, spending priorities and implementation of the programme of action. It…
Suspected hitmen killed in shootout with KZN police in Durban
Four suspected hitmen were killed in a shootout with police in KwaZulu-Natal while en-route to commit a hit, police said. It is understood the gunbattle with the hitmen took place in Sydenham, Durban on Wednesday afternoon. Provincial police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said a multidisciplinary team consisting of police officers, DPCI Anti-Gang Unit and other…
Time to emulate Madiba’s example
As President Cyril Ramaphosa faces parliament today preparing to take the country back to the Promised Land, it is worth reflecting, on Mandela Day, about what Madiba might want us to do, so his great work and sacrifice will not have been in vain. There can be few who would think Madiba would be happy…
Why blaming the media misses the point
If ever there was a societal “whipping boy” in the 21st century – the institution to be blamed by charlatans and politicians (is there a difference?) for their misdeeds – then it must be the media. Even comparatively sane people leap to chastise the media when anything doesn’t go their way, or when their view…
New scramble for Africa: West and allies vs anti-neocolonialism
Africa might get some overly respect from Europe and the West in general, thanks to the new Cold War, or should we call it Cold War II? Since the Ukrainian-Russian war began in early 2022, there had been moves by the West to improve its interactions with this continent. There is a bit of new…
Kremlin denies offensive on Ukraine’s northeast failed
The Kremlin on Wednesday denied a major ground offensive on Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region had failed, after Russian officials said they would seal off border villages to protect civilians from Ukrainian shelling. Russia in May launched a surprise assault into the Kharkiv region, which sits across the border from Russia’s Belgorod region, in a bid…