JOHANNESBURG, December 21 – Former treasurer-general of the African National Congress (ANC), Zweli Mkhize, tops the list of South Africa’s ruling party’s 80-member National Executive Committee (NEC) – the highest decision-making body. Mkhize, who shockingly withdrew from the party leadership race on Sunday for the sake of “unity”, made a strong comeback. Announcing the results in the early hours […]
JOHANNESBURG, December 18 – Women contesting the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC) for the first time showed that patriarchy within the governing party has been defeated, said ANC national executive committee member Nomvula Mokonyane. Patriarchy was “entrenched and deep in the movement”, she told reporters on the sidelines of the party’s national conference […]
DURBAN, December 5 – The majority of KwaZulu-Natal branches of the African National Congress (ANC) nominated Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as their preferred candidate to lead the party come December. Announcing the results during the party’s Provincial General Council (PGC) at the Olive Convention Centre in Durban on Monday night, EleXions Agency director, Bontle Mpakanyane, said […]
JOHANNESBURG, November 30 – The Portfolio Committee on Water in Parliament has resolved that threats by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to cut off water supplies to defaulting municipalities are not a viable solution to resolve the matter Some municipalities and water boards owe DWS substantial amounts of money, in some instances, arrears […]
CAPE TOWN, November 14 – President Jacob Zuma will undertake a working visit to participate in and co-chair the 4th Session of the South Africa-Botswana Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Gaborone, Botswana. According to a Presidency statement, the BNC will be held on Friday, preceded by a senior officials meeting on Tuesday and […]
PARLIAMENT, August 22 – Exasperated MPs on Tuesday told Water Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and her top officials they were seemingly unable to give a straight-forward account of how they were addressing findings that the cost of the Gijani water project in Limpopo escalated five-fold without proper tenders. Mokonyane responded to detailed questions from Parliament’s […]
PIETERMARITZBURG, 19 July, – African National Congress members deployed in parliament or any government positions should abide by party rules and policies, and if they do not agree with such terms they should leave the ruling party, ANC NEC member Nomvula Mokonyane said on Tuesday. Delivering the keynote address for the Nelson Mandela Lecture at […]
PARLIAMENT, July 17 – Parliament’s portfolio committee on water and sanitation on Monday described as alarming the notice of suspension served on department director-general Dan Mashitisho. The water and sanitation ministry announced on Sunday that Mashitisho was given notice of intention to suspend, subject to him providing reasons as to why he should not […]
CAPE TOWN, July 16 – Water and sanitation department director general Dan Mashitisho has been given a notice of intention to suspend, subject to him providing reasons as to why he should not be suspended, the ministry said on Sunday. Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane had “requested the DG to provide these reasons based […]
PARLIAMENT, May 26 – South Africa will take two to three years to recover from the worst drought in a century but the Western Cape will feel the effects for longer than that, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said on Friday. Mokonyane said in her budget vote speech major dams were almost three quarters […]