Spoiler Alert! In the latest episode of of South Africa’s favourite political soap opera, Motion Or No Motion, the ANC and FF Plus join hands to kick the DA out of the Oudtshoorn Municipality.
Parliament has budgeted between R6 million and R14 million for their opening address, scheduled to take place this evening at the Cape Town City Hall.
“We’re at the receiving end of failed national policies, which are left to local government to solve.”
We’ve all been thinking it, but FNB senior property economist John Loos just confirmed it.
The latest Municipal Financial Sustainability Index paints a dismal picture of South Africa’s municipalities.
We know; we also thought it was some kind of elaborate joke, or that we’d been mistaken for seeing an extra zero. We hadn’t. And nor is it a joke. The South African Municipal Workers Union is demanding that all vacant positions in the Local Government Sector be filled as a matter of urgency. Which makes sense, because that would benefit a lot of people.
For a political party that prides itself on being squeaky clean, it was only a matter of time before something emerged. It’s not the Arms Deal, but having child p0rn on your office computer is probably not the smartest thing to do – especially if the p0rn involves kids.
As a born and bred Joburger, this headline tastes like sweet justice. Looks like Jozi isn’t the only city that’s going to be klapped by the new tolling system. Capetonians are in for it too. See, that’s karma for you, you can’t have that mountain and stunning city without some repercussions.
Helen Zille did it that way so it works. It’s not going to happen for current mayor Dan Plato but unlike Helen, Dan never got the Best Mayor In The Whole Wide World Award. I’m not saying he did a bad job, I’m just saying he didn’t get the award. And now his term is up. So who’s next? Some people say it’s Patricia De Lille.