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Gauteng premier, Panyaza Lesufi. (Photo: @Lesufi/X)

Lesufi apologises to Ramaphosa for the state of Gauteng

The premier has also vowed that the province will be ready to host the G20 summit

SACP  general secretary Solly Mapaila dismissed the notion of any alignment with MK. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

SACP calls against an ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe party coalition

The South African Communist Party has rejected claims of collaborating with the uMkhonto weSizwe party, describing it as a counter-revolutionary organisation

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

Lesufi ‘sat on’ dignity pack fraud report

The project was meant to supply dignity packs to girls and women at no-fee schools and colleges

Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng premier and co-convenor of the ANC in the province. Photo: X

Lesufi allegedly buried forensic report into R273 million school uniform corruption

The premier said he had released the report into the matter, but would not say when or where

GDARDE MEC Mbali Hlophe.

Rooting out the rot

MEC Mbali Hlophe warns corrupt officials in her department their days are numbered

MEC Mbali Hlophe wants every household in the province to embrace the idea of food security.

Creating food security through training, technology and the establishment of Buy-Back Centres for recycling waste

Initiatives by the Gauteng Department of Social Development, Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment

Worldwide, the study estimates that a total of $2.4-billion was lost because of internet clampdowns. (Getty)

Another hammer falls on KPMG, McKinsey as Gauteng govt terminates contracts

​The Gauteng provincial government has taken a decision to terminate its contracts with auditing firm KPMG and consulting firm McKinsey

Gauteng premier David Makhura. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Makhura announces programme to ease Joburg South land crisis

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he will attend to those feeling neglected when it comes to issues of housing and land

Any discussion about black economic empowerment must weigh up its benefits, addressing historical injustices and the costs of not transforming the economy. Photo: File

Gauteng plans to give its townships a business and lifestyle facelift

The township economy has taken centre stage in Makhura’s state of the province address, which he delivered at the Gauteng Legislature on Monday.

Happier times: President Jacob Zuma and Mathews Phosa at the ANC’s June 2012 policy conference.

Gauteng’s good news amid tragedy

Finance MEC Barbara Creecy says it is not policy to save money by cutting back on health services

Gauteng needs to be thoroughly investigated

The Johannesburg rumour-mill has it that Luthuli House was recently provided with more damning evidence of Mashatile’s alleged wrongdoing.

Health’s dirty bill

Gauteng health has struggled to pay key suppliers to provincial hospitals in the past financial year, but it dished out millions to a consultancy firm

The coast is clear … or is it?

Gauteng DA leader Jack Bloom has asked the public protector to investigate Mashatile’s use of a house on the exclusive Thesen Island, Knysna.

Shilowa leaves Gauteng a mixed legacy

Energetic on the economy but soft on corruption. That’s the general assessment of the nine-year premiership of Mbhazima Shilowa.

Power is a priority in Gauteng

Saving electricity and promoting energy efficiency must be a top priority in 2008, Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa said in his State of the Province address on Monday. "The…

Burn the past on National Braai Day

Monday September 24 is Heritage Day, a public holiday in South Africa. But this year it may just become more famous as National Braai Day. The day, supported by Archbishop…