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The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal

MK Party to oppose Gauteng provincial budget over ANC snub

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal, while the EFF also withholds support over the insourcing of…

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)

Gauteng tables R179 billion budget, R1.4bn of which has been allocated to legislature and political parties

Panyaza Lesufi’s office has been given R1.6bn in 2026/2027

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)

Mbalula targeting Lesufi in ‘proxy battle’ ahead of 2027 ANC conference

Sources say Gauteng chair Panyaza Lesufi is not a threat to the ANC secretary general, but could be collateral damage

Former Gauteng premier David Makhura, who runs the ANC political school, said there was a need for the party to both educate its existing members and ensure that those who joined in future were “in good standing in the community”.

Murmurs of Makhura in ANC top six are ‘smoke and mirrors’

A national position is a flickering light for Gauteng Premier David Makhura, whose province is the firm turf of Paul Mashatile

No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way

Gauteng ANC conference likely to produce mixed bag of leaders

No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way

Can Panyaza Lesufi save the ANC in Gauteng come 2024?

With the Gauteng provincial conference around the corner, West Rand regional secretary Sanele Ngweventsha argues that Lesufi might give them the edge in 2024.

In an exchange of court papers leading up to the hearing on Thursday, the DA blames the ANC and EFF for the mess and the provincial government blames the DA and EFF.

Coalition politics and law: The fight over Tshwane

With coalition politics on the rise, particularly in local government, this kind of court case is likely to become more common

Gauteng co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile.

Battle for control of the City of Tshwane is back on

The DA has won a high court victory, but the ANC is taking its campaign for power to the Constitutional Court. All the while, residents are left leaderless and without services

Gauteng co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile.

High court overturns decision to place Tshwane metro council under administration

Court declares that the Gauteng premier’s decision to place the metro under administration was unlawful and sets it aside — after the Covid-19 lockdown ends

Home invasion: An aerial view of a destroyed house in Lawley. The City of Johannesburg demolished 190 shacks and several houses in the area despite a moratorium on evictions.  (Marco Longari/AFP)

No more evictions — for now

But City authorities vow to stop the erection of new shacks during the national lockdown

An order by the Pretoria high court has put on hold the City of Tshwane’s efforts to cancel a contract to fix the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant, which is at the heart of the Hammanskraal water crisis. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Court interdicts cancelling Hammanskraal wastewater contract

Meanwhile, the City of Tshwane’s leadership is being dissolved due to collapsing service delivery

In an exchange of court papers leading up to the hearing on Thursday, the DA blames the ANC and EFF for the mess and the provincial government blames the DA and EFF.

By-election woes for DA as Tshwane council is binned

The Democratic Alliance is likely to lose Tshwane when residents vote again

Living in limbo: 180 people have been living in the Mamelodi Baptist Church since December. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

The learners who live in a church

Despite promises of relocation, two months after floods people in Mamelodi are still living in a church. Bongekile Macupe and Delwyn Verasamy went to talk to the learners who are…

Legal battle: It is alleged that not all private-security workers are represented on the sector’s bargaining council.

Gauteng agriculture department to ditch security firm

​The Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development intends to terminate its contract with a controversial security services company

“Given what they’ve done recently, it would probably be our biggest win of the last couple of years,” said Scottish coach Gregor Townsend. (Craig Brough/Reuters)

ANC eyes youth and minority voters

The party is turning to new voters to reverse a decline in its support ahead of the 2019 general elections

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (Oupa Nkosi)

Mr Nice Guy boosts ANC’s Gauteng race

Panyaza Lesufi’s focus is on the poor, and on what the ANC needs to do to win back unhappy voters

Labour federation Cosatu, like many progressive South Africans, is concerned by the plight of workers at the Mail & Guardian — and this legendary newspaper itself.

Makhura’s problem: His provincial committee

Makhura reportedly supported a group that backed former Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau as his deputy

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the province would do whatever is needed to address the shortage of additional space and beds to accommodate the rising Covid-19 admissions in hospitals.

No Cabinet shake-ups because of leadership contest — Makhura

‘There shall be no MEC who is changed because they have a different view from me’

Lesufi elected to ANC Gauteng’s second most powerful position

Lesufi narrowly defeated economic development MEC Lebogang Maile to become the ANC in Gauteng’s deputy chairperson

David Mabuza (left), who pulled a sharp move at the ANC’s elective conference in December 2017 that saw Cyril Ramaphosa (right) elected president, may be planning his ascent to that throne. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Mabuza had better watch his back

The ANC deputy is seen by some provinces as a turncoat, rendering his position precarious