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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (X)

Gauteng water crisis in the forefront as political parties challenge Lesufi’s Sopa promises

Gauteng’s prolonged water crisis and Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s recent comments — for which he later apologised — about using hotel facilities during outages returned to the…

Free State premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae

Free State premier declares year of decisive action to fix municipalities, drive economic growth

MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae said the state of municipalities was not encouraging

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

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)

The yin yang of State of the Province addresses

The annual speeches should not be merely hot air but a genuine look at how provincial governments can be overhauled so they work for the people

MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Zulu king calls for unity, greater involvement of amakhosi in economic and political life of KwaZulu-Natal

The monarch said members of the provincial legislature ‘represent all of us’ and not just their parties This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your…

Nomusa Dube-Ncube says KwaZulu-Natal will have 1 000 social crime wardens on the beat. (Darren Stewart/Gallo)

KwaZulu-Natal to get crime wardens, says Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube

Dube-Ncube says province will have 1 000 social crime wardens on the beat

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.

State of the Provinces: Makhura takes hard line on corruption — Mabuyane downplays it

The Gauteng and Eastern Cape premiers have been ravaged by scandal over the past year, in both instances involving the political heads of their health departments

Limpopo premier Chupu Mathabatha says the province is implementing major catalytic projects to stimulate economic growth and – most importantly– job creation. (Chester Makana)

Ray of hope for Limpopo as Sopa reveals grand plans for jobs

Special Economic Zones will empower thousands in the Limpopo province

Game-changer: Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul has vowed to cut costs and serve the people of his province, which would be to the benefit of the ANC in the next elections. (Emile Hendriks/Gallo/Foto24)

Saul’s bold last stand for the ANC

The fate of the ANC is on the line as the next generation of party leaders fight to ‘reinvent the future’ in contested provinces

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

Makhura and e-tolls: A lesson in repetition

Premier David Makhura has repeatedly called for e-tolls to be scrapped but has not given a plan in the last three State of the Province Addresses

Nhlanhla Nene

Scholars debate Sopa

‘Aren’t the strategies the government has implemented without first fixing the basics just a waste of money?’

Sisi Ntombela was the Social Development MEC in Free State.

Ace’s mate tipped for premier job

Sisi Ntombela’s bid to lead the Free State is clouded by claims that she’s a pawn for her former boss

Last weekend, a public participation process heard submissions on the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood being zoned under a heritage protection overlay zone. (Photos: David Harrison/M&G)

KZN government to conduct lifestyle audits of officials

​The KZN government is to conduct lifestyle audits of officials in high-risk positions, Premier Willies Mchunu announced during the Sopa

Discovery Bank and FlySafair announced improvements that enable consumers to book flights using a banking app and pay for flight extras through Whatsapp.

Lifestyle audits on the cards for Gauteng MECs

​Members of the Gauteng executive committee could soon face lifestyle audits if Premier David Makhura has his way

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.

DA: We have evidence Makhura knew about the relocation of Life Esidimeni patients

The DA’s Jack Bloom said that if Gauteng Premier David Makhura were to truly hold himself accountable, he would resign.

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.

(David Harrison)

READ IN FULL: Premier Makhura’s Gauteng SOPA 2018

Read the state of the province address as delivered by Gautend Premier David Makhura in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature.

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.
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LIVESTREAM: Makhura presents the State of the Province address

Makhura will give direction on service delivery priorities and Gauteng’s economy, job creation, education and health for 2018.

Zille says the province had already conducted a land reform project audit

Zille boasts of ‘land reform farm’ success in Western Cape

‘​The Western Cape boasts a 62% success rate for "land reform farms", compared with a 92% failure rate in the rest of the country’

Economic Freedom Fighters called for the Gauteng premier to step down following the deaths of Life Esidimeni psychiatric patients. Photo: Jabu Khumalo/Gallo Images/Daily Sun

Makhura feels the pressure

The premier spoke of economic successes but faces dissent in the ANC and losing the province.