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2026 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS

Amos Masondo takes over ANC Gauteng’s provincial leadership

Gauteng secretary TK Nciza was demoted to being an additional member and snubbed the meeting

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Panyaza Lesufi was re-elected Gauteng premier last week and it is widely assumed that his cabinet will include a mix of ANC and DA politicians. (Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ANC

Panyaza Lesufi poised for second term as Gauteng premier amid ANC coalition negotiations

Party insiders say it is now up to their negotiators to muster the numbers ahead of the vote on Friday

  • Lunga Mzangwe
  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Tasneem Motara. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
GAUTENG GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Gauteng MEC Tasneem Motara ordered to reinstate development agency’s board

In a ruling, the Pretoria high court said there were reasons to believe that the MEC had an ulterior motive when she dissolved the board

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
arabo Mbele, the acting chief executive of the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB). Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
ANTHEA PLATT

Gauteng Gambling Board clean-up improved governance – acting CEO

Karabo Mbele holds the reins of one of the province’s key economic agencies. Its board’s collapse has raised questions about governance under MEC Tasneem Motara

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
Tasneem Motara. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Governance battles hit Gauteng’s economy

Hit by the pandemic, unrest and load-shedding, the province’s economy has suffered a chronic decline

  • Sarah Smit
7 min read
Battle: Sibongile Vilakazi, former chair of the development agency, has clashed with MEC Tasneem Motara. Photo: Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images
ANTHEA PLATT

MEC’s iron fist flattens governance at Gauteng economic agencies

Tasneem Motara has dissolved two boards in as many months, leaving the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency and the Gauteng Gambling Board virtually rudderless

  • Sarah Smit
  • Anathi Madubela
8 min read
Treatment Action Campaign members and supporters march to demand answers from the MEC for health, Dr Makhura at the premieres office in Newtown. (Photo: Andy Mkosi)
ANELE YAWA

Treatment Action Campaign demands Makhura fix Gauteng’s health system ‘mess’ now

The TAC wants the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, closed after a fire in April, to reopen fully as soon as possible, because other hospitals are overburdened.

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read
At the frontline: Tasneem Motara, the MEC in charge of infrastructure in Gauteng, is under immense pressure to deliver. (Delwyn Verasamy)
BENONI

‘Over-preparing’ to fight the virus

Gauteng infrastructure MEC Tasneem Motara’s life has changed. It is calmer, but preparing for a flood of Covid-19 patients raises the pressure

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read