ActionSA in Limpopo has raised concerns about a coal tender aimed at supplying coal to a number of hospitals that do not have boilers to enable power plants to generate electricity through the production of high-pressure steam. In a leaked internal document that African Times has seen, senior executive leaders within the Limpopo Department of… Continue reading ActionSA Demands Accountability In Dodgy Coal Tender Saga
Category: Politics
Political Realignment In Limpopo ANC Amid Mathabatha, Ramathuba Fallout
A political realignment appears to be taking place within the Limpopo ANC, with speculation that Health MEC Phophi Ramathuba has switched political allegiance after a fallout with Premier Stan Mathabatha. According to two sources in the province – one a unionist and another a provincial ANC leader – Ramathuba has joined a camp led by… Continue reading Political Realignment In Limpopo ANC Amid Mathabatha, Ramathuba Fallout
EXCLUSIVE: Contractor Who Abandoned Projects Scores R134m North West Tender
A company which abandoned two projects in North-West and had its contracts terminated for poor workmanship has scored a R134 million tender from the same provincial Department of Roads and Public Works. African Times can today reveal that Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services left two incomplete road projects in Rustenburg and Brits in 2021, after pocketing… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: Contractor Who Abandoned Projects Scores R134m North West Tender
FAST AND FURIOUS: Mashatile Protectors Under Investigation For Highway Assault Incident
The National Commissioner of Police, General Fannie Masemola, is investigating a roadside assault incident involving Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection team. In cellphone footage wildly shared on social media, armed security personnel are seen assaulting occupants of a popular hatchback brand on the N1 freeway in Johannesburg. In the video, the heavily-armed protectors can be… Continue reading FAST AND FURIOUS: Mashatile Protectors Under Investigation For Highway Assault Incident
Lily Mine Community Demands Swift Action To Recover Deadly Container
The Lily Mine community in Barberton, Mpumalanga, has called upon the national government to join their efforts to recover the shipping container that trapped three workers underground seven years ago. Last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed an application by Australian company Vantage Goldfields to challenge the Mbombela High Court ruling that independent creditor… Continue reading Lily Mine Community Demands Swift Action To Recover Deadly Container
DA, ATM Take Gcaleka’s ‘Flawed’ Phala Phala Report On Review
The Democratic Alliance (DA) is taking on review Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s Phala Phala report, which it labelled a “white-wash” and “pro-Ramaphosa public relations exercise” aimed at securing the public protector’s job. Accusing Gcaleka of muddying the waters and misinterpreting relevant laws in her final report, DA leader John Steenhuisen said the acting public… Continue reading DA, ATM Take Gcaleka’s ‘Flawed’ Phala Phala Report On Review
Phala Phala: Gcaleka Defends Her Decision To Ignore Section 89 Findings
Acting Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s legal team has defended the fact that the final report into Phala Phala farmgate ignored evidence that opposition parties submitted to Parliament’s Section 89 panel, which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa had a case to answer. Today Gcaleka absolved Ramaphosa of any wrongdoing, stating that the president did not abuse… Continue reading Phala Phala: Gcaleka Defends Her Decision To Ignore Section 89 Findings
Mkhwebane Rejects Section 194 Committee Deadline
Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has rejected the July 6 deadline for her to file answers to questions from the Section 94 Committee in parliament. The deadline was set against her despite the fact that she has decried a lack of legal representation following her deputy Kholeka Gcaleka’s decision to stop funding her legal team.… Continue reading Mkhwebane Rejects Section 194 Committee Deadline
‘ZEP Ruling Is Proof Of ANC’s Failure To Protect SA’s Sovereignty, Must Be Appealed’
THERE are mixed reactions to the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruling against South African Home Affairs’ decision to terminate the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP). The ruling allows 178 000 Zimbabweans to live and work in the neighbouring country after the court ruled the termination as “unlawful” and “unconstitutional.” The ruling was met with… Continue reading ‘ZEP Ruling Is Proof Of ANC’s Failure To Protect SA’s Sovereignty, Must Be Appealed’
Mama Sally Motlana – A Life Well Lived
While working on the first edition of my first book, The Eyes That Lit Our Lives, I put together a list of people I thought were vital in helping me to bring the story of a man whose Eyes had Lit Our Lives, Steve Bantu Biko. In the list, there were colleagues who were within… Continue reading Mama Sally Motlana – A Life Well Lived