Politics

Leadership reassures president amid murmurs of removal and divisions over coalition partners

AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo launched an explosive verbal attack on the ANC-led government’s foreign policy and the South African media on his return from Israel, reaffirming his pro-Israeli stance.

International relations and co-operation minister Ronald Lamola did not mince his words in his scathing response to US secretary of state Marco Rubio, telling him in no uncertain terms South Africa doesn’t need his country to feel validated.

International relations minister urges G20 unity against unilateral exclusions

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the abuse of women by men who hide behind culture and tradition.

ANC deputy president Paul Mashatile has conceded that the party’s previous generous donors are shunning it since the enactment of the Political Party Funding Act.

The city has lost more than a billion rand in unspent grants that had to be returned to the national fiscus.

For 10 months, Nelson Mandela Bay’s acting CFO, Jackson Ngcelwane, refused to sign his appointment letter as he was earning more in his previous post than the salary attached to the top finance boss job he had long been pursuing.

Nelson Mandela Bay municipality currently has no contract in place for the repairing of potholes or painting of road markings.

Today the council approved a proposal by the DA to increase the restriction to level 2C, should the dam level be at 45% capacity, now the Dam is currently at a capacity George Municipality has been in level 2b water restriction since April this year.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the government has every intention of attending next year’s G20 leaders summit in the US, despite US President Donald Trump saying he will not invite a South African delegation to any other US G20 activities.

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula said on Tuesday the meeting will include a briefing on the state of US–South Africa relations after recent tensions.

The instability of coalition governments, coupled with hamstrung service delivery, will weigh heavily on voters in Nelson Mandela Bay’s northern suburbs when they head to the polls in the 2026 local government elections.

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane used his own experience as a parent with a special needs child, telling parents to pay close attention to their children and should they see signs, get to doctors for tests.

A perfect storm of failing infrastructure, soaring demand, power outages and sabotage has plunged Nelson Mandela Bay into a water crisis, with large parts of the metro facing intermittent supply or no water at all.