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Municipal managers tell of how ‘KKM’ brigade stifle services

6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

Municipal managers tell of how ‘KKM’ brigade stifle services Service delivery in Gauteng is being stifled by veteran employees who refuse to ensure crucial jobs are done 01 June 2025 - 00:00 Frustrated senior managers in Gauteng municipalities and a former member of a municipal council (MMC) have spoken of how veteran local government workers stifle service delivery by being too quick to cite their labour-law rights and point out they have been in public service longer than their bosses......
No bad blood, insists axed MK Party chief whip Manyi

6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

No bad blood, insists axed MK Party chief whip Manyi 01 June 2025 - 00:00 Mzwanele Manyi insists there is no “bad blood” between him and MK Party deputy president John Hlophe, who removed Manyi this week as the party’s chief whip...
No timelines set for trade deals with US, says Ntshavheni

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

The government has put no timelines to its discussions on bilateral trade agreements with the US. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said on Thursday there can be no deadlines attached to any clinched deals as agreements will be staggered.
Ramaphosa should have defended legality of 'Kill the Boer' chant: EFF

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

Ramaphosa should have defended legality of 'Kill the Boer' chant: EFF 'He should have told Trump about the constitutional ruling' 28 May 2025 - 04:30 President Cyril Ramaphosa has been accused of failing to defend the constitutional ruling that declared the controversial “kill the Boer, kill the farmer” political chant to be legal when the issue was raised by his US counterpart Donald Trump last week...
Manyi ousted as MK chief whip, replaced by Makhubele

1 week ago | businesslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

Support our award-winning journalism. The Premium package (digital only) is R30 for the first month and thereafter you pay R129 p/m now ad-free for all subscribers. Mzwanele Manyi (left), with Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. Picture: ALAISTER RUSSELL. Mzwanele Manyi has been ousted as the MK party’s chief whip in parliament in the latest upheaval at the official opposition. Manyi has been replaced by former Johannesburg council speaker Colleen Makhubele whose star is on the rise in the party.
Ramaphosa offended by GNU partner Mulder's suggestion to scrap BEE laws

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

President Cyril Ramaphosa did not take kindly to a suggestion by GNU partner and FF Plus leader Cornè Mulder that the country should rethink its racial redress legislation, which in his view hindered economic growth. In an oral question to the president, Mulder said the policies raised by Ramaphosa pertained to Operation Vulindlela, which he claimed would not see the light of day if the country did not abandon race-based reforms.
SA will continue to use race-based terms until all are equal: Ramaphosa

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

President Cyril Ramaphosa has insisted that race-based terminology still serves a purpose and will continue to. This is despite many questioning the need in post-apartheid South Africa to divide citizens into categories such as African, Khoi San, coloured, Indian and white. But Ramaphosa believes the terms are valuable in legislative areas covering land reform, employment equity and economic empowerment.
‘We are shielding the poor,’ says Ramaphosa on high cost of living

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government has sufficient measures in place to shield poor South Africans from the high costs of basic necessities. This is in light of the increase of the average household food basket by nearly 40% of inflation. However concerning, the president insists that his government not only recognises the high cost of living facing South Africans, but has measures in place to cushion its most vulnerable.
Mzwanele Manyi ousted as MK chief whip, replaced by Colleen Makhubele

1 week ago | timeslive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa

In the latest round of musical chairs in the MK Party, Mzwanele Manyi has been ousted as its chief whip in parliament. He has been replaced by former Johannesburg council speaker Colleen Makhubele, who has had a steady rise in the party. The leadership change was communicated to party MPs by deputy leader John Hlophe, who said Manyi was to be “relieved of his duties with immediate effect”.
‘It was successful’: Ramaphosa on economic talks during US working visit

1 week ago | sowetanlive.co.za | Sisanda Aluta Mbolekwa |Leah Millis

Minister of trade, industry and competition Parks Tau speaks as President Cyril Ramaphosa reacts next to business representative Adrian Gore during a press conference in Washington DC on May 21 2025. File photo President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed his working visit to the US as a success despite criticism from opposition parties. Last week Ramaphosa met US President Donald Trump to reset and strengthen relations between Pretoria and Washington.