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Suspended Rand West City municipal manager in hot soup over R1.5 billion expenditure
A Gauteng municipal manager suspended after allegedly incurring R1.5 billion in unauthorized, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure, was this week…
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Emfuleni woes deepen as municipality fails to pay service providers
Woes in the Emfuleni Local Municipality are continuing to deepen. It has emerged lately that the municipality is running short…
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MEC Lebogang Maile gives delighted recipients units in Tembisa’s new complex
Limakatso Lebitsa, who lived in an informal settlement in Tembisa, said she was grateful and excited to have been one…
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The land is not ours #RabieRidge – Gauteng govt
Gauteng Human Settlements MEC, Lebogang Maile, is expected to visit Rabie Ridge on Tuesday after police fired stun grenades to…
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Soweto, Roodepoort and Southdale water supply recovers
Johannesburg Water has announced more water cuts that will affect a number of areas after Rand Water isolated the Eikenhof…
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Lebogang Maile pins hopes on ConCourt to reverse judgment on Tshwane dissolution
Although the Gauteng provincial government will not be appealing the court judgment allowing Tshwane councillors back at work, it does…
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Sedibeng councillors implicated in corruption will pay: MEC Lebogang Maile
Co-operative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile said the Sedibeng municipal council and mayor will have to pay for money lost to…
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Gauteng govt won’t appeal SCA decision on Tshwane
Gauteng Co-operative governance MEC Lebogang Maile says he won’t appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in favour of the…
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Gauteng housing corruption investigation escalated
The fact-finding mission into corrupt officials within the Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has been handed…
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Judgement on City of Tshwane council dissolution reserved by ConCourt
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has reserved the judgement in the matter of the dissolution of the City Tshwane council after…
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Johannesburg metro clamps down on land grabs
The plan is to deploy over 1,500 patrollers who would assist in policing and discouraging land invasions. Gauteng’s Cooperative Governance…
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MEC Lebogang Maile apologises for threatening text
The Sunday Times reported the exchange with Lucky Nkhwashu in which Maile “lost his cool” with the Moreleta Park resident…
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City of Joburg given Friday deadline to table overdue budget
Gauteng MEC for cooperative governance Lebogang Maile said: ‘The failure to pass the budget means that the municipality can’t spend…
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DA cries foul as Gauteng appeals Tshwane Council dissolution
The Gauteng provincial government on Thursday said it would appeal the ruling by the North Gauteng High Court, which set…
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MEC Maile to respond to court ruling on the dissolution of Tshwane council
The MEC will today provide a way forward on the governance of the capital city, which has a fractious hung…
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MEC Lebogang Maile stresses there have been no evictions & no land invasions either
The MEC says he suspects there is a syndicate that somehow sold stands to people. There will be evictions during…
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There won’t be evictions during lockdown, but invaders will be dealt with – Gauteng MEC Maile
Maile said the City had already appointed a service provider to rebuild burnt shacks. While no one who would be…
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Alex residents affected by blaze rebuild their homes
Residents affected by a fire that’s ravaged parts of Alexandra are rebuilding their homes with the help of government and…
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Illegal trading permits allegedly issued in Tshwane
Former Tshwane councillors are allegedly issuing illegal trading permits to small business owners during the lockdown. Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile…
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DA fights placement of Tshwane under administration in Pretoria court
The DA wants the Gauteng government’s decision to dissolve the council to be reviewed set aside and declared invalid. A…
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Tshwane council officially dissolved & under administration, but DA hopes for court reversal
The DA says it hopes the decision to place the municipality under administration would be overturned by the court. The…
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Maile explains why he was adamant about dissolving Tshwane council
Maile said the city had experienced serious governance challenges which dated back to around 2016, when the DA took power.…
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Eskom owed R29 billion by municipalities – Andre de Ruyter
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter was speaking in Johannesburg following a bilateral meeting with Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile…
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MEC on outcomes of Gauteng electricity crisis meeting
Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and COGTA, Lebogang Maile, met with mayors from all municipalities to discuss the…
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Lebogang Maile: Tshwane council not yet dissolved
Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile has moved to clarify that the Tshwane council has not yet been dissolved. This…
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Maile to meet Tshwane officials after council dissolved
The municipality is without leaders and a council following weeks of political tussles over the control of the capital. Gauteng…
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ANC wants unity government in Tshwane
The ANC has proposed the creation of a unity government in Tshwane to save the city from collapse. But the…
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DA councillors undermined the Constitution – Lebogang Maile
Gauteng CoGTA MEC Lebogang Maile says DA councillors Vasco Da Gama and Katlego Mathebe both undermined the Constitution. Last week…
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Lebogang Maile rescinds suspensions of two DA councillors
Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Lebogang Maile has rescinded the suspension of two DA councillors. Maile says he…
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ANC prepares to nominate acting speaker in troubled Tshwane council
Gauteng Local Government Minister Lebogang Maile suspended Mathebe for six months without pay and Johannesburg councillors Vasco da Gama for…
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Tshwane council speaker Katlego Mathebe & Vasco da Gama suspended without pay
The DA has informed its lawyers to take the matter to court for urgent review. In a shocking move, Gauteng…
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MEC suspends two Gauteng speakers
Gauteng MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Lebogang Maile has suspended two DA speakers. Katlego Mathebe is the speaker…
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Tshwane council could be placed under administration
End the water crisis in Hammanskraal, start collecting waste on time, establish ward committees and submit information on the City’s…
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DA’s Solly Msimanga prepares legal action against MEC Maile
The gloves are off as Democratic Alliance Gauteng Caucus Leader Solly Msimanga prepares legal action against Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC,…
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Tshwane is not yet under administration – MEC Maile
The department instead intervened due to numerous scandals, tender irregularities, and service delivery issues. Tshwane was not yet under administration,…
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Battle for Tshwane heats up
Bring it on. That’s DA Gauteng caucus leader Solly Msimanga’s message to Cogta MEC, Lebogang Maile. Msimanga says the City…
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DA accuses ANC of abusing power by placing Tshwane under administration
The DA accuses the ANC of trying to use its political muscle to get hold of the city’s fiscus, and…
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Gauteng government to place Tshwane under administration
Administrative and service delivery challenges significantly compromised Tshwane’s ability to function, resulting in plans for the government to intervene. One…
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Broke Emfuleni Local Municipality owes over R1.9bn – DA
The cash-strapped African National Congress-led Emfuleni Local Municipality owes service providers R1 960 899 877, the Democratic Alliance said on…
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MEC Lebogang Maile threatens to remove Joburg speaker Vasco da Gama
Gauteng’s MEC for human settlements, Lebogang Maile, has accused Johannesburg council speaker Vasco da Gama of abusing his powers and…
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Gauteng DA-led metros face two no confidence votes
Johannesburg could be leaderless on Thursday according to the Cooperative Governance MEC, Lebogang Maile. Votes of no confidence are being…
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Maile again threatens to place the City of Joburg under administration
Maile said the department was closely monitoring the evolving situation in the City after outgoing mayor Herman Mashaba’s resignation. The…
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Gauteng housing department addressing backlog
Gauteng’s housing department says its making progress in addressing the backlog in the province but it still faces several challenges.…
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Lebogang Maile does not want Lenasia situation to get worse
Lenasia residents marched on Saturday calling for an end to the mushrooming of illegal structures there. The community’s been complaining…
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Alexandra demolitions questioned
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) wants answers after homes were demolished in Alexandra. Chaos erupted on Friday after…
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MEC asks for help over stranded Alex families
Gauteng Human Settlements MEC Lebogang Maile has visited Alexandra families who have been left homeless after their homes were demolished.…
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Blame game as structures are demolished in Alex
Another blame game is playing out in Alexandra. The City of Johannesburg is distancing itself from the demolition of shacks.…
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