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Metros spent R2.5 billion outsourcing security services in 2020/21
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma revealed on Wednesday that five metros have disclosed that they have…
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COVID-19: Professor Madhi says extension of state of disaster is no surprise
Professor of vaccinology Shabir Madhi on Tuesday said the government was oblivious to having any meaningful goal insight around the…
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National State of Disaster extended by another month
The government has extended South Africa’s State of Disaster by another month. CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says the government needs…
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COVID-19: CoGTA re-evaluating mask-wearing protocols
Face masks and sanitizers may soon be a thing of the past. CoGTA Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected to adjust…
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Cabinet approves changes to Alert Level 1 regulations
Cabinet has approved several changes to the adjusted alert Level 1 of Covid-19 regulations. These changes are based on the…
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Pressure mounts on Cyril Ramaphosa to end state of disaster
With just three weeks left to the end of the state of disaster which has been imposed to contain Covid-19,…
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Legal challenge to end South Africa’s state of disaster
Following the extension of the national state of disaster to 15 February 2022, the Solidarity Movement plans to launch a…
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Western Cape Premier says more people will suffer and die from COVID-19 lockdown extension
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde said more people will suffer and die from extending the lockdown than COVID-19. This comes…
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COVID-19: National State of Disaster unnecessary, says Professor Madhi
The extension of the National State of Disaster for a further month is unnecessary, according to Vaccinology Professor Shabir Madhi.…
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National State of Disaster extended to 15 February
The National State of Disaster has been extended to 15 February 2022. This is despite numerous objections that these regulations…
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Eastern Cape initiation death toll rises
Thirty initiates have died and over 80 have been admitted to hospitals in the Eastern Cape. It’s only halfway into…
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Eastern Cape initiation schools to be monitored after 23 initiates die
The increase in initiation deaths in the Eastern Cape is being closely monitored by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta),…
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AfriForum’s urgent bid to challenge lockdown curfew dismissed
The North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday dismissed AfriForum’s urgent bid to have the national curfew declared unconstitutional and set…
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State of Disaster extended as Covid-19 cases hit 1 000 mark since October
Cabinet has approved the extension of the national State of Disaster by one month, in terms of section 27(5) (c)…
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Churches want the government to rethink ban on gatherings
The case between the church and state will continue in the High Court in Johannesburg to set aside the ban…
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AfriForum calls for an end to curfew
It’s been 20 months since the start of the country’s lockdown and curfews were imposed. But some groups have had…
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AfriForum calls on Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to end national curfews
Lobby group AfriForum is calling for an end to national curfews. The group’s legal team has sent a letter of…
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New municipal political heads will not receive pay hikes
Councillors have been waiting to hear whether they will receive pay hikes, following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on…
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I would have convinced voters not to punish the ANC, says Jacob Zuma
After ANC’s dismissal performance at polls during the local government elections last week, former president Jacob Zuma reportedly wants a…
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Jacob Zuma calls on ANC structures to revolt against President Ramaphosa
Former president Jacob Zuma has called on ANC structures to revolt against the party’s leadership after the party’s poor performance…
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ANC clash with DA over minister’s visit to troubled Beaufort West
The DA and the ANC have clashed over a visit to the cash-strapped Beaufort West municipality, by Human Settlements Deputy…
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Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma extends South Africa’s national state of disaster
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted the extension of the National State of…
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extends State of Disaster by another month
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has gazetted the extension of the national State of Disaster on…
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Failure of government’s district development model blamed on ANC infighting
African National Congress (ANC) infighting has been cited as one of the reasons for the government’s failure to implement its…
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Stadium: Good News for South Africans
It’s happening! The fans will be allowed back at stadium, for the first time in 18-months, since the Covid-19 outbreak…
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Team appointed to mediate AmaZulu Royal House dispute
A team headed by former KZN Premier, Willis Mchunu has been appointed to help resolve tension in the AmaZulu royal…
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Level 1 lockdown rules for South Africa — what you can and can’t do
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Corporate Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has published updated regulations for South Africa’s adjusted alert level…
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Minister Dlamini-Zuma welcomes ConCourt ruling on municipal elections
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma welcomes the Constitutional Court judgment on the reopening of candidate registrations. The…
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Elections 2021: South Africans can still register online until midnight
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has pleaded for patience as its voter registration online portal continues to experience heavy traffic.…
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SA teacher unions welcome changes to matric final exams timetable
Teacher unions have welcomed the amendment to the matric final examination timetable, which allows for the exams to commence before…
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Cogta Minister urges people to verify their details ahead of voter registration weekend
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has called on all eligible South Africans to visit the 23…
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Adjusted Level 2 lockdown rules for South Africa — what you can and can’t do
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Corporate Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has published updated regulations for South Africa’s adjusted alert level…
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IEC hits the ground running ahead of November elections
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has hit the ground running with its plans to hold elections within the next two…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa yet to announce if November 1 will be a public holiday
The jury is out on whether November 1 will be declared as an official public holiday to allow South Africans…
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Local government elections to be held on 1 November 2021
Co-operative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has announced that the local government elections will take place on 1 November. The date…
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Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to brief media on municipal elections
Cooperative Governance Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is expected to announce the local government elections date on Wednesday. On Friday, the Constitutional…
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2021 municipal elections: IEC meets to determine electoral programme
The Independent Electoral Commission will announce its electoral programme on Monday. It’s meeting this weekend after the Constitutional Court dismissed…
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IEC application to postpone local govt elections dismissed
The Constitutional Court has dismissed the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) application for a postponement of the local government elections. The…
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Cabinet extends state of disaster to October 15
Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says the Cabinet had again extended the national state of disaster to October 15.…
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Minister Dlamini-Zuma extends national state of disaster by a month
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday extended the national state of disaster by another month. The…
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Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma extends the State of Disaster
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has extended South Africa’s national state of disaster to 15…
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IEC to launch urgent Constitutional Court application to postpone local elections
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will launch an urgent application on Wednesday at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to have the…
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Election date set for 27 October pending court decision
The date for local government elections will remain 27 October up until a court rules otherwise. That’s according to Cogta…
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Date for local government elections will remain the 27 of October until a court rules
The date for local government elections will remain 27 October up until a court rules otherwise. That’s according to Cogta…
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IEC: Election proclamation has implications
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on Tuesday that the proclamation of local government elections by Cooperative Governance and Traditional…
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Minister Dlamini-Zuma to give update on election developments
Cogta Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma will give an update on developments regarding the election. The Moseneke report recommended the municipal…
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New lockdown level 3 regulations — what you can and can’t do
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Corporate Affairs, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has published updated regulations for South Africa’s adjusted alert level…
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Jacob Zuma insists he has done nothing wrong
Former president Jacob Zuma has told supporters gathered at Nkandla he will not hand himself over to begin the 15-month…
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Non-pharmaceutical interventions are important in fight against Covid-19, says Dlamini Zuma
Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma says non-pharmaceutical measures were the best mechanism to protect the people…
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Level 3 lockdown: Cogta refuses religious organisations’ plea for special regulations
It is not possible for the government to have a different disaster management dispensation for faith-based organisations, especially in the…
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