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Johannesburg council at odds as R25.3bn capital funding plan is rejected
The City of Johannesburg's billion-rand loan proposal failed to pass after opposition parties, led by the DA and ActionSA, blocked the vote. Image: Nhlanhla Phillips / Independent Newspapers Political gridlock has hindered the City of Johannesburg’s borrowing and funding plans after the council failed to secure enough votes to pass a crucial billion-rand loan proposal.
Gauteng's municipal finances are in crisis, residents are paying the price
|Published 53 minutes ago The City of Johannesburg is facing a significant dilemma as the National Treasury temporarily freezes a large portion of its funding, forcing the municipality to reassess its financial strategy amid increasing service delivery challenges.
Joburg's finances in turmoil as the National Treasury freezes R3.6 billion in funding
MAYOR SAYS 'NO FINANCIAL CRISIS' The City of Johannesburg is facing a significant dilemma as the National Treasury temporarily freezes a large portion of its funding, forcing the municipality to reassess its financial strategy amid increasing service delivery challenges.
Joburg Council to appoint deputy mayor as Morero faces a motion of no-confidence
The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) to elects the deputy mayor on Thursday. Image: Nhlanhla Phillips / Independent Newspapers The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) will on Thursday appoint a deputy mayor in a high-stakes council sitting where Mayor Dada Morero is also facing a motion of no confidence. ANC insiders have identified Loyiso Masuku, the party’s newly elected regional chairperson, as the leading candidate for the deputy mayor position.
Inside Joburg's R9m scandal: How the city is fighting back
The City of Johannesburg council meeting has sanctioned the recovery of nearly R9 million in irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure, along with the laying of criminal charges related to the matter.
Afrikaner enclave Kleinfontein fights zoning battle as apartheid architect’s legacy looms
|Published 20 minutes ago Kleinfontein 'deputy president' Dannie de Beer accuses the municipality of punitive taxation amid a zoning dispute. Image: Nhlanhla Phillips/Independent Newspapers Archives Behind a high fence, 20 minutes east of South Africa's capital Pretoria, the Afrikaner enclave of Kleinfontein stands as a postcard from the country's bitter past and is now entangled in a very present-day dispute.
ActionSA Exposes Political Witch Hunt Behind Motions of No Confidence
UNDERLYING AGENDA Elmari Atterbury|Published 4 minutes ago These motions are not born out of principle or evidence of failure, but out of pure political manoeuvring designed to derail accountability and ethical leadership in the City, says the writer. Image: Nhlanhla Phillips / Independent Newspapers ActionSA rejects the politically motivated Motions of No Confidence scheduled for debate in Council on 28 August 2025 against our three Committee Chairpersons: Cllr. Munyai of EISD, Cllr.
Sars loses appeal against R142m ‘gift’ to swimwear model
After the high court ruled against the SA Revenue Service (Sars) in a decades-long battle against a swimwear model who received a R142m “gift” from an overseas companion, Sars lost its appeal bid. Sars’ fight with Candice-Jean Poulter will, however, return to the tax court, after the full bench of the high court ruled in a landmark decision in April that SA taxpayers could be represented by accountants, not just lawyers, in tax court.
Madiba's tree now a heritage site | IOL
In 2008, in celebration of his 90th birthday, Nelson Mandela planted a tree in Thokoza Park, Soweto, as part of Joburg City Parks’ tree-planting campaign. On Monday, the tree, known as the Nelson Mandela Champion Tree, was declared a heritage site. Children from the Little Dynamite Early Learning Centre in Rockville sang for the late president. The Star
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