The fragile coalition between the DA and EFF failed in Johannesburg, since the two parties could not put their differences aside. This put the ANC in a favorable position to win the majority of votes. Controversial candidate, Geoff Makhubo is now appointed as the new mayor of the City of Gold.
The balance of power has undergone significant changes in the city council, and the ANC gained control of the city council because the DA and the Red berets could not stand each other. Both political parties has set their sights on the mayor’s office, however not one of them will have the opportunity to govern the metro now.
The ANC candidate Geoff Makhubo drew 137 votes, the DA’s Funzela Ngobeni received 101 while the Red Brigade had to be satisfied with 30 votes.
Observers poinedt out that some of the DA councilors voted for the ANC candidate, thereby showing how divided the political party is.
The financial decline that continues in South Africa has given the business sector reason to become more concerned about future business activities in most business areas.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined by 0.6% in the third quarter of 2019, according to the Statistics Service’s report.
Calculated on a year-to-year basis, this is seen as a downturn that the economy has now stagnated, thereby having serious consequences for job creation.
The government hoped for a 1.5% growth rate, but economists warned that the target could not be achieved if sufficient new jobs were not created.
South Africa is now in a junk status phase, and although Moody’s is the only rating agency still trying to hide it, it’s clear that in the next decade the country will struggle to get rid of its economic crisis.
The process to amend section 25 of the Constitution in order to fast-track expropriation without compensation suddenly gathered speed on Tuesday when a draft bill to amend the Constitution was tabled by the parliamentary legal services.
The Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill was tabled at a sitting of the ad hoc committee tasked with amending the Constitution.
This first bite at the wording of the constitutional amendment states that when the state and the land owner cannot agree on the price to be paid, a country may – where land and any improvements thereon are expropriated for the purposes of land reform – determine that the amount of compensation is nil.
Parliamentary legal services furthermore proposed inclusion of a section which requires national legislation to set out specific circumstances where a court may determine that the amount of compensation is nil.
The draft bill does not delete any part of the Constitution, but adds to it, meaning
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The Pretoria municipality calls on residents to use water sparingly to avoid an enormous crisis.
The city’s storage tanks reached dangerously low levels due to high demand during the heat wave, which lasted several days.
According to the government’s Twitter message, which only reaches about 60% of residents, residents are urged not to waste water.
Some areas are already experiencing water supply disruptions, but the municipality is failing to communicate effectively with all residents, nor does it have a sound plan of action to penalize offenders who use water poorly without appropriate measures.
The water level of the Garsfontein storage tank, which is the largest and situated in the central distribution point, has dropped drastically due to high demand.
The Garsfontein storage tank struggles to maintain the 45% level, and was below the 40% level as demand at the Koedoesnek and Elarduspark tanks continued to surge.
The holiday has already begun for many, and will have to pay more for petrol and less for diesel from Wednesday.
Petrol increases by R0-11 per liter for 93 as well as for 95 degrees, but diesel decreases in price by R0-18 and paraffin decreases by Ro-21 for December month.
Economic experts say the rise in gasoline prices, and the slight drop in diesel and paraffin prices, could be attributed to the weak Rand, which just failed to return to its levels two years ago.