BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS A “RETREAT” AS CITY FAILS TO MEET HOUSING AND JOB TARGETS

Speaker, in less than a year, the City has tabled an adjustment budget in August 2025, again in January 2026, and now in March 2026. Each time, the explanation shifts. Each time, the targets move. And each time, it's sold as being normal, but it's not.

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GF JOOSTE HOSPITAL: DA PROMISED TO REBUILD BY 2016, BUT NOT A SINGLE BRICK LAID

When the Western Cape Government promised in 2012 to upgrade the hospital serving one of Cape Town’s most underserved and violent crime-ridden areas, then Health MEC Theuns Botha said: “The GF Jooste Hospital will be rebuilt on its present site between 2013 and 2016.”

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THEEWATERSKLOOF SPEAKER AND FAMILY RECEIVE DEATH THREAT: POLITICAL PARTIES MUST REIGN IN THEIR MEMBERS AS TOUGH ELECTION LOOMS

Speaker of Theewaterskloof Municipality, Weldon Wells, and his family have been warned that if he does not step down from his position, they will be murdered.

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