Thursday’s State of the City Address in Tshwane should be noted for what it failed to address rather than what it did. Mayor Randall Williams claims to have a data-driven grand vision for the future, but his speech seems to indicate the opposite.
Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse must place the interests of residents and the city above the competing demands of a rag-tag band of coalition partners when she delivers her maiden State of the City Address tomorrow.
A Moody’s downgrade. Being placed under administration. Billions lost to irregular expenditure. Starving residents living in filth without basic services. A mayor chronically short of charisma and ideas.
under-servicing informal settlements to discourage the migration of new work-seekers to the region, the Western Cape Provincial Government and City of Cape Town directly place the lives and livelihoods of the most vulnerable residents at unconscionable risk of disaster.
South African hearts are with KZN. As the torrential rains subside, the havoc wreaked by the floods is becoming clearer. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost their lives and suffered grave displacement.
To say that DA housing policy has been feeble is the biggest understatement of its 16-year rule in the City of Cape Town. The city claims that finding suitable land for housing remains a challenge. Yet, the DA-ruled Cape Town is the country’s largest landowner behind the National Government. Is it the lack of land holding the city back, or a blatant disregard for the plight of the poor and those in need of homes?
The murderers of Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot last week must be brought to justice, but so must unethical political and vigilante leaders who have been allowed to demonise migrants be held to account.
Ten days ago GOOD requested George Mayor, Leon Van Wyk, to present to council allegations that two senior staff members in the municipality had been irregularly appointed on the instruction of the Director for Community Services, Alan Paulse.
Rules must be re-evaluated as Western Cape Premier receives the green light to appoint disgraced matriculant career politician to a high-earning position.
We welcome the President’s announcement that the State of Disaster, under which we have lived for over two years, will be lifted at midnight tonight.