STEVEN LANG The ANC won a by-election held in Ward 10, Makana municipality on Wednesday albeit with a significantly reduced margin. The party’s candidate, Andile Mbeju, ensured victory with 632 votes or just under 50% of the total number…
A moratorium on politics at the start of a stakeholder meeting on proposed name changes in Ndlambe on Wednesday September 10 fell on deaf ears as politicians and their proxies dominated the discussion. It was with a bolstered team that…
“Why do we vote?” U3A members familiar with the voting process might have been surprised to hear the question at a recent talk delivered by IEC vice-chair Janet Love at Settlers Park Hall. Love a former ANC parliamentarian and Human…
Three councillors instructed to leave a Makana special council meeting on Thursday May 30 have accused the speaker of treating the council “like his private property”. This was after Makana Council speaker Mthuthuzeli ‘Mabhuti’ Matyumza…
Talk of the Town’s expanded elections reporting team had much of Ndlambe covered for the national and provincial election on May 29, 2024. Photos and reports by Mark Carrels (Ward 10), Sibulele Mtongana (Wards 6, 7 and 9), Piet Marais,…
Steven Lang, Greg Wilmot and Sue Maclennan share these images from election day in Makhanda, 29 May 2024.
Makhanda residents’ right to a clean environment, clean water, health, and economic development have been trashed by sewerage infrastructure failure. ActionSA chairperson Michael Beaumont, who made a stop in the town during the party’s…
Political will in the face of strikes and go-slows, strong managers and directly addressing the real or manufactured obstacles in the way of good service are behind uMngeni Municipality’s reduction of its overtime bill from around R900…
An agreement with Google to literally put South Africa’s small towns on the map, a special Home affairs portal to make it easier for Chinese tourists to visit South Africa and grants of up to R1 million for tourism establishments to fit…
EFF leader Julius Malema encouraged his supporters to vote for “real freedom” when he addressed a large crowd of supporters in Nemato Township during a visit to the Port Alfred sub-region on Thursday May 16. EFF supporters waited…
Struggling to decide who will get your vote on 29 May? Talk of the Town reporter SIbulele Mtongana asks five political parties questions about their manifestos. This is Episode 3 of 5, in which she puts the DA’s provincial leader Andrew…
Struggling to decide who will get your vote on 29 May? Talk of the Town reporter SIbulele Mtongana asks five political parties questions about their manifestos. This is Episode 2 of 5, in which she puts the ACDP’s provincial leader Lance…
Talk of the Town reporter, Sibulele Mtongana, asks ActionSA provincial chairperson Athol Trollip about their manifestos for South Africa’s National and Provincial Elections, 29 May 2024. First off, Sibu asked Trollip to explain the…
CEO says almost everything in the system was downloaded BY SINESIPHO SCHRIEBER An employee of the Electoral Commission (IEC) has been fired after a preliminary investigation into the unauthorised distribution of ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe…
Mayor Khululwa Ncamiso continued the Imbizo roadshow at a packed Titi Jonas Hall in Thornhill for ward 6 residents on Tuesday, May 2. The mayoral roadshow focuses on the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) budget for the year 2023/2024.…
The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Jane Cowley was the guest speaker at a packed Kowie PROBUS club AGM at the River & Ski Boat Club on Tuesday, April 11. Her talk was titled The politics of politics in the 21st century. In her early life,…
Ndlambe Municipality mayor, Khululwa Ncamiso has started her Mayoral Imbizo roadshow that focuses on Integrated Development Plan (IDP) budget for the year 2023/2024 while also highlighting the progress made since last year’s Imbizo. This…
Ndlambe’s Democratic Alliance (DA) caucus visited Siyazama Educare Centre in New Rest informal settlement last week Tuesday, March 21 to pledge to paint the toilets and garner donations of educational books for the pre-school. This was in…
Parliament must create laws that fast-track public-private partnerships. The DA’s newly elected provincial leader Andrew Whitfield said this during an oversight visit to Ndlambe Municipality’s crucial, but currently idle, 2-megalitre…
Security measures in place to ensure safety of open businesses ahead of EFF’s planned shutdown With Uncedo Taxi Association confirming today that taxis will be operating on Monday, indications are that it will be business as usual in Port…
