“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…
Home affairs offices will open on Saturdays for five hours from April 6 to May 25 for ID collection services, facilitation of new applications and issuing of temporary identity certificates. The department said this excludes the public…
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…
After being elected for a third term as president of the SA Football Association (Safa), Danny Jordaan has promised this will be his last term. The 70-year-old Jordaan outmuscled challengers Ria Ledwaba, who has vowed that she won’t rest…
Last Friday marked 100 days until the court ordered deadline for Parliament to change the way we elect our leaders through substantive electoral reform. This process began almost two decades ago and will culminate is the single most…
While all eyes were on the Finance Minister’s Budget Speech yesterday, a small handful of Members of Parliament voted “no” to direct elections and greater transparency and accountability in public office. Political Parties banded together…
The local government election results in Ndlambe reflect the national trends. The ANC made considerable losses, the DA lost a bit of support but consolidated it elsewhere, and the EFF made gains. Nationally, it’s interesting to note the…
Readers of last week’s Talk of the Town will have noticed that Ndlambe Municipality placed several large advertisements in the newspaper that serve as a promotion of its work, rather than the usual notices about tenders, jobs and town…
In terms of the National Credit Act, it is illegal for credit providers to retain consumers’ instruments such as identity documents (IDs), and bank cards when granting credit. This is the modus operandi adopted by some credit providers to…
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) convened a hybrid SALGA National Members Assembly (NMA) to assess preparations towards the Local Government Election and reflect on the framework to manage the local government…
Voting for members of school governing bodies (SBGs) took place this week in public schools throughout the country, and Port Alfred was no exception. At Port Alfred Junor Secondary school (also known locally as Station Hill Primary) set…
REPORT FROM THE BBC (www.bbc.com) Boris Johnson has said he will work “night and day” to repay the trust of voters after he led the Conservatives to a “historic” election victory. With just two seats left to declare, the Tories have a…
The ANC in Gauteng on Friday morning saw its electoral support in the country’s economic hub dropping to below the 50% mark after just under 60% of the provincial votes had been counted. This is the first time the party has dropped below…
There will be a voter registration weekend on January 26 and 27 to register to vote in the general election this year. To find out if you are registered to vote in the area you live, SMS your ID number to 32810. Find your voting station…
