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Warning: Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Thembisile Nkadimeng. (Supplied)

‘Officials are looting Msunduzi municipality’

Senior staff were allegedly told ahead of the elections ‘to cough up R5  million or resign’

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
A woman holds a placard on the beach as hundreds of people (not visible) take part in a protest against the plan by Dutch oil company Shell to conduct underwater seismic surveys along South Africa’s East coast, at Muizenberg Beach, in Cape Town, on December 05, 2021. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Weak focus’ on climate, environment in election manifestos

Political parties are treating the issues as ‘peripheral’ concerns

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Only 107 of more than 20 000 polling stations were unable to open on Monday for special votes. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Electoral commission releases timetable for poll

Voters can inspect the roll to ensure they have been correctly registered

  • Eyaaz
5 min read