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Reading Time: < 1 minute ActionSA Gauteng Provincial Caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni says his party believes the new Gauteng Provincial Executive Council announced by Premier Panyaza Lesufi is a continuation of failed politics. Lesufi unveiled the Council of 10 MECs from various political parties in Johannesburg yesterday. The council, formed after talks with the Democratic Alliance…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Democratic Alliance (DA) leader in Gauteng, Solly Msimanga, says the Deputy Speaker of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and member of the DA, Refiloe Ntsekhe, will resign from her position after the party failed to form part of the Executive of the Gauteng Government of Provincial Unity (GPU). The DA withdrew…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Minister in The Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, briefs media on the Government of National Unity (GNU) following the swearing-in ceremony of the new members of the National Executive.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has rejected claims by the Democratic Alliance (DA) that the African National Congress (ANC) blatantly refused to consider giving them more Cabinet seats. Lesufi says the DA initially accepted a maximum of three out of 10 Cabinet seats but later turned around to say they wanted five.…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Build One South Africa’s (BOSA) Ayanda Allie has called on political parties in the opposition benches to refrain from unnecessarily weaponising motions of no confidence against Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. After nearly three weeks of negotiations to form a Government of Provincial Unity, Lesufi finally appointed the members of his executive yesterday. This…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the national executive of the seventh administration, comprising 76 members which includes 32 Ministers and 43 Deputy Ministers, will only adopt their priorities at a scheduled Cabinet lekgotla next week. The newly sworn-in national executive took their oaths of office in Cape Town…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Levy Ndou says it’s unlikely that the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) walking away from the African National Congress (ANC)-led Government of Provincial Unity in Gauteng will affect the two parties working relations at national level. Currently, the DA is part of the Government of National Unity (GNU) with President…