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01 September 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the latest audit findings on the country's municipalities leave much to be desired.

He was speaking at the South African Human Rights Commission's local government summit in Sandton on Thursday.
1 September 2022

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that local government failures are deepening the trust deficit between government and the public.
Thursday, 01 September 2022 04:28

Ramaphosa says many municipalities are failing

01 September 2022

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa says malfeasance in municipalities is a threat to the constitutional order.

Ramaphosa was speaking at a South African Human Rights Commission conference on Local Governance, held in Sandton.
02 September 2022

The president was addressing the South African Human Rights Commission's National Conference on local governance earlier on Thursday.

CAPE TOWN - President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to refrain from being destructive during protests.
02 September 2022

The South African Council for Educators (SACE) is investigating allegations that a Grade 9 Soweto pupil took his own life after a student teacher mocked him.

News24 previously reported that 15-year-old PJ Simelane Secondary School pupil, Tiro Moalusi, was mocked because he was gay.
02 September 2022

They believe the provincial government is covering up the actual cause of death after the families of the victims said they were told suffocation was the cause of the teenagers’ deaths.

CAPE TOWN - Residents of Scenery Park in East London have lashed at the Eastern Cape government over the toxicology report into the death of 21 teenagers at Enyobeni Tavern.
Friday, 02 September 2022 04:18

SACE probes 'homophobic' teacher in Soweto

02 September 2022

The South African Council for Educators is investigating the death of a Grade 9 pupil who was allegedly mocked by a teacher last month over his sexual orientation.

Tiro Moalusi (15), who attended PJ Simelane Secondary, committed suicide after allegedly being called "Sisi-Bhuti" (sister-brother) in the classroom by the teacher.
01 September 2022

Durban — President Cyril Ramaphosa lashed out at municipalities that outsource all work while municipal employees get paid for sitting and doing nothing.

Ramaphosa was speaking at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities National Conference on Local Governance in Sandton on Thursday.
01 September

President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the SA Human Rights Commission’s local governance conference on Thursday.
05 Sep 2022

The South African Human Rights Commission says it is extremely concerned about how the Ugu District Municipality and the utility Ugu Water are handling the ongoing water crisis on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.

Last month, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) held public hearings in Umhlanga, Durban, into the water shortage crisis in various district municipalities across KwaZulu-Natal.

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