Lunga Simelane

The decision was taken during an ordinary council meeting last month when councillors approved a detailed proposal by the human resources department to begin the recruitment process for a new city manager.

The figure was compiled through the party’s GNU performance tracker, which consolidates replies to parliamentary questions posed by ActionSA to every minister, including the President Cyril Ramaphosa, Deputy President and Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie.

In an interview with City Press this week, Mashazi insisted she is still reporting for duty and accused the municipality of bypassing legal procedure and violating her contractual rights.

Speaking to City Press, Sarupen revealed that the candidate application process has been met with “encouraging” levels of interest.

In a statement, the office of beleaguered Mncedisi Ndzwanana dismissed the party’s accusations that he has silenced opposition councillors, presided over a collapse of oversight and aligned his rulings with the interests of the governing coalition.

The president insisted that the dialogue would help ‘reimagine SA’s future’ and develop a new social compact to address issues such as poverty, inequality and broken state institutions.

This year’s fiscal framework and revenue proposals, outlining government’s economic policy stance, revenue expectations and expenditure limits, was finally passed by both the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on Wednesday, nearly four months after the initial tabling in February.

Speaking at a media briefing on Thursday, Ntshavheni said that 80% of her travel was related to state security work and could not be openly disclosed without compromising national operations.