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Gauteng Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Lebogang Maile Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images The DA is preparing for a council meeting in Tshwane on Friday in order to elect a mayor by the end of the week.The Gauteng government lodged an urgent appeal against the latest court judgment, allowing for the resumption of council in…

Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images) Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says they will study the High Court judgment that declared lockdown regulations under alert level 3 and 4 unconstitutional and invalid. He says government will look to see which regulation needs to be corrected to help with government's aim to contain…

The South African government may have been quick to squelch alcohol sales during the Covid-19 epidemic citing the harm caused by drinking, but it continues to take millions from alcohol firms - even after a 2010 Cabinet decision to kick government's habit of industry handouts. Everyday, an average of 171 people in South Africa die…

All the latest coronavirus and lockdown updatesOn Tuesday night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that religious gatherings of up to 50 people would be permitted.The SACC, the biggest Christian church organisation with members from the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) to the Catholic and Methodist churches, has championed religious groupings' calls to have places of worship opened…

2020-05-25 15:59 The government expected quiet, unquestioning obedience from South Africans. Instead of trusting the public, being open and honest with them, the government has wasted goodwill and turned the public against it, writes Geordin Hill-Lewis.Common struggle through times of crises often has the effect of upending old acrimonies, and turning adversaries into allies. South…