http://www.news24.com/Tags/Topics/local government Argotic Syndication Framework, http://www.codeplex.com/argotic http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:02:59 +0200 The legacy of the 1913 Land Act was still with South Africa and so it is the duty of the state to implement effective redress through land restitution, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Zille-1913-Land-Act-legacy-still-with-us-20130617 Mpumalanga premier David Mabuza abandoned a door-to-door fact-finding mission in Bushbuckridge municipality to avoid a confrontation between residents and the police. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/David-Mabuza-uses-discretion-20130614 The three alleged "ringleaders" of a plot to dump human waste in central Cape Town have been released on a warning by the city's magistrate's court. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Cape-Town-poo-protesters-warned-freed-20130613 The DA in the Buffalo City municipality in the Eastern Cape will submit a motion of no confidence in mayor Zukiswa Ncitha. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Buffalo-City-DA-to-give-mayor-thumbs-down-20130612 The Western Cape High Court is reserving judgment on a matter of 17 schools in the province who are disputing a decision to close them down. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Ruling-on-W-Cape-school-reserved-20130611 The eThekwini municipality is giving the ANC a bad name, Congress of SA Trade Unions Durban Central secretary Mlondi Manzini says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/eThekwini-giving-the-ANC-a-bad-name-20130607 No eThekwini councillors have ever been punished as a result of the findings of a forensic audit report, the DA says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/No-punishment-after-eThekwini-audit-DA-20130606 A Cape Town councillor could face disciplinary action after she was allegedly spotted playing a card game on her laptop during the city's budget debate. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Councillor-under-fire-for-card-game-20130531 Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will investigate the Free State government's controversial multi-million rand website. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Protector-to-probe-controversial-website-20130527 Northern Cape acting Premier Sylvia Lucas has officially been elected and sworn in as new premier, says a legislature official. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Lucas-elected-new-Northern-Cape-premier-20130523 Two Northern Cape opposition parties have stayed away from a provincial budget sitting in Kimberley because it was being attended by two MECs accused of fraud. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/N-Cape-opposition-stay-away-in-protest-20130523 A heavier sentence for corruption has been imposed on a senior Western Cape municipal official who was initially fined R60 000. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Corrupt-official-handed-heavier-sentence-20130521 The City of Johannesburg has objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the influential Gupta family, a spokesperson says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/City-says-undervalued-Gupta-property-an-error-20130521 Details should be given about a memorandum signed by the Free State government and the Uttar Pradesh government in India, the Democratic Alliance says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Answers-wanted-on-Free-States-Indian-pact-20130521 There is no regulation in place for municipal managers' salaries, with some earning more than President Jacob Zuma, according to a report. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Municipal-managers-earn-more-than-Zuma-20130516 A Western Cape man has been convicted of defrauding the Overstrand Municipality of R3m by submitting false quotations to secure tenders. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Hermanus-man-guilty-of-285-fraud-counts-20130515 The Eastern Cape local government has welcomed the arrest of a director at Alfred Nzo local municipality for allegedly defrauding his employer of R12.5m. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Arrest-of-corrupt-official-welcomed-20130513 Some residents of Cape Town's informal settlements prefer using bucket toilets, even though the city has 12 500 portable flush toilets ready for roll-out, says Mayor Patricia de Lille. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Some-prefer-bucket-toilets-De-Lille-20130512 Government will establish its own government school in order to improve skills, ethics and professionalism in the public sector, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Govt-to-establish-public-sector-school-20130509 The ANC has denied that an Eastern Cape mayor offered a hardware shop a lucrative contract to settle a R92 000 personal debt, according to a report. http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ANC-rallies-behind-graft-accused-mayor-20130509