News Desk The Department of Basic Education has successfully implemented the Presidential Youth Employment Stimulus which commenced in December 2020. Through the Programme, over 25 950 School Governing Body (SGB) funded posts in public and government subsidised independent schools were saved. These posts came under threat due to schools experiencing financial distress, as a result […]
Municipal
Understanding Local Government From the government guide
PART 4 Elections Councils are elected every 5 years. The last election was held on 5 December 2000. There are two types of elections: one for metro councils and one for local councils. Metro councils: In a metropolitan municipality, each voter will vote once for a political party on a proportional representation ballot. The parties […]
Understanding Local Government
From the government guide Important things to know about local government The role and spheres of government Government has the responsibility to make policies and laws about the rights and responsibilities of citizens and the delivery of government services. The government collects revenue [income] from taxes and uses this money to provide services and infrastructure […]
Private and public organisations join forces to clear Graskop Cemetery
Frieda Paton Graskop Conservancy organised a successful drive during which various organisations and private individuals tackled the huge job of clearing the graveyard in Graskop which had, to a great extent, been overtaken by Mother Nature. The local municipality in Graskop has been unable to properly maintain the town’s large graveyard which has been in […]
Graskop: Taking a stand against TCLM
Michele du Plessis The role of our local municipalities are to fulfil their obligations is to serve the people. Local government is the sphere of government closest to the people. Local municipalities deliver basic services and in exchange for these basic services, we pay rates and taxes, municipal accounts, electricity and so forth. Unfortunately, we […]