Newzroom Afrika

“They've made it clear that transformation is still critical to the economy, but the issue is its implementation and some of the issues that have come out there.”

“It is entirely untrue that the EFF is not aware. They should come out honestly to say that they did not accept the fact that we are reducing them into two.”

“We do concede that over the years the funding for the SANDF has been tapering down and we've been seeking to close the gap in other areas and now it can no longer continue. We must now reposition our South African National Defence Force to make it stronger so that it is well equipped.”

“The economy of the city is going to grow if we invest in tourism products. Unless we start to increase our offerings to the public, when a tourist is in the city they must spend the money in the city and extend their stay.”

“Safety of the KZN province is definitely one of the priorities throughout this term for the premier, and we expect him to touch or go deeper on the measures that he has taken in ensuring that KZN remains a safe province and crime remains decreased.”

“We've got your policies, we've got your strategies, we've got the oversight policies being there, but we are still seeing these things. Are we implementing these policies and strategies accordingly or is there something else that we need to do?”

“This is not a new thing that we are starting. This is just a reminder because of the extended quits we have seen the the increase in the amount of cables service cables that have been stolen and also the money that city power itself is actually losing um when replacing such service cables.”

“When he was appointed in 2019 he did disclose his criminal record to the recruiting panel. But what the recruitment panel should have done was to subject this to further risk and ethical assessment which they did not do and that lapse led to his appointment.”

“We've seen a big impact from the people at Deepsloot even from our customers reactions to say that now at least they can live to survive another day. It has helped a lot of people.”

“We have been informed that they have passed on. This is also in the context that truly it was not only the 17 that were in the conflict—we don't know the exact number but there were other South Africans.”

“We have a positive outlook on South Africa and this was based on the sort of improvement in the fiscal outlook which is in line with what the minister announced with higher government revenue.”

“A medical certificate is part of treatment or what we call management of a condition it's not just you're just issuing out so that the person can go and sit down and do whatever.”

“What the Democratic Alliance wants the Apex Court to do is to declare section 27 of the disaster management act unconstitutional or at the very least ensure and require that when a declaration is declared as well as its regulations that it's tabled before Parliament for oversight.”

“I hate this job... but I feel honestly privileged and blessed to get an opportunity to serve my country at my age when I should really be preparing for retirement.”