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MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Fair Representation and better Governance in Qwaqwa’s Ward Demarcation The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Maluti-a-Phofung (MAP) is taking proactive steps to rectify the flawed ward delimitation proposals presented by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) in Qwaqwa . The DA has spent two weeks redesigning the illogical proposals to ensure fair representation, accessible governance, and improved service delivery for all affected communities. Last month, the demarcation board held a public participation meeting in Qwaqwa. Their proposals for new ward definitions were not received enthusiastically by the community. The Board needed to ensure that wards met a specific range of registered voters, and five wards were too small (8, 9, 15, 20, 21), and two were too large. (30, 34). To achieve this, voting districts needed to be rearranged in a way that ensured every ward was geographically contiguous. When questioned abou...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  FINDINGS OF THE RTMC INVESTIGATION INTO THE LIMPOPO BUS CRASH PRETORIA The Minister of Transport, Ms. Barbara Creecy and the Deputy Minister of Transport, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa , have officially received a preliminary report regarding a bus crash following an investigation by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). The crash led to a tragic loss of 43 lives and scores of passengers injured on Sunday 12 October 2025 on the N1 North , Limpopo .  The investigation by the RTMC has led to the following findings: SPEEDING AND UNROADWORTHINESS That a major contributing factor to the cause of the bus crash was the driver of the bus who drove at a speed too high for the conditions down the mountain pass. During the mechanical investigation, it was also established that the bus and trailer only had five (5) out of the ten (10) brakes in operational condition and that one (1) brake on the bus had no braking ...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA   GDE DISPELS FALSE “HUNGER STALKS GAUTENG PUPILS” CLAIMS The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) notes with concern the misleading and alarmist headline published by a national publication, titled “Hunger Stalks Gauteng Pupils.” This claim is factually incorrect and has caused unnecessary alarm among the public and school communities. It is unfortunate that the publication chose to ignore the detailed official response by the Department on this specific matter and selectively used minimal information while disregarding some facts shared by the Department prior to publishing.  To set the record straight, the matter relates specifically to one service provider operating under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni .  The Department became aware on Wednesday, 15 October 2025, that this service provider refused to accept a newly allocated delivery schedule and consequentl...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Premier Lesufi wishes the Matric Class of 2025 well in the  upcoming final exams   Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi , has extended his best wishes to the  Class of 2025 as they prepare to sit for the National Senior Certificate (NSC) examinations, which officially commence on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.  Gauteng has consistently maintained its position among the top three performing provinces in the NSC examinations .  In 2024, the province achieved an impressive 88.4% pass rate, placing it third nationally behind the Free State (91%) and KwaZulu-Natal (89.5%).  This year, a total of 188,057 candidates have registered to write the NSC exams in Gauteng, (144,315 full-time and 43,742 part-time learners). The examinations will take place at 1,007 centres across the province (741 public schools, 267 independent schools, and 25 designated centres).   Throughout the year, the...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  NATIONAL DIALOGUE ENTERS NEXT PHASE TOWARDS APPOINTMENT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE The National Dialogue process has reached a pivotal stage with the completion of the nomination of sectoral representatives to the National Dialogue Steering Committee .  The first National Convention held on 15-16 August 2025 approved the mandate, responsibilities and composition of the Steering Committee, and agreed that each of the identified sectors would hold consultations to decide on nominees to serve on the Steering Committee and its sub-committees. No less than 26 sectors have to date submitted nominations for the Steering Committee. The list of nominated Steering Committee members has been handed over to the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for quality assurance. For its part, the EPG will submit its recommendations to the President in his role as head of state and convener of the National Dialogue for finalisation. Once ...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA SARS Welcomes Judgment on Mr Lucky Montana The South African Revenue Service (SARS) welcomes the favourable judgment handed down on 17 October 2025 by the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng (case no. 2023-047735). This decision came as a result of an application brought by SARS for the sequestration of Mr Tshepo Lucky Montana . On 5 June 2024, Mr Montana filed a notice of motion and founding affidavit seeking condonation for the late submission of his answering affidavit in the sequestration proceedings. Subsequently, on 14 August 2024, SARS brought an application to strike out, in terms of Rule 6(5) of the Uniform Rules of Court , on the basis that Mr Montana’s founding affidavit contained scandalous, vexatious, and irrelevant allegations. On 21 July 2025, the Court granted SARS’s application to strike out and dismissed Mr Montana’s condonation application with costs. Mr Montana thereafter filed an application for le...

MAKEKASIGREAT©®™ @KASIBC_AFRICA  ONLINE EDITOR @KASIBC_AFRICA  Sol Plaatje Municipal Manager Suspension and Secondment The Democratic Alliance (DA) will report our strong opposition on the secondment of convicted fraudster,  Busisiwe   Mgaguli , to the position of acting Municipal Manager of Sol Plaatje , to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs ,  Velenkosini  Hlabisa, for investigation. This comes after the Speaker,  Dipuo  Peters, claimed that our request for a Special Council Meeting to deliberate on this matter was technically incorrect. We strongly dispute this and believe that her denial of our request is an attempt by the ANC council members to avoid accountability and buy more time to facilitate their own political agenda. The fact that Peters refuses to allow engagement on  Mgaguli’s  involvement in financial crimes , raises many questions. As does her failure to consider that the suspension of suspen...