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Some of the headlines in your City Press newspaper this week:
Busi fights for survival
Embattled Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is heading to court to halt the parliamentary process to investigate her fitness to hold office – a process that could lead to her ouster.
In addition to the parliamentary process, Mkhwebane is also being probed for perjury by the Hawks, and the SA Revenue Service (Sars) is conducting an audit into her financial affairs.
Marius Fransman in bloody fisticuffs
Former Western Cape ANC chairperson Marius Fransman says that a text message alleging that he was involved in a fist fight that left him and his opponent bloodied and bruised was aimed at discrediting him.
Fransman, who was suspended from the party for five years following allegations of sexual assault, says he knows exactly who’s behind the incident.
Prasa’s train fleet needs brakes
Passenger rail agency Prasa has until Tuesday to submit plans on how to stock up with much-needed brake blocks for Metrorail trains – or face the music.
Should it fail to do so, executives and the rail company could be fined or sentenced to up to 15 years in jail.
Zille stayed at DA funder’s house
Helen Zille stayed rent-free for almost three months in a Cape Town property owned by one of three authors of the explosive review report which recommended that then leader Mmusi Maimane be given the axe.
But Zille is adamant that her stay in the holiday home of a DA donor and Capitec boss, Michiel le Roux, was not a conflict of interest, given that it was before her comeback to politics when she had retired at the end of her term as premier.
Women’s lobby poised to lead ANC Youth League
With just less than two months to go until the ANC Youth League conference, there is already speculation regarding possible candidates to lead the organisation. Appointing a woman to the position would be a turning point for the ANC and would be a catalyst in derailing patriarchy.
University students in a panic as UJ phases out course
Confusion reigned this week as students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) feared being excluded from a particular course following government’s decision to scrap national diplomas this year.
A 2016 directive setting out changes to academic programmes is nearing its implementation date at the university, leaving affected students up in arms
Axed mayor on comeback
Controversial former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede wants to be regional chairperson.
Gumede, who is playing the unity card ahead of the eThekwini conference, has reportedly been lobbying for support in her bid to become the regional chairperson amid fears that the governing party might lose the city of Durban in next year’s local government elections.
Dazzling at the 158th Met
The crème de la crème of the country’s A-listers, fashion fundis and businesspeople gathered at the 158th edition of the prestigious Sun Met horse-racing event, held at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town yesterday.
The biggest and richest equine event on Cape Town’s social calendar, it celebrates the long history of horse-racing in South Africa.
