by AfriForum | Sep 3, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation today welcomed the Constitutional Court’s judgement to not postpone the municipal election outside of the constitutional framework. This comes after the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) brought an application to postpone the...
by AfriForum | Aug 26, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
Mpumalanga’s municipalities are poorly managed, and living standards and services delivery consequently suffer. These are some of the alarming findings in AfriForum’s Centre for Local Government’s third municipal audit, which comprises Mpumalanga. Dr Eugene Brink,...
by AfriForum | Aug 17, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum says there is no judicial or factual grounds to postpone the municipal elections. This forms part of AfriForum’s application to the Constitutional Court to be allowed as a Friend of the Court (amicus curiae). This application...
by AfriForum | Aug 13, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
On 12 August 2021 Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, announced the new 100 MW limit for private power generation without a licence after continued pressure by AfriForum. Dr Eugene Brink, Strategic Advisor for Community Affairs at AfriForum, says...
by AfriForum | Aug 12, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum has urged Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, to ratify the new 100 MW limit for private power generation without a license. Should he fail to do so, Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa needs to force him to do it....
by AfriForum | Aug 4, 2021 | Media statements, Local Government Affairs Media statements
The civil rights organisation AfriForum will join the lawsuit over the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC’s) application to postpone this year’s local elections. AfriForum obtained a legal opinion over the merits of the IEC’s application. Glen Mashinini,...
