It's official. Princess Faku is the new executive mayor of the Buffalo City Metro. Faku, who is the ANC DR WB Rubusana chairperson, was elected at a special council meeting on Thursday evening. She takes over from Xola Pakati who resigned on Monday, following months of pressure from his detractors.

The Eastern Cape department of transport will have to write off R4m in public money after it paid for a fire engine which was never delivered.

An investigative report on the DMJ bus accident that killed 31 people in the Kei Cuttings last year has revealed that the bus should not have been on the road.

The Buffalo City Metro needs R90m to refurbish some of its vandalised community halls.

Motorists who use Gauteng roads will have to wait even longer to hear a final decision on the future of e-tolls.

The joint committee on ethics and members’ interests has been requested to investigate possible contraventions, but this will only apply to members who were serving in parliament when the alleged transgressions took place.

International relations and co-operation minister Naledi Pandor has denied that the country ever planned to give R50m in cash to Cuba.

'The conflict has exposed the inadequacy of the UN system and highlighted the need for serious attention to our repeated calls for substantive reform of the Security Council and the UN itself,' said Pandor.

Special Investigating Unit head Andy Mothibi told parliament on Wednesday his unit was dealing with cases involving R75.1bn of misused public money.

Small business development minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams is promising better funding opportunities for small and medium enterprises