Sakeliga demand immediate withdrawal of draft regulations on employment equity
Lawyers for Sakeliga have today written to Minister Thulas Nxesi warning him that his regulations on sectoral targets in the workplace and the accompanying process for public participation are incoherent and incomprehensible and should be withdrawn. If he does not withdraw it, the regulations, if promulgated, will be susceptible to judicial review. The draft regulations, […]
Sakeliga case against Auditor-General heard
Sakeliga’s court case against the Auditor-General of South Africa (AG) to make public for the first time the state auditor’s undisclosed management reports of 154 problem municipalities was heard last week. Arguments mainly revolved around the question of whether the OG has a Constitutional duty to make the management reports of municipalities public. The management […]
Sakeliga and Pretoria Sakekamer to investigate PEU/TUMS matter in Tshwane
Sakeliga and the Pretoria Sakekamer are approaching the City of Tshwane regarding hitherto undisclosed liabilities resulting from illegal electricity meter contracts with PEU Capital Partners (PEU) and Total Utility Management Services (TUMS). Sakeliga and the Pretoria Sakekamer seek further information, including financial and audit information, which would enable us to determine the extent to which […]
Sakeliga rejects Employment Equity Amendment Act, will initiate litigation
Sakeliga rejects the Employment Equity Amendment Act and is preparing the requisite litigation. Sakeliga encourages employers to maintain value-focussed employment regardless of race, rather than complying with fundamentally unconstitutional and harmful legislation.
Sakeliga welcomes withdrawal of Eskom cover-up regulations
Sakeliga welcomes the announcement by Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana, that the exemption for Eskom from provisions under the Public Finance Management Act will be “withdrawn for now.” Nevertheless, Sakeliga has already started investigating the extent to which similar exemptions are being contemplated for other state entities. Sakeliga’s legal team are submitting PAIA applications to determine which […]
Sakeliga demands that cover-up regulations regarding Eskom wastage be withdrawn
Sakeliga’s attorneys are currently drafting a letter to the Minister of Finance, in which we demand that the minister provide reasons for his decision that Eskom does not need to declare irregular expenditures, as well as fruitless and wasteful expenditures, in its financial statements. This controversial decision was published in the government gazette on March […]
Sakeliga takes action against state delays in court cases over municipal failure
State respondents are unconscionably delaying critical litigation over municipal decay in the North West province. Delay on the part of the state and an apparent lack of prioritization of matters of constitutional importance in the High Court in Mahikeng exposes communities and business people to escalating state failure. This is the state of affairs after the […]
Further relief granted in Sakeliga’s favour over water in Ditsobotla, but big fight still lies ahead
The High Court in Mafikeng has last week granted further urgent relief in Sakeliga’s ongoing court application regarding the water crisis in Lichtenburg and Coligny in the Ditsobotla Local Municipality. The latest judgment follows urgent relief granted by the court on 14 October 2022, which required the local municipality to urgently restore full water supply […]
Sakeliga warns about Ramokgopa in light of electricity meter tender scandal that cost taxpayers billions
The activities of the newly appointed minister in the presidency for electricity, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, should be watched with great caution, in the light of a huge tender scandal in which he was involved during his time as mayor of the Tshwane municipality.
Budget 2023: Sakeliga welcomes concessions to private sector energy expansion despite no budget reform
The most remarkable feature of the budget was the finance minister’s effective concession that the private sector will run future energy expansion.