Mpho Phalatse was removed as the City of Johannesburg's executive mayor during a council sitting on Thursday. Photo: Alfonso Nqunjana/News24– for a second time. 140 Joburg council members voted in favour of her removal, while 129 councillors voted for her to stay. This is a victory for the ANC who managed to convince smaller party representatives to give Phalatse the boot.
In more bad news for economic growth, the Reserve Bank slashed its expectations for growth this year as iton Thursday afternoon. Central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said the Reserve Bank now expects the economy to only grow by 0.3% this year.Judge Elizabeth Baartman acquitted farmworker Jeremy Sias of Meghan Cremer’s murder.
Baartman found there was not enough direct evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Sias killed the equestrian. He was, however, convicted of stealing her car and handbag.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.