Motorists in Tshwane are seeing red due to significant delays in the issue of drivers licences. 

Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga says the delays are due to the city's services providers downing tools in June.

Motorists in Tshwane are seeing red due to significant delays in the issue of drivers licences.&nbsp;
Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga says the delays are due to the city's services providers downing tools in June.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

POWER Talk is a mid-morning talk show programme, hosted by Lerato Mbele. The show delves deeper into the news of the day along with larger societal themes, inviting listeners to help unpack issues on the day’s current affairs agenda and topics close to their hearts. Mbele also interviews the biggest newsmakers and experts in South Africa, helping listeners makes sense of their world.

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Tshwane licence renewal woes

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Cilliers Brink, delivers his inaugural State of the Capital Address (SoCA) Lerato Mbele is in conversation with Tshwane MMC for Community Safety, Grandi Theunissen.

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Cilliers Brink, delivers his inaugural State of the Capital Address (SoCA) Lerato Mbele is in conversation with Tshwane MMC for Community Safety, Grandi Theunissen.

State of the Capital Address

The Department of Mineral Resources & energy is looking into revamping its licensing regime to make it easy for artisanal mining to operate legally in the industry. It hopes the legalisation will discourage dangerous illegal mining, which costs the economy up to R70bn a year, Lerato Mbele is in conversation with MINING ANALYST & RESEARCHER AT BENCHMARKS FOUNDATION, DAVID VAN WYK and Spokesperson for the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy, Makhosonke Buthelezi.

The Department of Mineral Resources &amp; energy is looking into revamping its licensing regime to make it easy for artisanal mining to operate legally in the industry. It hopes the legalisation will discourage dangerous illegal mining, which costs the economy up to R70bn a year, Lerato Mbele is in conversation with MINING ANALYST &amp; RESEARCHER AT BENCHMARKS FOUNDATION, DAVID VAN WYK and Spokesperson for the Department of Mineral Resources &amp; Energy, Makhosonke Buthelezi.

Mineral Resources Plans To Revamp Its Artisanal Mining License

While the financial sustainability of South Africa’s eight metropolitan councils has improved slightly, their average score from Ratings Afrika is a mere 43 out of 100, which the agency says is concerning. The Midvaal Municipality in Gauteng and Mossel Bay Municipality in the Western Cape have been identified as the most financially sustainable municipalities in South Africa by governance rating agency, Ratings Afrika. This was revealed in its recently published Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI), which gauges the financial sustainability of the 104 largest local municipalities plus 8 metros in South Africa, Lerato Mbele is in conversation with Principal at Ratings Afrika, Charl Kocks.

While the financial sustainability of South Africa’s eight metropolitan councils has improved slightly, their average score from Ratings Afrika is a mere 43 out of 100, which the agency says is concerning. The Midvaal Municipality in Gauteng and Mossel Bay Municipality in the Western Cape have been identified as the most financially sustainable municipalities in South Africa by governance rating agency, Ratings Afrika. This was revealed in its recently published Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI), which gauges the financial sustainability of the 104 largest local municipalities plus 8 metros in South Africa, Lerato Mbele is in conversation with Principal at Ratings Afrika, Charl Kocks.

Tshwane licence renewal woes

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