Official Vaal Metro X-press

28/03/2025

There’s a new sheriff in town, following the appointment of Phumudzo Magodi as the at Midvaal Local Municipality, effective from next month.

There's a new sheriff in town, following the appointment of Phumudzo Magodi as the Municipal Manager at Midvaal Local Municipality, effective from next month.

21/03/2025

Seeiso street will be a buzz today as party leaders 'flock' to commemorate the 65th now known as

The Gauteng provincial government will commemorate Sharpeville massacre day(now dubbed human rights day) with an event at the George Thabe Stadium.

14/03/2025

The department has lashed out at the unruly behaviour where some officials were physically assaulted, resulting to disruption in cleaning the graves of the 69 victims.

The Gauteng Department of Sport and Arts has confirmed that the human rights month events in Sharpeville will proceed as planned despite misleading information.

05/03/2025

Power utility Eskom Hld SOC Ltd has reminded customers in Emfuleni Local Municipality area that accounts must be paid directly to them after a court order was handed down in July 2023

Eskom has reminded customers in Emfuleni municipal area that electricity accounts must be paid directly to them after a court order was handed down in July 2023

05/03/2025

ICYMI | Self-proclaimed “Lion of Postola” will remain behind bars following his arrest for statutory r**e

Self-proclaimed “Lion of Postola” of the New Babillon Apostolic church, appeared at the Sebokeng Regional Court on a charge of statutory r**e on Monday.

27/02/2025

The DA in Gauteng has called on residents to sign a petition following the disappearance of more than R24 million earmarked for the building of the Palm Springs Multi-purpose Centre.

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has launched a petition on the whereabout of R24 million earmarked for the building of the Palm Springs Multi-purpose Centre.

05/02/2025

Gauteng human settlements, MEC Tasneem Motara, has expressed satisfaction with progress on housing projects to four key locations in the Sedibeng Region.

Gauteng human settlements, MEC Tasneem Motara, has expressed her satisfaction with progress on housing projects to four key locations in the Sedibeng Region.

29/01/2025

The Democratic Alliance says it welcomes the ousting of Sedibeng District Mayor

Date: 29 January 2025
Release: Immediate

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Sedibeng District Municipality welcomes the successful Motion of No Confidence (MONC) brought against Executive Mayor Cllr Lerato Maloka.

The Sedibeng District Municipality is finally rid of the ineffective, and problematic Executive Mayor Maloka.

This DA sponsored motion passed with 26 votes in favour of the MONC, and 21 votes against.

Within the next 14 days, another council meeting will be convened where we will elect a new mayor.

In the run-up to this meeting, the DA will consider all its options as we continue to act in the best interest of all residents in the Sedibeng District.

This MONC was brought last year, following her failure to, amongst other things, implement the financial recovery plan, as was required of her by the MEC of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), leaving the municipality's finances in limbo.

This, alongside a hefty increase in Fruitless Wasteful and Irregular Expenditure, unfunded budgets and allowing the municipality to reach a point where 75% of its finances is being spent on salaries, severely impacting service delivery, made her exit today a foregone conclusion.

Mayor Maloka failed in her statutory obligations, as well as her moral obligations to the municipality, its employees, and its people.

Whilst the municipality was struggling to pay salaries, the mayor felt it prudent to spend more than R550 000.00 on a trip to Germany.

But most shockingly, she refused to use a Mercedes Benz GLB provided to her for an entire year.

When she was finally forced to use it by council, the car developed mechanical problems – technicians found that brown sugar had been poured into the engine.

We are proud to have contributed to the end of Mayor Maloka's reign. We will always, wherever we are, put residents' needs first.

Our goal is the prioritisation of the people of Sedibeng. The only way they will be put first, is if an effective government is put in place that will ensure an end to corruption, and work towards the provision of services.

Today is a good day for Sedibeng, an ineffective mayor must leave her seat. During her tenure, Mayor Maloka lost the physical mayoral chain, and today, she has finally been relieved of her duties.

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29/01/2025

Lerato Maloka has been ousted as mayor in a motion of no confidence brought by the - All 49 councillors participated with 2 Abstained, 21 voted For, while 26 went Against

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24/01/2025

| Three suspects wanted for a vehicle hijacking and murder case in Orange Farm arrested.

Three suspects wanted for a vehicle hijacking and murder case in Orange Farm were arrested by the Johannesburg Metro Police in Hillbrow on Tuesday.

19/01/2025

The DA in Gauteng has lashed out at the Provincial Department of Arts and Culture after R94,300.00 was paid to the service provider for hiring .

The Democratic Alliance in Gauteng has criticized the wasteful spending on renting the Boipatong Monument, highlighting issues with GDSACR's budget.

12/01/2025

for R100 prior official release, Education department called on to provide clarity.

Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has called on the department to clarify its position regarding the sale of matric results by a private entity.

24/12/2024

Police discovered a body of an unidentified African male when they rescued a Pakistan businessman who was kidnapped in Sebokeng.

A 46-year-old woman has been arrested for murder and kidnapping a Pakistani businessman in Sebokeng on Monday.

23/11/2024

ICYMI | Following President Cyril Ramaphosa's addresses ordering the closure of spaza shops implicated in the deaths of children from with immediate effect.

He further announced that all spaza shops must be registered.

Former ANC member now MK Party's Themba Mnisi commonly known as Vutha Mlilo bust a South African woman attempting to assist to register a business at municipal offices in Sebokeng, Vaal.

Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi had earlier condemned South Africans who use their identities to help undocumented foreign nationals to register their tuckshops.

"We want them to try their luck, and I can assure you, they will regret it. And the system that they've used to do registration are water tight. We know what we're looking for, we know the database that they are linked. You can't claim to have had a business in the last three years and when we go to the SA Receiver of Revenue database, you've not filed," he remarked.

23/11/2024

Gauteng police have called on the public to assist in locating the man and woman in the picture.

According to the men and women in blue, this couple can assist with investigation of a r**e case that happened on 20 April 2024 in Vereeniging, Sedibeng District.

Anyone with information may contact Detective Constable Brummer on 073 079 1467/ 016 450 2566 or contact Crime Stop on 08600 10111 or MySAPS App.

11/11/2024

Tributes have continued to pour in following the passing of former Democratic Alliance Vaal chairperson and Midvaal Local Municipality speaker of council, Freddie Peters, on Sunday, aged 78.

Tributes have continued to pour in following the passing of Midvaal ward 1 councillor, Freddie Peters, on Sunday at age 78.

22/10/2024

Joburg mayor Dada Morero is expected to meet on Tuesday as the step aside rule is set to kick in following the Community Development MMC's arrest.

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says the step aside rule will kick in, in the matter of community development MMC Kabelo Gwamanda's arrest.

22/10/2024

The DA has called on Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi to fulfill his promises of installing electricity transformers in made during his pre-elections campaign.

The DA has called on Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi to fulfill his pre-elections campaign promises of installing transformers in Emfuleni.