ANC Prepares for Court Battle Against Its Free State Wing

LOCAL NEWS

• ANC prepares to go to court against its own Free State branch, with the FS apparently defying the national working committee by challenging the nullifying of its provincial executive committee (PEC).
  • Supreme Court of Appeal found the 2018 PEC election was unlawful, which was seen as a major blow to Ace Magashule, who used the PEC as his centre of power
• SA researchers hope to resume the study on J&J vaccines next week after Govt paused the rollout due to clotting issues.
  • So far, 290k healthcare workers have been given J&J and govt has secured 31m J&J doses and 30m Pfizer.
  • HealthMin says he is quite comfortable that the issue will be resolved soon
• Civil engineering unions join Eskom unions calling for a 15% wage increase amid govt's fiscal consolidation drive – underscoring the difficulty of trimming the public sector wage bill
• Presidency sets 27 October 2021 as the official start of the local government elections, despite protests from a number of parties and likely complications due to Covid-19
• Poultry industry remains on high alert after a pathogenic bird flu strain was detected on two more farms this week after being identified in a East Rand farm last week