Tshwane mayoral candidate Cilliers Brink says his first task if he is elected would be to work with the city’s coalition partners to fix the city’s finances and find ways of mitigating the effects of rolling blackouts on the city.

The president, like alcohol, is a beneficiary of high level public relations. He has perfected the art of looking and sounding convincing even if he is doing nothing to justify such conclusions.

Mangaung mayor Mxolisi Siyonzana is expected to follow premier Sisi Ntombela to the exit door as winds of change sweep Free State.

Cilliers Brink is set to be elected as the new City of Tshwane mayor. Brink, the DA spokesperson and shadow ministerof cooperative governance, is expected to be sworn in as a councillor and then as mayor in the next few days.

As the expectations that either Cilliers Brink or Katlego Mathebe will be named as Tshwane's next mayoral candidate, the political fortunes of speaker of council Dr Murunwa Makwarela have taken a nosedive.

“We have leadership in the party. However, there remains a gap between the DA and the electorate that must give us the mandate to govern. There remains a leadership gap in leading the party to connect with the majority of South Africans.”

We must change the reasons why we are a hopeless society. Men must have a frank assessment of themselves and actively seek to change for the better.

Tshwane is headed for a potential political leadership crisis after mayor Randall Williams resigned effective end of the day on Monday, but later in the day rescinded and said he would stay two more weeks.

The DA has insisted that its position on the declaration of a state of disaster over the energy crisis is consistent.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has repeated his call to companies, departments and SOEs to waive the requirement for work experience for young people seeking entry-level positions. Speaking on the government’s plans to encourage youth employment in his State of the Nation Address on Thursday, Ramaphosa said the employment tax incentive has been expanded to encourage businesses to hire more young people in large numbers.