Daily news update: Bathabile Dlamini’s legal action, Limpho Hani’s application dismissed, floods devastate Joburg

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Daily news update: 10 December

Bathabile Dlamini ‘intends’ to take legal action against ANC over NEC position snub

Former Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini is planning to take legal action against the African National Congress (ANC) after she was barred from contesting for a position on the national executive committee (NEC).

In a letter sent to Dlamini on Wednesday, the ANC informed the former minister that the ruling party’s electoral committee vetting process had disqualified her because of her perjury conviction.

However, Dlamini, who received 856 nominations to return to the NEC ahead of the ANC’s national elective conference next week, has since instructed her lawyers to institute legal proceedings against the ruling party.

SACP and Limpho Hani’s Waluś parole rescission application fails

The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has dismissed the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Limpho Hani’s application to reverse its ruling on Janusz Waluś’s parole.

The ConCourt reportedly delivered its judgment on Friday, two days after Waluś was discharged from hospital.

In their application, the SACP and Hani asked the highest court in the land to declare that its judgment had a “patent error” in that it did not “fully evaluate or analyse or examine the applicants’ submissions”.

WATCH: Severe downpours devastate parts of Johannesburg

Several areas in and around the city of Johannesburg have been devastated by the severe weather following the heavy downpours.

Residents took to social media to share the devastation caused by strong winds and heavy rain that battered the city.  

Trees were uprooted and roads were flooded overnight on Thursday across many suburbs in Johannesburg.

Politicians looking to win votes by cleaning streets, patching Ditsobotla’s potholes

Lichtenburg, Coligny and surrounding areas are a hive of activity as political parties try to please residents and win seats at the dissolved Ditsobotla Local Municipality, where years of corruption and mismanagement have brought the North West council to its knees.

The broken municipality is up for grabs, with all its council seats being contested in the 14 December massive by-elections.

Ditsobotla falls under Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, and was until recently led by the African National Congress (ANC). Local party leaders have come under pressure as opposition parties vow to take over, all promising to turn around the ailing council.

National Treasury says it really can’t help Eskom buy diesel

South Africa’s Treasury has stated that it will not be able to assist Eskom with the funds it needs to buy more diesel as it would upset the already “well-informed allocation of the country’s scarce financial resources”.

The statement came after it was reported that Eskom had approached Treasury for R19.5 billion to buy diesel to fuel auxiliary power plants.

But the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has declined the request.

Lerato Moloi trends for 2 days after Tol Ass Mo interview

Model Lerato Moloi has been trending for two days straight after comedian Tol Ass Mo slated her on YouTube show, Podcast and Chill with MacG, leading to scores of social media users cyberbullying her in defence of the comedian. 

At the height of the “Me Too” movement, South African model Lerato Moloi posted a tweet recalling her own experiences of sexual assault at the hands of famous and powerful South African men.

One of the three men she named in her tweet, comedian Mongezi “Tol A$$ Mo” Ngcobondwane, took legal action against her for the allegations and she was initially served with a court order to remove the tweet.