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Imagine what he was doing with these resources to others, rivals within the ANC, people within the judiciary, difficult cops who would not toe the line, prosecutors within the National Prosecuting Authority who would not look the other way and gave his appointees difficulty, spooks even, spies who were just trying to do their job honestly and properly.

Remember that EFF Oh, James, this feels like such a long time ago, but remember that SAPS investigator was murdered on the side of the road, going up to a toll gate in Gauteng.

Was it just a year or so ago now? I cannot even remember in the timeline, it just comes to my mind.

Almost certainly by a rogue militia within our military.

But I also want to say that you were not the only one who sent us messages saying I was at a concert in the park, which is all so cool that so many people who are at that iconic rally are now recorders.

Then Ilana on the WhatsApp line, 0607613436 says, it's official.

Eric needs to move to Gauteng.

I love the shows where all three of you are present much, much more.

But Taila is not from the Cape.

Not many colored South Africans live in Gauteng, where Taila is from.

It's actually mostly white South Africans, so just keep that in mind as we go throughout today's episode.

But despite all of the uproar that Tyla caused when she called herself colored, South Africa still uses this term to this day.

Here's police spokesperson Amanda van Vek.

Gauteng leads with 49,518 applications received, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 33,661, Eastern Cape 17,441.

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National Blood Service has warned that national blood stocks have dropped to three in nine days.

Also, it looks like MK will not win Durban outright.

And Nelson Mandela Bay, I think, is a metro that has not been covered as much in this election, hasn't drawn as much attention as the Gauteng metros, and yet it looks like it may have a DA Freedom Front Plus coalition taking control there.

Michael, what do you make of all this? It's kind of interesting to me that the DA seems to be, I think, underperforming a bit in Twane.

I originally wrote an article actually at the beginning of the campaigning season that I thought that the DA would be better maybe perhaps focusing on Twane, that it would be a bit of a risk to go for Johannesburg.

It's history happening as you look at it.

And it is quite remarkable.

And of course, what voters, from the voters' point of view, or even if they aren't getting a vote, the people's point of view, we now have very, very sharp contrasts between, you know, the lived experience of a Cape Town or of a Mangung and a Gauteng and a Trani and so on, or Joburg and Trani.

And it's very visible.

And at that time, we weren't really big.

So I would take orders from anywhere in Gauteng.

So I could be delivering in Gauteng.

North Riding to, oh my goodness, to Kempton Park and then all the way to Pretoria North.

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The information is available and it's delivered by her own department.

It does appear as though the municipalities in Gauteng and the water and sanitation departments don't conduct these thorough assessments on the wastewater treatment plant as often as they should.

I mean, the water and sanitation minister today said they've now decided to visit all the treatment plants in Gauteng to thoroughly assess these wastewater treatment plants.

And it to an extent, I guess, is an indictment on the water and sanitation department admitting that they haven't been doing this as regular and as often as they should have.

I mean, the Bronco spray to wastewater treatment plant is one issue which led to 833 cases of gastrointestinal illnesses.

Yeah.

Let's have a break from Gauteng and its indeterminate solutions.

I find the Cape Town numbers interesting.

DA had 52.6, rounded up to 53.

And I highly doubt that that would happen, given that the term for all municipal council is coming to an end on Monday, ahead of the upcoming local government elections, effectively meaning that Nasipi Moya only has a few days left before her term in office comes to an end.

National government, being the water and sanitation department, though, has said that now their plan is to conduct a thorough assessment on all wastewater treatment plants in Gauteng.

They've been dealing with this issue of water contamination for quite some time.

I mean, in 2023, we spoke about the cholera outbreak, which was caused by the city's failure to refurbish the Roiva wastewater treatment plant.

Why the decision to move it?

Yeah, this year we're bringing the finale to Santon Convention Center because it is the economic heart of Gauteng.

But it's also conveniently located with ample parking and easy access from the Santon Mall.

And we just feel like it's also a very convenient area for people who are coming from around the nation and for local.