Local government needs major surgery
A total review of the role of municipalities, structure and capability is needed, not shallow recommendations, writes Andrew Siddle & Tom Koelble.
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KZN municipalities 'get their financial acts together'
Naming and shaming poor performing municipalities has helped to drastically improve the financial health of many KwaZulu-Natal municipalities.
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The march of the white elephants
Municipalities are confident that pricey World Cup stadiums will be sustainable.
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Serious cash flow problems in uMsunduzi Municipality
KwaZulu-Natal's uMsunduzi Municipality, incorporating provincial capital Pietermaritzburg, has enough money to operate for just one more week.
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Concern over rivers of waste
Concerns are growing that faulty municipal water treatment works that leak sewage are destroying South Africa's rivers.
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Enough is enough
Salary hikes for strikers, or services for citizens; the treasury tells municipalities to choose.
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A nation united in protest
Lack of municipal capacity and poor communication by government officials are key contributors to the surge of recent service delivery protests.
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Metro municipalities owed billions
Metropolitan municipalities were owed a total of R30,3-billion as at March 31 2009, the National Treasury said on Friday.
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Hope for Johanna
The Johannesburg Development Agency goes where private property developers fear to tread -- and then make those areas irresistible to investors.
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The insiders' payroll
A significant portion of municipal employees owe their jobs to political deployment.
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