Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipalities go to the Democratic Alliance, with eThekwini set to follow.
Nearly 20 former and current staff and executives are understood to be facing action over procurement corruption at the water entity
South Africa’s 66 hung municipalities have to constitute councils or face a rerun of elections
Those haggling over the keys to Durban city hall can’t smell the shit in the harbour
Deals with the Inkatha Freedom Party deliver small towns, but metros remain beyond the ruling party’s reach
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is understood to have been part of talks that swung the agreement, which is a ‘governance plan’ rather than a coalition
Land entity gets an unqualified audit but parliament remains unimpressed
The regime’s last president may have ushered in democracy but he refused to take responsibility for the deeds of his National Party government
Burning a city and asking its residents to vote for you appears to have been a bit of a stretch for Durban’s electorate
After a dismal showing at the polls, all the major parties – with some smaller kingmakers – will now begin the horse-trading to run your municipality