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Subesh Pillay
Subesh Pillay is a social and political commentator, local government governance adviser and former city councillor in Tshwane. In 2016 he was conferred the title of Alderman for his service of over 20 years to the city. He is a former member of the national executive committee of the South African Local Government Association.
Roadmap to get public services and infrastructure back on track
As SA’s democracy heads towards 30 years, we need to critically assess what needs to be done differently to become Madiba’s miracle nation
If municipalities work, then SA Inc will work
By growing the revenue base and collecting revenue owed by people who can pay for these services, municipalities will be in a position to fund non-revenue generating social…
The albatross of municipal finances hangs around local government’s neck
Their collection capacity is constrained and they have to deliver bulk services. Solutions would be to create a single local government revenue collection agency and some form of…