Every financial decision is a trade-off between today’s wants and tomorrow’s needs, says Jason Appel, financial planning specialist at Chartered Wealth Solutions.
South Africa has received pledges of about $11.6 billion for its just energy transition. Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism asked the treasury how much will be given to Mpumalanga and what is being done about indebted municipalities to ensure they get the funds for the transition
ActionSA has promised positions to the ANC and EFF but the former ruling party is cautious of the city’s poor finances and service delivery failures
Tenderpreneur Gaston Savoi throws his amigos, including Peggy Nkonyeni and Mike Mabuyakhulu, under the bus
The Jacob Zuma-led party has targeted ward by-elections and student representative councils for growth after the 29 May elections
The ANC Youth League says the provincial secretary caused divisions that led to the party’s electoral setbacks
The ANC chief whip believes the party might be punished in the local government elections over failed services in the capital if it takes power now
Government lawyers will claim Google has used its financial power to acquire potential rivals and corner the ad tech market
Municipalities need a governance register to ensure their performance more than compliance
The council must review how it will remain relevant in an economy characterised by artificial intelligence, digitalisation and hybrid ways of working, business partners say