Municipal Governance
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The tender that gobbled up Rand West City
A R76.18 million tender awarded to a state official in the ANC-led Rand West District Municipality has been exposed in the Auditor-General's report. This concerning pattern of…
Former KZN municipal mayor and accomplice appear in court for an alleged R2m ‘fictitious’ shopping mall feasibility study
Former eMadlangeni local municipality mayor, Lindile Mhlungu, and former municipal manager, Musawenkosi Thwala, appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for allegedly…
Tardy Mogale City scurries to fix leak
Mogale City faces a severe water crisis due to persistent leaks, wasting millions of litres and taxpayer money. Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom has intervened,…
ANC factions to blame for collapse of North West municipality
The reappointment of a senior official to a struggling North West municipality is met with skepticism, given his controversial past. This municipality is one of 12 in the…
Ratanda water protest deaths a tragic result of poor governance
Two tragic deaths in Ratanda, a township south of Heidelburg, during a service delivery protest over water supply have sparked outrage and calls for reflection on South Africa's…
R4bn down the drain as KZN sheds 60% in non-revenue water
KwaZulu-Natal municipalities are losing close to R4 billion annually in water revenue, with eThekwini accounting for half of this. Revelations from a provincial water summit…
eThekwini corruption scrutiny could hurt ANC in November elections, analysts warn
The ANC faces mounting political pressure in eThekwini after municipal leaders were grilled by Parliament’s Scopa over R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure, governance failures…
DA eThekwini mayoral candidate says black politicians are failing their communities
DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen has criticised black political leadership, saying it has failed residents amid service delivery crises including chronic water…
Airports equal real estate catalysts
When airports are developed, so is the property surrounding them. The ‘city’ essentially grows around the new airport
The real estate year in review
2025 didn’t see a boom but it was not a bust
Why the City of Cape Town selling its real estate is not as simple as it looks
Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver
Questions over transparency in renewable energy land deals
Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but it’s not clear how these deals are structured and whether communities are seeing their s
EFF eyes Ekurhuleni mayoral seat
This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election
KZN DA not moved by claims of clandestine ANC-MK party talks
The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink
eThekwini not eligible for section 139 administration, says Cogta director-general
Mbulelo Tshangana’s statements come as the KwaZulu-Natal cooperative governance MEC has threatened the metro with ‘escalated intervention’, drawing the ire of its mayor