Municipality

With only 16% of municipalities passing audits, South Africans face failing water systems, roads and governance. The coming elections test not only politics but morality,…

Declining trust in local governments, exacerbated by poor service delivery and political instability, threatens democracy and demands urgent action for reform

Revitalise municipal accountability by ensuring the effective implementation of the auditor general’s recommendations

People have installed solar panels and found other water sources, with some negative consequences

The political heavyweight says corrupt officials and factionalists would be the first to go

The rise of hung councils has required amendments to the Municipal Structures Act to improve stability and governance

Pietermaritzburg residents allege corruption and mismanagement as well as problems with the new billing system

Electoral committee secretary Chief Matsila says the process is airtight and the provincial secretary could not have tampered with it

Mia Malan interviews Deputy Justice Minister, John Jeffery, and United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, about what’s next for sex workers

Political parties and NGOs will be taking Nersa and Eskom to court for granting the utility an 18.65% tariff hike

High court action targeting the municipal manager or other leaders will send a message that mismanagement is not acceptable

Maintaining infrastructure is key to economic development and improved service delivery by local government

ANC Limpopo leaders called on the election committee to change the candidate lists in favour of Ramaphosa faction days before Motlanthe’s report on factions in the party