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The Next Phase of Transformation: Where Policy, Power and Progress Collide
As South Africa’s transformation landscape continues to evolve amid changing economic realities and growing demands for accountability, the Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference…
Democracy should feed land hunger
It is shocking that a post-1994 dispensation, emerging from a colonial-apartheid liberation struggle whose core objective was the return of land, has presided over the increase…
Cogta, Salga keen for the passing of Bill limiting smaller parties’ influence on municipalities
The Bill seeks to stabilise local government by ensuring that parties which make the composition of municipal councils are a true representation of the will of the majority,…
New Electricity Regulation Amendment Act welcome but potential hurdles remain
The new Act heralds a bold move away from Eskom’s monopoly but there is potential for challenge
Amakhosi, councillors must get VIP protection, says new Salga KwaZulu-Natal chair Xolani Dube
A recent report noted that 213 people were assassinated in the last seven years, and of these 118 were in KwaZulu-Natal
The youth must vote if they want change
Participation in our fledgling democracy at all levels is the best way forward
Government owes KwaZulu-Natal municipalities R3 billion for rates, water, electricity
Households are battling to keep up with their municipal bills in the face of stubbornly high interest rates, according to Salga This content is restricted to registered users and…
Trust in the safety of tap water is waning: survey
Half of respondents treat their municipal water by boiling or filtering it before consumption, while 8% specified that they drink only bottled water This content is restricted to…
A spoke in Mpumalanga’s power wheel
Wheeling electricity across the grid offers a solution to South Africa’s power crisis, so why is it not happening in the energy heartland?
R63 billion municipal debt places Eskom at risk, says minister
The lack of financial viability of councils is a threat to the state-owned-entity’s sustainability
Non-delivery sparks citizens’ legal action in Eastern Cape
Fed-up residents and businesses are turning to the courts to get their local councils to take action on power outages, sewage overflows, unrepaired roads and other failures to…
IEC ready for elections, but says Covid-19 trajectory is unknown factor
Legally, the local government election must be held this year and the government hasn’t said why they wouldn’t go ahead, says the Electoral Commission of South Africa
Calls for removal of unethical local government leaders at Salga conference
Ability must determine who gets hired, not jobs for pals or because of their political affiliation, says the head of the South African Local Government Association
Gauteng’s most vital resource irreparably damaged – SAHRC
Commission’s long-awaited report into Vaal sewage crisis finds widespread non-compliance by the government
War of words over declined medical aid merger
Sizwe Medical Fund has taken a swipe at the Council for Medical Schemes for declining its merger with Hosmed