Malibongwe Dubazane is contesting all 14 of the IFP-run Nkandla local municipality’s wards
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The country’s local governments are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus and pose a critical sovereign risk
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Vuwani residents are ready to vote, but none of the top three parties is wooing them
Service-delivery issues, procurement inefficiencies and cadre deployment continue to plague municipalities, according to the Bureau for Economic Research
The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets
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Citizens want a meaningful say in how they are governed, not local government that foists on them what it has decided the people need.
The EFF has made bold promises to root out corruption in ailing municipalities and redistribute land to the poor ahead of this year’s local government elections.
Ramaphosa needs to build broad political consensus if he is to have any chance of pursuing his fiscal and structural reform agenda
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Broken taps and toilets are the last thing shack dwellers need in the midst of a pandemic
Sapref declares force majeure, shutting down 35% of SA’s fuel supply
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Inquiry leader and former deputy chief justice Dikgang Moseneke emphasised the need for democratic processes not to falter because of the pandemic.
Because the government ignores legitimate complaints and softer forms of protest, and only protest action yields results, we have learned that power trumps the law, despite what the constitution claims. A human rights court could be an answer
The dairy’s Lichtenburg factory, which is being closed due to service delivery issues, employs about 380 permanent and 40 temporary workers
Administrators exert political influence in the recruitment process, the Public Service Commission says
The state faces a dilemma: it made a three-year wage agreement with public servants in 2018, before the pandemic, but reneging on it now will undermine labour’s trust
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
As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting
Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane’s bold reshuffle is sure to ruffle feathers when the party heads to its elective conference this year
Despite fighting so hard for it, South Africans don’t seem to understand how democracy works
What if we told foreigners to voetsek? We have fallen victim to the illusion of scarcity. And we are led to wrongly believe immigrants are a threat
Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers
Leadership failures at Umdoni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have caused a ‘very unhappy’ ANC PEC to fire the mayor and chief whip
It is possible to urbanise without congestion and the attendant ills through emphasis on better institutions, writes Eddie Rakabe
COMMENT This year, Freedom Day on April 27 came and went without celebration for women in townships and on farms in South Africa. It was just another day of struggle, with women having to walk at least two kilometres to fetch water, sometimes from empty JoJo tanks, fending off attacks on the way, and now […]
Local government has long been the site of gross mismanagement and corruption. Both of these deny people their hopes and dreams and can lead to them also losing their lives.
ANC president says only his party can improve lives, as Northern Cape residents lament their struggles in South Africa’s sparsest province
Liberation movements attracted more than half of the popular vote in their most recent parliamentary elections in many African countries
Court is set to rule on the Makana council’s failure to fulfil its constitutional duties to town’s citizens
During the last national elections in 2014, Bekkersdal, west of Johannesburg, was the site of protests, sparked by service delivery woes
Counting Every Person: The M&G Data Desk has analysed voting results across SA for the past 20 years
Combating corruption, implementing court orders and holding the state accountable are critical for ensuring human rights for all
African citizens consistently place corruption amongst their top concerns, with many indicating that they have lost faith in many key institutions