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
The African National Congress faces two big challenges: fewer South Africans trust it, while its electoral support has been waning
The commodification of basic services is to blame for the current appalling situation
The GPL holds quarterly hearings in different areas so that the public can air their grievances, or thank them for addressing issues
Densification of the towns would improve service delivery and local business should be stimulated
The presidency responds to Paul Berkowitz’s story, ‘Zuma’s rule has savaged the NDP’
Two years after government promised to solve the problem, sewage sits in yards as pumps stand idle.
The Mail & Guardian visited three schools in Gauteng that do not have electricity nor adequate water supply or sanitation
A number of schools in the south of Johannesburg have been operating without electricity or running water for years.
South Africa’s citizenry is not the blank slate the ANC wants it to be — and they need to accept that.
Ethekwini residents know the city’s golden age of service delivery in 2010 won’t recur soon.
A vote for the governing party can earn people the chance of a job, but it’s likely to be temporary.
Government’s services and policies are crucial, as evidenced by the UAE’s appointment of its first-ever minister of state for happiness.