Half of respondents treat their municipal water by boiling or filtering it before consumption, while 8% specified that they drink only bottled water
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Many large metros and municipalities are not prepared for extended electricity outages that disrupt the reliable supply of drinking water and sanitation services
But the power utility says not so, and that it has for years been calling for additional generation capacity
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If you don’t live in these metros you won’t benefit from price decreases when Eskom raises tariffs in 2023
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A survey of March’s top online news articles suggests that municipalities, a new police commissioner and the ANC’s December elective conference were key issues facing the president
The price of electricity could go up by 20.5% in April and an upcoming court bid could see users paying surcharges to municipalities
The Matatiele municipality has attempted to justify why it pays a full salary to an ANC councillor convicted of raping a party volunteer
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Legal red tape results in providers not registering and children being denied the opportunity to thrive
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
The government’s plan to deal with the pandemic and its aftermath includes managing ‘the challenges of bereavement’ that will accompany large-scale deaths
​The top 10 defaulting municipalities owe Eskom billions, and a parliamentary committee has resolved to find out why they are not paying their debts
Three-day summit worked towards practical solutions to energy crisis
Are different ways of governing emerging from South Africa’s cities governed by opposition coalitions?
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The South African Municipal Workers’ Union says over 200 000 workers across SA are set to down tools if negotiations fail to produce desired results.
Salga has asked for access to the full records of agreements between the Competition Commission and 15 construction companies.
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The audit outcomes for municipalities for the 2010/11 financial year were accompanied by handwringing, blaming and credulity-stretching spin.
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Wage talks between the South African Municipal Workers’ Union and the South African Local Government Association have begun in Boksburg.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says the pace of infrastructure development is lagging behind what the country needs to evolve.
Proposed new traditional laws have been slammed by civic groups as unconstitutional, saying they would impede rural women’s rights in particular.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has slammed ratepayer groups who refuse to pay their rates and place their money in trust accounts.
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Business Unity SA has asked to meet with the SA Local Government Association regarding a proposed tax on business to help raise additional funds.
The DA-run Western Cape has seen the worst of Samwu’s strike violence while Gauteng has remained largely unscathed. We look at the tale of two cities.
Striking municipal workers will settle for nothing less than a double digit wage increase, the South Africa Municipal Workers’ Union has said.
Municipal workers will bring the Johannesburg city centre to a standstill this week, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union has said.
Ekurhuleni metro police say municipal workers must be be disciplined during their upcoming strike.
The 18% pay rise demand of municipal workers is not affordable for municipalites, the South African Local Government Association have said.
Municipal services will be restored as soon as possible after a strike was resolved on Wednesday, the SA Local Government Association (Salga) says.
Samwu leaders will meet their employer, the SA Local Government Association (Salga), on Wednesday to try to resolve an ongoing national strike.
The SA Local Government Association has withdrawn its Labour Court application to halt a nationwide strike by municipal workers.
Up to 60 000 workers aligned with Samwu will stage a nationwide strike following a failed application by their employer to halt the action.
Negotiations between municipal workers and their employers remain deadlocked, unions said on Thursday afternoon.
The economic crisis has the potential to affect the revenue and tax base of municipalities, which may hamper delivery, Kgalema Motlanthe said.