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eThekwini corruption scrutiny could hurt ANC in November elections, analysts warn
The ANC faces mounting political pressure in eThekwini after municipal leaders were grilled by Parliament’s Scopa over R6.4 billion in irregular expenditure, governance failures…
State capture still stinging SOEs
Transnet and Prasa face financial, operational and governance challenges despite recovery efforts
City crumbles but manager bags millions
The saga of the Nelson Mandela Bay city manager, who has been under suspension for three years, highlights systemic mismanagement amid persistent service delivery failures and is…
Only God can save municipalities as collapse deepens
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,…
Ramaphosa vows to overhaul failing local government system
The president said senior officials in municipalities would be appointed through an independent process free from political interference
Ghost workers haunt Kenyan state
Investigations show individuals receiving multiple salaries, with one case involving five salaries paid to a single ID
Prasa achieves first unqualified audit in nine years with 93% performance rate
The state-owned passenger rail agency has a long-term goal of 600 million trips by 2035
DA governs the best-run municipalities, Ramaphosa tells ANC councillors
The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’
Makhanda the poster child for municipal collapse
The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of…
Social media can transform citizen-based monitoring and improve service delivery
By embracing social media as a tool for inclusive governance, the government can transform how it interacts with its citizens, creating a more participatory, transparent and…
There’s a crisis of accountability in local government
Revitalise municipal accountability by ensuring the effective implementation of the auditor general’s recommendations
Government wasted R38 billion in overspending, auditor general says
A disregard for the rule of law also saw the country lose R14 billion through payment of goods not received
Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements
It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed
Prasa ‘negligence’ leads to damage to R5.1 billion infrastructure
A high court report found that negligence in the rail agency’s integrated security project resulted in widespread theft and vandalism
Failing Eastern Cape municipality spends just 13% of R123m infrastructure grant
Premier Oscar Mabuyane has been urged to act against Alfred Nzo municipality’s mayor, Vukile Mhlelembana