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Plan of action: Michael Beaumont, chairperson of ActionSA, says the party wants to build on its success ahead of the local government elections in 2026. Photo: Gallo Images
ACTIONSA

ActionSA eyeing mayoral chains

The party wants to use its growing influence in Gauteng metros to consolidate its presence

  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Herman Mashaba said his party had accepted working with the ANC, a shift from its earlier stance, so that it could hold the organisation accountable. (Photo by Fani Mahuntsi/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
ACTIONSA

Mashaba’s ActionSA guns for speaker positions in Gauteng metros

The green mambas’ leader says the ANC is not the only party that has been involved in corruption

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Escalating municipal debt poses a major threat to the financial sustainability of municipalities and has a direct effect on service delivery, but the situation is being turned around. (Photos: Delwyn Verasamy)
DEPARTMENT OF CO OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND

Gauteng local government brings much-needed financial stability in municipalities

Residents are informed that not paying for services results in municipalities not being able to provide these services for them

  • Mary Martins
5 min read
(David Harrison)
ANC

Makhura confirms cash-strapped Emfuleni municipality placed under administration.

Makhura said the province will have financial control over the struggling municipality ― which includes the towns of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark

  • Mahlatse Mahlase
1 min read
Ekurhuleni municipal manager Khaya Ngema resigned shortly before the 2016 local elections amid a probe into R7.2bn in wasteful and fruitless spending.
EKURHULENI MUNICIPALITY

​Ekurhuleni’s manager slips away quietly amid a R7.2bn wasteful expenditure probe

Unlawful spending rose under Khaya Ngema’s watch and the metro last got a clean audit in 2009.

  • Jessica Bezuidenhout
4 min read