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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

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Informal settlements are difficult for disaster management teams to access, but the Gauteng team has received international accolades and acclaim. (Photos: Gulshan Khan/AFP & Times Media)

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Disaster management and fire & rescue services: a story of heroes and heroines

Gauteng’s Urban Search and Rescue team earns international recognition

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The mandate of the Gauteng CoGTA is to strengthen co-operative governance between municipalities and traditional leaders, which MEC Dikgang Moiloa is successfully doing

DEPARTMENT OF CO OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE AND

Greater co-operation between CoGTA and Gauteng Traditional Leadership

‘When unregistered initiation schools are identified they will be closed’

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