Municipal Collapse
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Mpumalanga municipality slapped with record R650m penalty for years of raw sewage spills
In a landmark ruling, the Emalahleni local municipality was ordered to fund major repairs after pleading guilty to persistent sewage pollution that contaminated rivers feeding…
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…