Former eMadlangeni local municipality mayor, Lindile Mhlungu, and former municipal manager, Musawenkosi Thwala, appeared in the Pietermaritzburg High Court for allegedly…
Mogale City faces a severe water crisis due to persistent leaks, wasting millions of litres and taxpayer money. Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Jack Bloom has intervened,…
The reappointment of a senior official to a struggling North West municipality is met with skepticism, given his controversial past. This municipality is one of 12 in the…
Two tragic deaths in Ratanda, a township south of Heidelburg, during a service delivery protest over water supply have sparked outrage and calls for reflection on South Africa's…
KwaZulu-Natal municipalities are losing close to R4 billion annually in water revenue, with eThekwini accounting for half of this. Revelations from a provincial water summit…
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…
DA eThekwini mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen has criticised black political leadership, saying it has failed residents amid service delivery crises including chronic water…
When airports are developed, so is the property surrounding them. The ‘city’ essentially grows around the new airport
2025 didn’t see a boom but it was not a bust
Selling too much public property now could limit future opportunities for social housing, community facilities or public projects that only the state can deliver
Long-term leases turn public land into corporate profit, but it’s not clear how these deals are structured and whether communities are seeing their s
This move is in line with the Economic Freedom Fighters’ plan to survive beyond the 2026 local government election
The DA has refused to partner with the ANC in eThekwini because of its role in the removal of Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink
Mbulelo Tshangana’s statements come as the KwaZulu-Natal cooperative governance MEC has threatened the metro with ‘escalated intervention’, drawing the ire of its mayor
Cleaning up the city and improving governance are also among immediate priorities
They have also urged the government to conduct lifestyle audits on councillors and dissolve the troubled municipality This content is restricted to registered users and…
