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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Minister urged to rescue collapsing Gqeberha metro

Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, is facing a severe service delivery collapse due to mismanagement and political infighting. A veteran anti-apartheid activist is now calling…

  • Brian Sokutu
5 min read
The ANC is considering legal action after a turbulent Maluti-a-Phofung council meeting in which mayor Malekula Melato was removed, amid claims of a flawed process and a leaked EFF recording.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AFRICAN CONTENT MOVEMENT

Inside the EFF Free State plot to remove Maluti-a-Phofung mayor

In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
Political mafias and ‘business’ became common, for example municipal contracts between former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and the Delangokubona Business Forum. Photo: File
ABAHLALI BASEMJONDOLO

Political gangsterism is a clear and present danger

In collaboration with crooks, political mafias have emerged in which private fortunes are being built on plundered public wealth

  • Richard Pithouse
8 min read
Ekurhuleni mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza. (Papi Morake/Gallo Images)
ACTIONSA

ANC-DA coalition negotiations over a new Ekurhuleni deal get under way

Ekurhuleni’s ANC plans to exclude the Economic Freedom Fighters and bring in the Democratic Alliance, plus Patriotic Alliance and ActionSA

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
Nkululeko Dunga, the EFF provincial chairperson, secured an MEC position and will be sworn in as a member of the Gauteng provincial legislature. Photo: Twitter/EFF
ACTIONSA

ANC and minority parties to remove EFF mayoral committee members in Johannesburg ‘this week’

Despite the ANC, Economic Freedom Fighters and the minority parties being in government together in the city, the Red Berets voted against a R2.5 billion loan proposed by the…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
5 min read
Harrismith’s streets are potholed, filled with refuse and illegal electricity connections are evident but more worrying are the power and water cuts. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COGTA

Eskom to take over distribution, billing at troubled Free State municipality

The Maluti-a-Phofung local municipality owes the power utility more than R5-billion

  • Chris Gilili
2 min read