Municipal Politics
latest news & developments
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…
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…
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
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
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…
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