Municipal Services

South Africa's new National Water Action Plan proposes a significant overhaul of municipal water services to address the country's water crisis. While welcomed by experts, its…

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As South Africa approaches the 29 May national and provincial elections, the narrative has shifted from load-shedding to a crisis that hits even closer to home: water. Plus,…

Two years after government promised to solve the problem, sewage sits in yards as pumps stand idle.

There is now a nifty website that shows what your local council has spent – and what it should have but has not.

SA needs well-designed administrations staffed by well-trained, professional mandarins, writes Ivor Chipkin.

The ANC has received an erroneous bill from the City of Jo’burg stating that it owes more than R3.5m in outstanding rates, taxes, and electricity.

The city has used a financial loophole, skipped tenders, and paid 10 times more than Jo’burg did. Mmanaledi Mataboge reports.

Nathi Mthethwa has warned municipal officials against corruption, saying law enforcement agencies are ready to deal with graft and catch culprits.

The DA-run Western Cape has seen the worst of Samwu’s strike violence while Gauteng has remained largely unscathed. We look at the tale of two cities.

Almost every municipality is corrupt and the growing lack of transparency and accountability is creating networks for graft to survive and thrive.

Municipalities in Gauteng continue to struggle to collect revenue due to non-payment for services such as water and electricity, the premier says.

Cape Town mayor Dan Plato says an ANCYL official played integral part in installing toilets. The <i>M&G</i> quizzed him about the issue.

Hopes of an end to the municipal workers’ strike were dashed on Tuesday night, with no resolution yet on a pay parity deal Samwu said.