UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Tick-tock … what Ramaphosa’s speech on local government means for Nelson Mandela Bay 8 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
COUNCIL INTERVENTION No ‘other option’ — Western Cape MEC Anton Bredell seeks to dissolve Knysna council 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Western Cape municipalities’ debt to Eskom slowly improving, but Kannaland still a problem 4 min 2 By Suné Payne
PARLIAMENT Auditor-General sounds alarm on governance crisis in SA’s biggest cities, gives Cape Town the thumbs up 5 min 6 By Victoria O’Regan
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OP-ED How hyperlocal strategies could revitalise South Africa’s broken local municipalities 5 min 1 By Richard Morrow
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Just two streetlights fixed in 90 days in Nelson Mandela Bay’s Kariega 5 min 21 By Estelle Ellis
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK Kick to touch: Paul Mashatile goes generic, faced with questions on key issues in Parliament 5 min 4 By Victoria O’Regan
VULINDLELA PHASE 2 Government models 3.5% growth by 2029 as it launches 30 key reforms — here they are 4 min 18 By Ferial Haffajee
ANALYSIS ANC’s new committee chairs — more evidence the party just does not get it 3 min 17 By Stephen Grootes
THE INTERVIEW ‘Time to pay up,’ Cogta Minister Hlabisa tells municipalities as government reviews funding models 6 min 7 By Suné Payne
ANALYSIS Community-led service delivery — good in the short term, difficult in the long term 4 min 12 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS Sona 2025 — Ramaphosa’s soft promises on a collision course with hard reality 3 min 36 By Stephen Grootes
PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY OP-ED Empowering communities: how public participation can revitalize South Africa's local governance landscape 5 min 2 By Nadia Gava
ANALYSIS Money management is critical if dysfunctional local government is to be fixed 4 min 19 By Stephen Grootes
ANALYSIS Forceful Ramaphosa faces his enemies head-on in departure from past January 8th speeches 6 min 38 By Stephen Grootes
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION SIU launches comprehensive investigation into Makana municipality's five-year service delivery crisis 7 min 11 By Estelle Ellis
PLETT CHAOS Bitou saga — DA wins court bid to set aside municipal manager’s R4m golden handshake 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
ANALYSIS Why review power tariffs when councils, government and citizens fail to pay in the first place? 4 min 45 By Stephen Grootes
