COALITION GOVERNMENTS OP-ED

‘Vote for the adults’: SA can’t legislate its way out of coalitions chaos

6 min

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By Mike Law

ELECTORAL CONUNDRUMS OP-ED

Debating coalitions behind a ‘veil of ignorance’

6 min

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By Jaap De Visser

ELECTORAL REFORM

Political parties divided as ANC, DA push alternative to proportional representation system

6 min

5

By Queenin Masuabi

TUESDAY EDITORIAL

How to fix a dump site? Johannesburg Crisis Forum says ‘Take back Egoli: Reclaim the City’

6 min

11

By Mark Heywood

ANALYSIS

As horse trading intensifies around local government, residents and ratepayers must make their voices heard

5 min

9

By Stephen Grootes

ACCOUNTABILITY RABBIT HOLES OP-ED

Political action and collective power — how to hold our municipalities accountable

5 min

1

By Tess Peacock and Tinotenda Muringani

AUDIT OUTCOMES

Unaccountable: North West municipalities record R3.2bn in irregular expenditure

3 min

1

By Michelle Banda

VISUAL TAKE: AUDIT OUTCOMES

Local government litany of woe — municipal decay and its dire consequences for service delivery

5 min

5

By Victoria O’Regan

BATTERY THINKING OP-ED

Solar solutions to the municipal energy crisis — political will is a key ingredient of success

4 min

1

By Philip Machanick

ANALYSIS

The cotton wool principles – in local politics, the ANC’s short-term gains pile up long-term problems

5 min

11

By Stephen Grootes

LOCAL POLITICS PROFILE

From drugs to sewage and racial inequality, new Barrydale ward councillor fills ‘big shoes’ to tackle town’s woes

4 min

3

By Suné Payne

ANALYSIS

Minnows on a tightrope: Cope is no-hope for SA democracy 

5 min

6

By Stephen Grootes

CLIMATE PARALYSIS

SA’s municipalities ill equipped to deal with risk of climate impacts, indaba told

7 min

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By Julia Evans

SOPA 2023

Even the opposition cheers as Gauteng Premier Lesufi announces the scrapping of e-tolls

4 min

5

By Nonkululeko Njilo

BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

SA city planners, street vendors and spaza shops could help curb urban hunger

7 min

1

By Nicole Ludolph

ANALYSIS

Head and shoulders above — Cape Town’s success could become a key issue in 2024 elections

6 min

22

By Stephen Grootes

POWER PLAY

Eskom seeks help to make Tshwane ‘do right by its residents’ and pay R1.4bn debt

3 min

1

By Victoria O’Regan

NORTH WEST DYSFUNCTION

U-turn - Patriotic Alliance's Elizabeth Lethoko withdraws resignation as mayor of troubled Ditsobotla municipality

4 min

1

By Velani Ludidi

POWER CRISIS

Rolling blackouts blamed for water outages in Western Cape municipalities

3 min

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By Suné Payne

COALITION BATTLES

Nelson Mandela Bay left without a mayor after MEC pushes ahead with municipal structure changes

3 min

2

By Estelle Ellis

SOLUTIONS-DRIVEN ACTIVISM OP-ED

Mutually accountable citizen and government partnership delivers services

4 min

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By Linda Daniels