LOCAL GOVERNMENT

‘Politicians cause 80% of problems in municipalities’ — Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo

3 min

2

By Estelle Ellis

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Municipal officials set out problems before Ramaphosa at local government summit

3 min

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By Suné Payne

VISUAL GLANCE

Eskom is owed R50bn by municipalities - This infographic shows which council owes what

2 min

9

By Victoria O’Regan

SERVICE DELIVERY OP-ED

Water is life — how can we build collective power to turn our municipalities around?

5 min

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By Tinotenda M Muringani and Zoe Postman

COALITION POLITICS

‘Lawlessness and chaos’ – MEC’s damning account of local government collapse in Nelson Mandela Bay

5 min

2

By Estelle Ellis

LOCAL POLITICS

New coalition agreement signed in Nelson Mandela Bay in bid to unseat ANC-led government

4 min

2

By Estelle Ellis

WESTERN CAPE

ANC taking legal advice after the ousting of Oudtshoorn’s young mayor

3 min

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By Suné Payne

UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Dlamini Zuma faces legal battle over Eastern Cape’s ‘failed intervention' in Sakhisizwe municipality

5 min

1

By Estelle Ellis

MAKHANDA CRISIS

Judge to oversee the financial recovery of ‘failed’ Makana Municipality

6 min

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By Estelle Ellis

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Making Hermanus a ‘beautiful place’ for all – can efforts by new mayor Annelie Rabie unify the divided town?

8 min

4

By Angus Begg

WESTERN CAPE

Saldanha Bay mayor pledges to give a voice to desperate West Coast fishing community

4 min

2

By Vincent Cruywagen

LOCAL GOVERNMENT: THE HOT SEAT

Ekurhuleni’s DA mayor faces ‘mammoth’ task after ‘shock’ votes from EFF, ActionSA

3 min

2

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela

ANALYSIS

Let the hustle begin: Many of South Africa's metros are hung and unstable – how will it work?

5 min

3

By Rebecca Davis and Wayne Sussman

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ANC crashes out of Joburg metro — DA’s Dr Mpho Phalatse becomes mayor of South Africa’s biggest city

4 min

25

By Ferial Haffajee

EXPLAINER

Coalition talks: While parties push for control of hung councils, the clock ticks relentlessly

6 min

1

By Marianne Merten

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

Win or lose, these young South Africans entered the race to shake up the status quo 

6 min

0

By Sandisiwe Shoba

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

DA takes early lead in Western Cape — several councils appear headed for coalitions

2 min

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By Suné Payne

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 2-7 NOVEMBER

The effects of food injustice and action to end the mistreatment of intersex persons

3 min

0

By Zukiswa Pikoli

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS EASTERN CAPE

PAC lays complaint after more than 200 IDs allegedly seen on ANC table

3 min

1

By Tembile Sgqolana

ECO OUTCRY

Ahmed Kathrada youth programme joins the call for climate justice

5 min

0

By Irfaan Mangera

Civil Society Watch: 4-10 October

Life Esidimeni Inquest stalls again, misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, digital equity, local government in crisis and vaccine inequality

2 min

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By Zukiswa Pikoli