MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Nelson Mandela Bay faces surge in crime as safety budget goes unspent 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
IPSOS POLL Eight in 10 South Africans think country’s heading in wrong direction, new survey shows 4 min 7 By Ferial Haffajee
COALITION CHAOS Four candidates vie to be Tshwane mayor, while ANC could face multiple no-confidence motions elsewhere 4 min 30 By Ferial Haffajee
MUNICIPAL POLITICS DA calls for Knysna council to be dissolved and new elections to be held 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
MUNICIPAL POLITICS ANC and FF Plus join forces in new local governance model in Western Cape 5 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
MUNICIPAL POLITICS DA’s Raymond Ross elected Cape Agulhas mayor after no-confidence vote against predecessor 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
EAST RAND MAYHEM Gauteng government threatens to intervene in dysfunctional Ekurhuleni council 4 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo
COUNCIL IN CROSSHAIRS ActionSA calls for Knysna to be placed under administration over service delivery challenges 3 min 1 By Suné Payne
MUNICIPAL POLITICS Knysna’s governing coalition on shaky ground after defection of Garden Route councillor 4 min 3 By Suné Payne
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS Suspensions, counter-suspensions and the bizarre battle for leadership threaten to rend Icosa 6 min 3 By Suné Payne
GROUND LEVEL REPORT Divided and riven with discontent — a deep dive into Swellendam 9 min 21 By Suné Payne and Samane Jnr Marks
MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTIONS UPDATED: DA dashes party-switching candidate’s hopes of winning Durban’s Chatsworth Ward 73 for ANC 6 min 6 By Chris Makhaye
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS Patriotic Alliance joins forces with small Oudtshoorn parties ‘to defeat DA and ANC in Western Cape’ 3 min 1 By Suné Payne