ROADBLOCK Aarto postponed to 2026 — municipalities unprepared for new road traffic Act 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
POLITICS ‘Without you doing anything, we are dead,’ Ramaphosa tells local ANC councillors 5 min 17 By Bheki C. Simelane
TOXIC RIVERS Jail or fines coming for sewage pollution of waterways, deputy minister warns municipal officials 4 min 2 By Julia Evans
LIGHT WORKS Sudden Eskom competence means renewable energy vendors must find new villains to vanquish 4 min 6 By Lindsey Schutters
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
DEADLY PESTICIDES Cabinet approves Terbufos ban in crucial step towards protecting SA's children 3 min 0 By Suné Payne and Bheki C. Simelane
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Make municipalities work by appointing qualified staff — Cogta’s Hlabisa 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
INTERACTIVE MAPPING How’s your municipality faring? A visual breakdown of the latest municipal audits 2 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
BUSINESS REFLECTION After the Bell: Open for business — bring your own power and water 3 min 0 By Stephen Grootes
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OP-ED How hyperlocal strategies could revitalise South Africa’s broken local municipalities 5 min 1 By Richard Morrow
SERVICE NON-DELIVERY Eastern Cape rural municipalities return R2.2bn in unspent grants to Treasury over five years 2 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
MUNICIPAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT Landmark SCA ruling opens door for Nelson Mandela Bay to reclaim millions in wasteful expenditure from officials 4 min 27 By Estelle Ellis
POWERING UP Eskom waives solar registration fees for homeowners until 2026 5 min 1 By Ethan van Diemen
GROUNDUP Accountability gap - SA municipalities are taking more water from dams than they’re allowed 7 min 1 By Sean Christie
HOUSING CRISIS Western Cape municipalities report large housing backlogs in SA Human Rights Commission engagement session 4 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
THE INTERVIEW ‘Time to pay up,’ Cogta Minister Hlabisa tells municipalities as government reviews funding models 6 min 7 By Suné Payne
POWER TALK Ramokgopa ‘more than confident’ that all SA households will have access to electricity by 2029 3 min 4 By Ethan van Diemen
MUNICIPAL DISORDER Swellendam has a DA and FF Plus problem — sudden resignation leaves no mayor, no speaker 4 min 0 By Suné Payne
RESOURCE SECURITY Johannesburg faces looming water crisis: experts warn of impending national scarcity by 2030 5 min 6 By Neesa Moodley
