ANALYSIS Prepaid meter furore — More proof that the government and Eskom just don’t get it 4 min 11 By Stephen Grootes
JET MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE Municipalities cannot contribute to SA’s just energy transition without the necessary resources — Salga president 4 min 2 By Ethan van Diemen
XOLILE GEORGE Parliament secretary took pay cut from local government association income — yet still gets over R3-million 3 min 2 By Marianne Merten
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Punish municipal mediocrity and maladministration, says SA Local Government Association 4 min 1 By Nonkululeko Njilo
OXPECKERS Wheeling offers renewable energy options to Mpumalanga amid power crisis, coal plant shutdowns 7 min 0 By Andiswa Matikinca and Thabo Molelekwa
AGE OF THE ASSASSIN Salga calls on Ramaphosa and Cele to take action after another KZN councillor is murdered 4 min 0 By Chris Makhaye
ANALYSIS Politicians’ qualification scandals within a forever wounded education system – it’s complex and complicated 5 min 1 By Stephen Grootes
LIMPOPO Service delivery collapse as Lepelle-Nkumpi municipality fails to spend grant allocations 4 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
OP-ED Here are the key opportunities for reform within our grasp throughout the energy and electricity sectors of SA 8 min 1 By Chris Yelland
POWER PRICES City Power’s 2019/20 electricity tariffs set aside by high court — but who gets a refund? 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
AGE OF THE ASSASSIN SA local government hit list: Murder of municipal councillors and officials exposes the dark side of politics 10 min 3 By Estelle Ellis, Hoseya Jubase and Victoria O’Regan
ANALYSIS Coalitions, Collusions, Collisions: ANC’s renewed efforts with ActionSA inject extra energy into the political biosphere 2 min 9 By Stephen Grootes
THE INTERVIEW Secretary Xolile George’s priority is to restore Parliament as ‘the heartbeat for the health of the nation’ 5 min 4 By Marianne Merten
AUDIT OUTCOMES More than quarter of SA’s municipalities are on brink of financial collapse, warns AG 3 min 5 By Suné Payne
HOUSE WITH A HITCH It’s back to the future on appointing the new Secretary to Parliament 5 min 1 By Marianne Merten
FIVE YEARS LATER Salga CEO Xolile George recommended as new Secretary to Parliament 3 min 1 By Marianne Merten
MUNICIPAL BREAKDOWN Overtime for uMgungundlovu firefighters cut ahead of fire season in desperate austerity drive 3 min 0 By Derek Alberts
POWER DISTRIBUTION OP-ED Municipalities seek exclusive right to distribute electricity throughout South Africa - even on Eskom’s domain 5 min 8 By Chris Yelland
OP-ED Free basic electricity for the poor: Billions in funding misappropriated by municipalities 4 min 8 By Chris Yelland
OUR BURNING PLANET SA activists mark Earth Day with calls for adoption of Climate Justice Charter 4 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
