POLITICS IFP sets sights on wooing (and winning over) Gauteng voters in 2026 municipal elections 5 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE ‘Service delivery mess’ — Nelson Mandela Bay fails to spend R152m of maintenance budget 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
BID TO MAKE LEGAL HISTORY Komani residents ask ConCourt to dissolve Enoch Mgijima municipal council over service delivery failure 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
RELIEF FUND R1.25bn disaster relief funds to be deployed to hardest-hit areas 6 min 0 By Kristin Engel
PARLIAMENT Another cold front expected for Western Cape as Parliament hears how Eastern Cape reels from deadly deluge 5 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Make municipalities work by appointing qualified staff — Cogta’s Hlabisa 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OP-ED How hyperlocal strategies could revitalise South Africa’s broken local municipalities 5 min 1 By Richard Morrow
BUDGET 2025 DA federal executive to meet over GNU while party heads to court over fiscal framework vote 5 min 6 By Suné Payne
FISCAL OVERSIGHT Cogta minister vows to strictly monitor R1.44bn in disaster relief funds allocated to municipalities 6 min 1 By Julia Evans
RED TAPE As spaza shop registrations close, Government highlights progress while owners struggle to submit documents 4 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
THE INTERVIEW ‘Time to pay up,’ Cogta Minister Hlabisa tells municipalities as government reviews funding models 6 min 7 By Suné Payne
ANALYSIS Money management is critical if dysfunctional local government is to be fixed 4 min 19 By Stephen Grootes
SEASON OF TRAGEDY Hlabisa calls for urgent action, moots initiation suspension as deaths linked to traditional practise rise 4 min 8 By Lisakanya Venna and Estelle Ellis
SHOPPING SAFETY Spaza shop registration extended — but owners still worried about February deadline 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
HAWKS AND DOVES ‘Silent conflict’ — the factions jockeying for IFP leadership roles 2 min 0 By Chris Makhaye
OP-ED Assessing the GNU - It’s one thing to dodge a bullet, it’s another to win a war 6 min 1 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
BUDGET VOTE SPEECH Municipalities have to function, emphasises Hlabisa as critics question Cogta plans 4 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Cogta Minister Hlabisa warns failing municipalities they’ll be dissolved — and new elections held 4 min 5 By Queenin Masuabi
SLOW GNUS DAY GNU — IFP urges parties to get on with it, while Mbalula says a decision is almost finalised 3 min 5 By Velani Ludidi and Queenin Masuabi
GNU DAWN CHALLENGES OP-ED SA has dodged a bullet — but with hard lessons for nice-guy opposition parties 8 min 0 By John Matisonn
COALITION COUNTRY Blow for MK as NFP backs government of provincial unity in KZN 2 min 5 By Queenin Masuabi
