Local government
Nearly a year after the floods, eThekwini villagers are still hoping for help
Inanda families say they are being ignored
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 24 March 2023
Court challenge to SIU findings against Nelson Mandela Bay’s Covid spending fails
The Special Investigating Unit found irregularities in a R26.4-million toilet procurement during the national state of disaster
Law | 15 March 2023
R6-million spent on water project but no diesel to run the pump
Taps have never had water in Mnyamaneni village, Eastern Cape
Brief | 10 March 2023
R10-million wasted on unfinished Eastern Cape sports centre
Now Emalahleni Local Municipality is going to fork out another R14.5-million
News | 28 February 2023
Call for government to save Durban’s contaminated rivers
“Toxic” levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists
News | 27 February 2023
Eastern Cape municipality goes to court to block protest
Protesters are complaining about sewage, rubbish collection and water supply
News | 15 February 2023
Small Eastern Cape municipality spends more than R1-million on a meeting in a Durban hotel
Meeting is part of “building a better Matatiele” says spokesperson
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 15 February 2023
Emfuleni municipality is a mess and piles of rubbish are just one sign of this
With only half its garbage truck fleet working, the municipality is unable to cope with refuse collection. But this is just one of many problems residents complain about.
By Chris Gilili
News | 13 February 2023
Corruption blamed for ten-year delay in service delivery in Tshwane settlement
Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned
By Chris Gilili
News | 7 February 2023