Local government
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
Outsourced guards accuse Ekurhuleni municipality of failing to pay them
Protesting security employees say non-payments have become a problem since the coalition government took over, but mayor’s office says payments to security companies are up-to-date
Brief | 6 February 2023
Phoenix still unsettled by 2021 unrest
Collapsing basic services are crippling the town’s attempts to rebuild community
By Benita Enoch
Feature | 1 February 2023
Major development planned for Cape Town’s derelict Strandfontein Pavilion
About 1,200 residential units, including subsidised housing, as well as retail and recreational facilities are proposed
News | 31 January 2023
Protests shut down Queenstown for a second day
Protesters want ANC run Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality dissolved
Brief | 27 January 2023