Local government

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Hundreds march to Tshwane mayor’s office demanding debt write-off

“Please accommodate our motion to write off our debts”

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Brief | 29 August 2024

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Cape Town’s hidden informal settlement

Flamingo Heights is home to 400 people

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News | 28 August 2024

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Alarming Auditor-General report on municipalities

Only 34 out of 257 municipalities receive clean audits for 2022/23

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News | 27 August 2024

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In these Free State villages you must share water with the pigs

2,000 households short of water in Maluti-a-Phofung, says ward councillor

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News | 23 August 2024

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Protesters beg for development in their small Eastern Cape town

Tsomo residents march to municipal offices

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News | 21 August 2024

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Cost of taxi rank balloons from R5.8-million to more than R20-million

It’s been a long wait for commuters in Tsomo

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Brief | 14 August 2024

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Soweto property owners ask court to send Johannesburg officials to jail

They argue that the City failed to comply with two court orders

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News | 13 August 2024

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Housing bungle in Eastern Cape

Hundreds of houses stand empty with no roofs

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Brief | 13 August 2024

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Water at last after protest blocks N12

City of Johannesburg sends water tanks to Nana’s Farm

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Brief | 9 August 2024

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Multi-million rand Matatiele sports centre still unfinished after six years

But the municipality says the project is on track to being completed

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News | 8 August 2024

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City of Cape Town starts moving people from city centre streets following court judgment

Those who have not already chosen to leave will be evicted next week

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News | 7 August 2024

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The daily battle for water in Tshwane

“I feel very sorry for our old people and I wish the municipality could fix our taps”

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News | 6 August 2024

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SIU starts its probe into street lights tender in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Some streets in the metro have been dark for years

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News | 1 August 2024

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Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor

Hundreds protest in Braamfontein

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News | 29 July 2024

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The right to protest is being blocked by administrative barriers

Municipal officials often misinterpret the law

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Opinion | 26 July 2024

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Rubbish piles up in Durban streets as cleaners picket outside city hall

Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut

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Brief | 25 July 2024