Voters will receive two or three ballot papers in the 2026 local government elections, depending on whether they vote in a metro or local municipality. Learn...
Stakeholders gather in Gauteng to shape South Africa's Strategic Framework for Water and Sanitation Services, with a focus on improving service delivery and tackling pollution.
A former Free State municipal employee has been jailed for five years after R1.4 million meant for the Compensation Fund was paid into his company’s account.
Rand Water warns rising municipal overuse, including Johannesburg and Tshwane, is straining bulk supply and could cause disruptions unless consumption falls.
KZN MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi has directed Impendle Local Municipality to pay outstanding staff salaries within 48 hours after repeated non-payment and protests.
Cogta says 38 distressed municipalities are receiving support through existing programmes ahead of the 4 November elections, with no ring-fenced election funding.
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba urges municipalities to build internal capacity and warns against relying on tenderpreneurs and outsourcing as economic policy.
Contested control of municipal resources is fuelling political killings in South Africa, with assassinations and factional patronage undermining local government.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that collapsing infrastructure and poor municipal management have worsened South Africa’s water crisis, saying urgent reform is required to prevent a...
National Treasury has suspended July 2026 equitable share transfers to 60 municipalities across all nine provinces, citing persistent financial mismanagement and high levels of unauthorised, irregular,...