Helen Zille says restoring basic services and ring-fencing funding for water, electricity and waste will be her priority as she campaigns to be Johannesburg mayor.
Pikitup is spending around R85m monthly on hired vehicles while 52 city trucks face scrapping, 39 are in workshops and service disruptions hit dozens of suburbs.
More than 577 000 households currently receive free basic electricity, Eskom says, while millions of eligible customers may still qualify for monthly support. Eskom stated that...
City of Joburg postponed the reopening of municipal pools to 1 October; only 36 of 57 pools will reopen and the season will be extended to...
Johannesburg missed the traditional 1 September pool reopening. The city says 36 pools will reopen in October with season extended into April 2027, subject to conditions.
A Bronkhorstspruit resident paid R160,000 to resurface roads used by Tshwane sewage vehicles after the city failed to maintain them, say DA and city officials.
DA manifesto proposes private-sector delivery of municipal services. Experts and unions are split some welcome outsourcing, others warn of tenderpreneurship and re-municipalisation risks.
The City of Johannesburg says direct mobile lines for some officials are offline during a contractual migration to a new provider; primary landlines and the call...
The City of Johannesburg says it will reopen the Thuso House Customer Service Centre after a R3.4 million payment delay led to the attachment of city...
Investigations have found undocumented migrants working on municipal outsourcing contracts, performing roles such as grass cutting, cleaning and security, according to The Citizen. What the investigations...