The clock is ticking for South African municipalities. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced new deadlines for municipalities to submit their electricity tariff applications...
The chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA), Songezo Zibi, has delivered a blunt message: the Finance Minister is not a superman, and the National...
KwaZulu-Natal Public Works and Infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer is ramping up his campaign to exempt public schools from paying property rates, arguing that charging them on commercial terms...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered a sobering assessment of South Africa’s water crisis: it is, in his words, potentially “far worse than load shedding.” Speaking at the 2026...
Lights, Bills, Action: South African Towns Brace for New Electricity Tariff Shake-Up Nersa orders municipalities to submit next year’s tariff plans and a High Court ruling...
Get ready for the next round of electricity price hikes. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has officially started the process for the 2026/27...
For millions of South Africans, the ritual is the same: you watch your electricity units dwindle, rush to a vendor, buy a token, and punch in...
Tired of potholes, burst pipes, and endless excuses, a 23-year-old mechanical engineering student from Durban has taken matters into his own hands. Keyuren Maharaj, a University...
A R300 Billion Shadow: Eskom Warns Municipal Debt Could Spiral Out of Control by 2030 South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has issued a grave financial warning...
R400 Billion Infrastructure Backlog Haunts Struggling Municipalities A recent estimate by the Department of Water & Sanitation (DWS) places the infrastructure backlog across South Africa’s municipalities...