Judge ordered to apologise to litigants for year-long delay
A Judicial Service Commission committee has found KZN High Court Judge Elsje-Marie Bezuidenhout grossly negligent
Law | 13 July 2026
Pietermaritzburg’s R1-billion transport flop
No buses operate on Msunduzi Municipality’s failed public transport system
News | 13 July 2026
Taps dry as municipality drowns in R1-billion debt
Residents of the Kai !Garib Local Municipality in the Northern Cape face collapsing services, frequent water interruptions, and potholed roads
By Liezl Human
Feature | 13 July 2026
Water contractors say eThekwini municipality failed to pay them months ago
Municipality says it still needs to verify which companies need to be paid
Brief | 10 July 2026
Parole officers are drowning in cases
Just 933 officers for 82,000 parolees and probationers
Chart by The Outlier. Text by GroundUp Staff.
Charts | 10 July 2026
Union marches over failing municipalities
“When municipalities collapse, communities suffer” says SAMWU
Brief | 9 July 2026
Zimbabwean families driven from their homes camp outside Limpopo police station
The Zim Consulate has arranged buses to take them to the Musina Repatriation Centre
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 9 July 2026
Treasury says freezing R13.5bn for 69 municipalities should not disrupt services
If municipalities address unauthorised, irregular, and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, funds could be released within the month
News | 9 July 2026
OR Tambo municipality dodges questions on failed toilet project
A project to build hundreds of toilets near Mthatha has been stalled since 2023
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Yamkela Ntshongwana
Brief | 9 July 2026
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