Elections 2026
How is your municipality doing?
We are doing in depth reports on municipalities across the country ahead of the 2026 local elections.
Kimberley: A provincial capital sunk in sewage
Salt pans and lowlands around the town are lakes of filth
Feature | 1 December 2025
More than R200-million spent on unused sports stadiums
We know of at least eight stadiums that are currently serving no purpose
By GroundUp Staff and The Outlier
Charts | 28 November 2025
Buffalo City wastes millions on vanity projects while essential infrastructure crumbles
More than R200-million blown on mismanaged tourist attractions while beaches are polluted by sewage
Feature | 1 September 2025
Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city
Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray
Feature | 29 July 2025
Out of the black and into the red – Theewaterskloof municipality’s rapid decline
Rot set in straight after the 2021 local government elections
Feature | 18 June 2025
Sewage, garbage, dirty water: Theewaterskloof is in a mess after years of bad management
But the new municipal manager hopes to get things back on track
Feature | 17 June 2025