Topic: Local government

City of Cape Town has built fewer than 20 social housing units in the inner city in six years, say activists

City says it has made more than 32,000 square metres of land available but there are challenges, including “hijacking” of buildings

By Marecia Damons

News | 19 July 2023

Municipality collected 90% of electricity bills but failed to pay Eskom

Emfuleni owes Eskom R3.5-billion and must now hand over its electricity business to the power utility, Pretoria High Court orders

By Tania Broughton

Law | 6 July 2023

City of Tshwane probes illegal suburb

Leeuwfontein has been developed without subdivision or approval by local authorities. Now residents want services

By Warren Mabona

News | 5 July 2023

25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services

GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Brief | 29 June 2023

Free State municipality’s R15-million unused sport stadium

The stadium in Lindley has stood unused for over a year and has been vandalised

By Tladi Moloi

News | 27 June 2023

Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains

In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench

By Chris Gilili

News | 22 June 2023

Labour Court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer

Misrepresenting qualifications is a “menacing evil”, says judge

By Tania Broughton

Law | 19 June 2023

Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor

Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.

By Thamsanqa Mbovane

News | 25 May 2023