6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (637+ words) Polls indicate the MK party is on track to win a majority in eThekwini in the 4 November elections, which would give Jacob Zuma’s party its first metro. Meet the MK party candidate and her rivals vying for power. In the…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1347+ words) Ekurhuleni Finance MMC and ANC Regional Secretary Jongizizwe Dlabathi has resigned from his party position for the second time, as tensions with Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza persist and the ANC prepares to finalise its mayoral candidate before the November elections. Dlabathi…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (805+ words) Build One South Africa has fielded deputy leader Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster as its candidate for Johannesburg mayor, promising an alternative to corrupt coalitions and broken infrastructure. The upcoming local government elections have seen a surge of small parties after the Electoral…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (670+ words) It has a name: fiscal fiction. Spending as though the cash were already in the bank. But increasingly, it isn’t. A new report from the Centre for Development and Enterprise shows just how far Johannesburg has let that fiction run....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1087+ words) Three Gauteng departments and the City of Johannesburg are locked in a billing dispute that could paralyse 22 NGOs that care for children. The Children’s Memorial Institute (CMI) campus is once again under threat of disconnection of services because of infighting…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1617+ words) ‘FAILED THOSE IN NEED’ The City of Johannesburg has wiped off R8m in phantom water and power charges but is still demanding R31.5m from the Johannesburg Society for the Blind, leading to severe disruptions at the institution. Deprived of municipal water since…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1268+ words) The chaos at City licensing centres is a direct fallout of a 13-month financial standoff in which the City admits it owes more than a year in licensing fees to the province, compounded by severe municipal procurement negligence. The collapse…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1021+ words) Johannesburg’s council-owned rental housing portfolio is collapsing under the weight of arrears, vacancies and hijacked buildings, while thousands of residents remain on the yearslong waiting list. In a striking sign of municipal decay, 15 of the City of Johannesburg’s residential properties…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (915+ words) Reforms under President Cyril Ramaphosa appear increasingly entrenched, with business confidence growing and Operation Vulindlela maintaining momentum. But local government and the rule of law could prove the limits of how far the reform drive can go. While the reforms…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1024+ words) After months of delays, the ANC has failed to name its mayoral candidates for the country’s eight metropolitan municipalities in the 4 November local government elections and has instead named its metro shortlists. Here are the 42 contenders. The ANC was expected…...