No laughs at Dada Morero’s Joburg circus The state of the city address was the usual mix of empty promises, missing detail and improbable solutions. Only, now with ‘bomb squad’!… by Shirley de Villiers May 13, 2025 Opinion·Politics
Water, water everywhere (in Joburg) but not a drop to drink Overflowing dams haven’t been enough to save the metro from water throttling. The reason? Parlous infrastructure management… by Shirley de Villiers April 25, 2025 News·Opinion
Coalface collapse: Why our municipalities are broken South Africa’s municipalities are the coalface of service delivery. Their failure puts the country at risk… by Shirley de Villiers March 27, 2025 Politics
Municipal meltdown: Now it’s workers’ pensions at risk South Africa’s municipalities are in arrears with employee pension payments, underscoring a huge governance problem at the local level… by Tim Cohen November 29, 2024 Investing & Finance·News
Finally, errant municipal officials must pay back the money Another day, another story of dodgy government contracts. Local government contracts, to be more specific. The scene is Nelson Mandela Bay, 2014. As court… by Shirley de Villiers November 20, 2024 Opinion·Politics
The nine lives of the utterly inept Kabelo Gwamanda Let it not be said that, in South Africa, second chances aren’t abundant. Just look at our politicians: they’ve made an art out of failing… by Shirley de Villiers October 24, 2024 Opinion·Politics
Mashaba on toxic marriages, and working with a ‘criminal enterprise’ ActionSA has kicked the DA in Tshwane to the curb in favour of the ANC – a party that ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba swore… by Shirley de Villiers October 18, 2024 Politics
Long live the GNU – but make us safe and deliver our services South Africa, under the government of national unity (GNU), is clearly significantly better off than it would have been had the ANC continued to… by Max du Preez October 11, 2024 Opinion·Politics
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