North West: The root of the rot
The resource-rich province is plagued by poverty, unemployment, revolving leadership and cratering service delivery. Why is that?…
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Why Cape Town wants to sell its big money-spinner
The city is hoping to unlock nearly R1bn for public services. The GOOD party calls it asset-stripping…
Can Sakeliga force Ramaphosa to – finally – act?
The state has spent millions defending itself against stepping in to save the town of Lichtenburg. A personal cost order could change that…
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’!…
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…
Coalface collapse: Why our municipalities are broken
South Africa’s municipalities are the coalface of service delivery. Their failure puts the country at risk…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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When disaster strikes: FirstRand’s pay dilemma
The FCA’s MotoNovo redress scheme has cost FirstRand R11.9bn more…
South Africa’s big crackdown on greenwashing
The financial sector regulator plans to close the loopholes on…
Eskom’s tightrope: Jobs vs chrome revenue
Unless South Africa’s ferrochrome producers get price relief from Eskom,…
Tit-for-tat over Hormuz
Trump says the US military has blockaded Iranian ports to…
