Municipal elections will decide whether cities are engines of growth or hotspots of failed governance and unemployment.South Africa's upcoming municipal elections will determine far more than the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg ...

The Select Committee on Cooperative Governance and Public Administration (including Traditional Affairs, Human Settlements, ...

South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider, Eskom, announced in early March 2026 that it would cut off the power to 14 municipalities that collectively owe it more than R110 billion (US$6.5 ...

South African electricity utility Eskom is running a public consultation on its plan to interrupt electricity supply to around 14 municipalities due to ongoing debts. Figures from the company say ...

According to the latest stats from South African Revenue Service, the small Gamagara Local Municipality has the highest ...

Corruption in South Africa’s public institutions has been a pressing issue for the past two decades. From national government offices to local municipalities, stories of officials enriching themselves ...

Criminal proceedings are at an advanced stage against the City of Johannesburg, the City of Ekurhuleni and Mogale City over ...

South African city Johannesburg will host the G20 summit in November - Copyright AFP Roslan RAHMAN South African city Johannesburg will host the G20 summit in ...