A senior metro manager found guilty of sexual misconduct in an internal investigation remains employed months later, raising questions about accountability, secrecy and retaliation against complainants
A former MK campaigner’s election to the EFF’s Nongoma leadership has triggered internal anger and renewed questions about party discipline in KwaZulu-Natal
With only 16% of municipalities passing audits, South Africans face failing water systems, roads and governance. The coming elections test not only politics but morality, highlighting a growing call for divine restoration
In a voice note obtained by the Mail & Guardian, a senior EFF leader is heard saying they would give councillors different coloured pens to identify how they voted and that councillors must come to council even if they were sick
The ANC has reinstated Ekurhuleni regional secretary after rejecting his resignation, despite internal concerns that he cannot effectively hold both the regional secretary position and the metro’s finance MMC post
The Economic Freedom Fighters said it would take up a position on the council’s opposition benches instead
The president said senior officials in municipalities would be appointed through an independent process free from political interference
The government is moving to establish a national water crisis committee, intervene in failing municipalities and hold municipal managers criminally accountable for persistent water outages
Next local government elections will be a decisive test, Malema says as party launches plan of attack
Councillors approved a deputy mayor position for the first time in the city’s history, with 107 voting in favour
His body was recovered in southern Mozambique days after the vehicle he was travelling in was swept away by floodwaters
Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to 2029
President vetoes attempt by lawmakers to amend the constitution to retain control
The probe was conducted by the City Integrity and Investigations Unit
The alleged victim has had to be hospitalised and receive trauma counselling several times over the ordeal, internal sources said
The funding model has always tilted in favour of national and provincial governments, leaving municipalities to stretch meagre resources across vast inequalities
Condemning fraud and trying to inculcate ethics won’t change things; it requires redesigning the very systems that enable malfeasance
Declining trust in local governments, exacerbated by poor service delivery and political instability, threatens democracy and demands urgent action for reform
The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of organisation
Driven by corruption and patronage, the killing of municipal officials and local councillors is rising, eroding democracy and accountability
