The council has racked up billions in irregular and unauthorised expenditure, impacting services and ratepayers

Municipalities get 10% of the national budget and must raise revenue from service users, most of whom are the working class poor and unemployed

South Africa needs to rethink its executive overload and trim the number of deputy ministers, saving R100 million a year

Residents deserve to know that the information shared with their municipality is securely stored and will not be leaked, sold or weaponised

Only 5% of entities, departments and municipalities have initiated blacklisting for offenders

The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation

Makana’s budget, and those of most municipalities, need monitoring  and the corrupt and wasteful held to account