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Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap

Picture: Shutterstock *Municipalities need competence and accountability, not a skills swap* Stop pandering to incompetent deployed cadres in munic...

— July 2022 — 2644 views

Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities

*Active citizens are needed to help stop the financial rot in municipalities* The Auditor-General’s report on local government audit outcomes for 2...

— June 2022 — 1736 views

Forget TV licences or levies and fund SABC directly from the fiscus instead

*Forget TV licences or levies and fund SABC directly from the fiscus instead* The SABC is a vital public service and should be funded accordingly, ...

— September 2021 — 2322 views

SABC's survival is crucial for democracy

*SABC's survival is crucial for democracy* The SABC Bill should address the funding crisis for the public broadcaster by regularising state funding...

— August 2021 — 2384 views

Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay

*Absence of consequence management and competence produces municipal decay* The decline of municipalities across the country will not stop until muni...

— July 2021 — 4185 views

OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society

*OUTA calls on City of Cape Town to be transparent with civil society* The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and the Ratepayers’ and Residents...

— June 2021 — 2837 views

Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors

*Ekurhuleni ignores complaints about evaluation roll and rates errors* The cut-off date for Ekurhuleni residents to lodge formal objections to the...

— June 2021 — 11066 views

Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail

*Joburg’s third attempt to load prepaid electricity bills with a monthly charge should fail* The City of Johannesburg’s third attempt to add a fixe...

— May 2021 — 5940 views

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

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— November 2020 — 2117 views

Scrap TV licences and review SABC's business model

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— November 2020 — 4730 views

Green Scorpions issue directive against City of Cape Town over pollution

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— October 2020 — 6849 views

Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough

*Asking Zandile Gumede to leave is not enough* The KZN ANC should have the courage to fire Zandile Gumede, not just ask her to stand aside, says the ...

— August 2020 — 4166 views

Act against Zandile Gumede, don't promote her

*Act against Zandile Gumede, don't promote her* The appointment of corruption-accused and former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, to the KwaZulu-Nata...

— August 2020 — 4379 views

Eskom and SIU summonses for state capture enablers welcomed

*Eskom and SIU summonses for state capture enablers welcomed * The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) welcomes the announcement that Eskom and the...

— August 2020 — 2616 views

OUTA calls for whistleblowers on Covid-19 corruption

*OUTA calls for whistleblowers on Covid-19 corruption* Following President Ramaphosa’s announcement on 23 July indicating beefed-up efforts to addres...

— July 2020 — 3287 views

Joburg councillors should vote for residents not themselves

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— July 2020 — 3311 views

Removal of prepaid charge from Joburg budget a good start but not enough

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— June 2020 — 2776 views

Heads must roll in municipalities following AG report

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— June 2020 — 4094 views

Residents across 207 municipalities plead for property rates relief

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— June 2020 — 3790 views

COJ wants to increase tariffs while residents are struggling to survive

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— June 2020 — 4049 views

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