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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 — 849 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYLOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

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 — 690 views --> AUDITOR GENERALLOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

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 — 2619 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

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 — 1805 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENTMilnerton PollutionWATERWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

 

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 — 9342 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYLOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

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 — 4629 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYCITY OF JOHANNESBURGELECTRICITY PRICESLOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Municipal Act should leave no room for creative accounting

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— November 2020 — 1305 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYCORRUPTIONFINANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTMUNICIPALITYNEWS

 

Green Scorpions issue directive against City of Cape Town over pollution

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— October 2020 — 5159 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWSWATER AND ENVIRONMENT

 

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 — 3276 views --> ACCOUNTABILITYCORRUPTIONCOURT CASEETHEKWINIGOVERNANCELOCALLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

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 — 3308 views --> ETHEKWINIGOVERNANCELOCALLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

Joburg councillors should vote for residents not themselves

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— July 2020 — 2472 views --> CITY OF JOHANNESBURGLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

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

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— June 2020 — 2079 views --> CITY OF JOHANNESBURGLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

Heads must roll in municipalities following AG report

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— June 2020 — 3247 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

Residents across 207 municipalities plead for property rates relief

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— June 2020 — 3071 views --> BUDGETLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

COJ wants to increase tariffs while residents are struggling to survive

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— June 2020 — 3174 views --> BUDGETCITY OF JOHANNESBURGLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

Put a hold on municipal salary increases

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— May 2020 — 2187 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

 

OUTA calls for temporary reduction of property rates due to COVID-19 disaster

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— May 2020 — 3652 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Municipalities should be opened up to public oversight immediately

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— April 2020 — 2796 views --> LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

No to any increase in municipal electricity prices, says OUTA

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— April 2020 — 2225 views --> ELECTRICITY PRICESESKOMLOCAL GOVERNMENTMUNICIPALITYNERSANEWS

 

How much are you paying for prepaid electricity in Joburg?

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— March 2020 — 48059 views --> CITY OF JOHANNESBURGLOCAL GOVERNMENTNEWS

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