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It is exactly 50 years since Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe President OR Tambo delivered a January 8th Statement commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the ANC.

With changes in parties heading up local government sphere there is going to a change in relationship in the national and provincial spehere as well, argues FM Lucky Mathebula.

Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) executive director and vice-chairperson of the board of governors Joel Netshitenzhe stated that the July unrest and Covid-19 brought out the fundamental question about vision and ideational and legitimate leadership in the country. He said the problem is not so much with the Constitution but in the management of inter-governmental relations across the spheres and intra-governmental coherence within each sphere.

OPINION: We urge the incoming office bearers to remember that they serve at the behest of the people. Thus, their orientation ought to be one that puts people first, writes Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.

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All the municipalities in the district, including the district itself, have, over the last eight years, repeatedly found themselves on the ‘financially distressed’ list released annually by the National Treasury. All of the municipalities in the district, including the district itself, have...

‘We must say to the ANC, this is what you promised in your manifesto… and social partners have already produced a vision and a plan ,’ Mbeki said. ‘We must say to the ANC, this is what you promised in your manifesto… and social partners have already produced a vision and a plan [to re...

Refilwe Moloto interviews Fiona Abrahams (ANC), Dr Wandile Kasibe (EFF), and Geordin Hill-Lewis (DA).

In some parts of the country, residents have taken matters into their own hands, successfully persuading the courts to take away from councils some of their powers and functions, as well as budget, and give them to concerned citizens to fix crumbling infrastructure.

OPINION: The duty of ensuring the articulation of our community needs will require active citizens who will stay involved well into the future, writes Amos Masondo.