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The ANC caucus said it was alive to these challenges and had already identified hotspot municipalities where it was intervening using Section 139 of the Constitution to place the struggling municipalities under administration.

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Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says that government is pushing forward on its new District…

The DA and the ANC have clashed over a visit to the cash-strapped Beaufort West municipality, by Human Settlements Deputy Minister Pam Tshwete, in her role as district champion for the national government’s District Development Model (DDM).

While Cooperative Governance Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been largely silent on whether the initiative actually works, some experts said that it had been a dismal failure.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that the Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Act will come into effect from 1 November 2021.

It is my greatest honour to be with you today on this important occasion of  marking the Chemical Industries Sector Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) Certification Ceremony and the launch of the second phase of the Cooperatives Development Project involving 20 Cooperatives in aloe plant processing.

Premier of the North West Bushy Maape is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Naledi Local Municipality Mayor Neo Skalk, who died in a motor accident on Sunday 03 October 2021. According to the police, the Mayor’s vehicle was involved in a head-on collision on N14 just outside Vryburg. The Mayor and the driver of another vehicle were certified dead on the scene of the accident. Mayor Skalk rose to prominence in politics in 1983, when he was arrested with other chief organisers of student...

North West Premier Bushy Maape has described Naledi local municipality mayor in the Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District, Neo Schalk, as a hard worker who was dedicated to serving the people.

Everything, surely, is relative. Many South Africans think the country is beyond repair. And they may even be right, notes Peter Bruce.