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Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has condemned a major R540 million cut in national funding to Cape Town over the next two years amid growing population numbers. This forms part of nationwide cuts announced by finance minister Enoch Godongwana in t

Mayor says cuts have been particularly severe for job creation grants

Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Gary van Niekerk is yet to announce a plan to stop the metro from losing R542m in conditional grants.

Why was the former deputy president, David Mabuza, paid for leave to the tune of R6.227 million? Was it a golden handshake?

South Africa is in a climate-vulnerable region said to be warming at twice the global average temperature rate. The country has increasingly been facing devastating floods, droughts, extreme heat and wildfires that will only worsen while world leaders are slow to combat the climate crisis. 

Malusi Booi says he wants to clear his name and get on with his life, since it has been seven months since his office was raided by the police which led to his firing from the mayoral committee. He is yet to face criminal charges.

Human Settlements Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has urged the private sector to

The Rooiwal wastewater treatment works is set for a R4 billion upgrade

Twenty-three individuals have actually passed away from cholera in Hammanskraal. Getty Images/ Roman Novitskii The City of Tshwane

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), the City of Tshwane (CoT) have embarked on a partnership that will see the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) implement the extensive upgrade of the urgent upgrade of the dysfunctional Rooiwal wastewater treatment works (WWTW). The project will break ground in September this year, with completion targeted for June 2026. This comes as Hammanskraal faces a cholera outbreak that has led to the fatalities of dozens of residents and the ...