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WILLIAM GUMEDE | Notion that coalition governance results in instability misinformed

n the past, SA has had many “hung” municipal councils, since 1994 to be exact – when no single party has had an outright majority, without governments formed thereafter being unstable, yet more recently a number of municipal coalition governments have increasingly collapsed, giving the wrong public perception that coalitions at municipal level are inherently unworkable.

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Union calls for intervention after uMhlathuze bodyguards shot dead

uMhlathuze's offering its employees counselling after two bodyguards assigned to Richards Bay officials were killed.

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Deputy mayor wants VIP protection unit after threats to councillors

Amid escalating threats against councillors, Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Babalwa Lobishe wants a VIP protection unit to be established.

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Parliament demands answers from speaker over secretary's pay

Parliament has given one of its political bosses national assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula 10 working days to respond to a range of alleged governance breaches related to remuneration of the institution’s CEO Xolile George.

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SALGA calls for random police raids to curb political killings in KZN

The South African Local Government Association in KZN has called for random police raids as a dedicated task team works to crack politically motivated murder cases.

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Political killings 'direct attack' on democracy

The chairperson of the South African Local Government Association in KZN, Thami Ntuli, says the rise in political killings is a direct attack on democracy.

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SALGA slams 'insensitive' load shedding comments by ANC MP

The chair of the South African Local Government Association in KZN has taken issue with the remarks on load shedding by ANC MP Sylvia Lucas.

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'We shouldn't become Colombia where politicians are killed daily,' says Salga

More than 19 town councillors have been assassinated in KwaZulu-Natal since the November 2021 local government elections, according to South African Local Government Association chair Thami Ntuli.

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'Step-child syndrome': Salga urges parties to deploy skilled councillors

Salga president Bheke Stofile says recent developments have exposed serious weaknesses in the leadership qualities of many councillors

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Salga deploys specialists to KZN municipalities

Local government association Salga wants to get to the bottom of the challenges hindering service delivery in KZN.

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