The Minister of Public Works & Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has welcomed the City of Cape Town’s announcement that it invested R12.24 billion in capital projects during the 2025/26 financial year, saying that the city is setting an example...
The announcement to temporarily withhold equitable shares due to municipalities in July was met with both cheers and scrutiny. Equitable shares are ‘non-negotiable’, and the national government has no say in how those shares are used by the...
Every day, Mariane Adams has to jump over a pool of stagnant water to get to the front gate of her home in Rosedale, Upington. She says despite lodging several complaints with the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality, the leak took weeks to be fixed....
In the last 12 months, the City of Cape Town’s Law Enforcement Department impounded 247 vehicles used for illegal dumping. That’s a 133% increase compared to the 106 impounds the year before. And, while the numbers are impressive, it’s indicative...
