Overburdened consumers will be in for some relief from tomorrow after the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) announced a decrease in fuel prices, excluding LP Gas. The adjustment for prices from July are as follows: Petrol 93 (ULP...
Across many cities and towns in South Africa, turning on a tap no longer guarantees water. Instead, trucks – known as water tankers – arrive to deliver water to communities facing shortages. Water tankers have shifted from being an emergency...
Just over a third (38%) of the residents of South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, reported being satisfied with their electricity services in a survey conducted in 2023/2024. This was down from 77% in 2017/18. The decline reflected years...
The Auditor-General’s 2024/25 consolidated report on local government delivers a finding that should unsettle comfortable assumptions about South Africa’s cities. Not a single metropolitan municipality achieved a clean audit. Five...
