South African municipalities have improved their financial reporting. This is the view of the chief executive of South Africa’s Local Government Association (SALGA). Local government bodies are required to submit regular Section 71 reports to the...
Opinion article by Frank Stevens, president of the Institute for Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) In 2003 the United Nations General Assembly selected 23 June as the international day of commemorating the value of public service to...
The findings from a Water Research Commission (WRC) study done in partnership with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) indicates that 44% of the studied wastewater treatment plants may have opted for less suitable...
Three months of negotiations and a fourth round of bargaining has borne fruit for municipal workers unions, which were on Friday due to sign a deal with the South African Local Government Association (Salga) in Pretoria, securing a 6.5% wage...
The South African Local Government Association (Salga) says municipalities are losing billions of rand in revenue due to electricity theft. The organisation has been unable to quantify the exact figure, but it says businesses in some municipalities...
