The economist Thomas Sowell said there are no solutions in politics, only trade-offs. This statement cannot be more true in South Africa, where service delivery and infrastructure investment are the story of trade-offs between retaining political...
President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a keynote address at the two-day Human Rights Commission National Conference on Local Government Accountability, Service Delivery and Human Rights. The purpose of the conference was to identify challenges at local...
In a bid to enhance the service delivery of water and sanitation in the country, the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu said the country’s water boards are to be reviewed. Mchunu made the announcement on the last day of the Northern...
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed the first COVID-19 case on 05 March 2020. Proactively, the Government of South Africa acted swiftly by declaring COVID-19 a disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act (57 of 2002). In...
The sixth South African Citizen Satisfaction Index (SA-csi) shows that citizen satisfaction and trust in municipal service delivery is at an all time low. The SA-csi 2019 index, conducted by Consulta, showed that citizens are unhappy with service...
In an effort to promote responsible waste management leaders from all three spheres of government have set out on clean-up campaigns around the country as part of the Good Green Deeds programme. The campaign, which will be officially launched by...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering has expressed its concern over the recent death of a six-year-old boy from Giyani who lost his life after falling into a trench that was left open allegedly by a company that was handling the R3...
Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, says steady progress is being made to bring the North West province back to stability. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) to...
Minister of Human Settlements Nomaindiya Mfeketo is calling on the three spheres of government to work closely together and improve panning in order to service the communities they are responsible for. This comes after Mfeketo recent visit to...
