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Coalition Bill cannot legislate municipalities out of collapse (opens the original)
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This was first published at Inside Politics. There is little doubt that coalition governments will play an increasingly important role in South Africa’s political future, but there is also little doubt that the country needs more powerful legislation to prevent unstable coalitions from further hollowing out failing municipalities.<a class="button primary" href="https://newsproject.substack.com/p/coalition-bill-cannot-legislate-municipalities?utm_source
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Ntuli’s water gambit must work (opens the original)
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There is a devastating reality confronting KwaZulu-Natal: the province is teetering on the edge of a water-system collapse.ShareSubscribe nowThe provincial government’s own evidence says so.To lay the groundwork, KwaZulu-Natal has 14 water services authorities, or W
National stagnation is not an excuse for local collapse (opens the original)
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It should really not be that hard to govern in South Africa, and municipalities should not be able to hide behind the failures or inefficiencies of national government as an excuse for their own poor governance.ShareSubscribe nowFor all levels of government - national, provincial and
A tale of two presidential interventions (opens the original)
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One of the easiest ways to kill a good idea is to place it in a so-called “sophisticated environment”.ShareSubscribe nowI say this with dollops of sarcasm and self-deprecating humour, having often worked in the media and large-scale “do-good” organi
What are we to do with our failing municipalities? (opens the original)
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National Treasury earlier this month took a step that should have been taken long ago. It temporarily withheld the July equitable share transfers of 69 municipalities because of serious and persistent financial mismanagement.Subscribe nowShareThat is more than
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