The DA revealed that Gauteng municipalities spent R2 367 014 126,30 over five years on hiring water tankers.

COGTA Minister Thembi Nkadimeng adjusted the salaries of mayors, their deputies and other high-ranking municipal officials

Watch news in a minute for a summary of South Africa municipalities owe Eskom over R60 billion as revealed by Electricity Minister.

Municipalities are reportedly underspending by R2 billion which can be spent servicing infrastructure. Eskom is owed roughly R63 billion.

Efforts to improve the lives of South Africans are hinged upon effectively addressing the challenges plaguing local government.

“Local government has been characterised by dysfunctional municipalities, financial mismanagement”- AG Tsakani Maluleke

Residents of Riebeek East under the Makana Municipality say government is neglecting them and are forced to relieve themselves in the bush

The new Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality has overlooked women as only a very minute portion of the mayoral committee consists of them.

It’s a sad, sad state of affairs. Not only are most of our municipalities collapsing, but almost all of them are under ‘financial distress’.

AfriForum filed a complaint in 2016 regarding sewage pollution and their woes have come to an end after a court ruled in their favour.

The Hawks say both former municipal employees were sentenced to an effective three years behind bars for their scheming

23% of South Africa’s drinking water doesn’t meet the legal safety standards. Two provinces lead with the least safe water.

The shocking findings in the Green Drop Report was met with concern by Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu.

Nersa is reportedly not allowing public participation in its proposed municipal tariff increases and the DA is far from impressed.

People are paying up!
The City of Tshwane has been disconnecting the electricity of big names that owe millions on their rates account.

Fourteen of South Africa’s top 20 local municipalities are found in the Western Cape, according to an index. The Eastern Cape followed in second with two.

The City of Johannesburg has opened the Jabulani Safe Hub to promote safer communities in Soweto, by protecting children from social ills.

Is your municipal account debt spiralling out of control? Joburg property owners have until 31 July to apply for the city’s debt rehabilitation programme.

uMgungundlovu District Municipality residents are batting with electricity bill shock and can’t even complain at the local municipal office.

The municipal official was bust for fraud after adding her name as a beneficiary to a colleague’s pension fund, stealing R907 000.

KwaZulu-Natal residents have complained about a high rate of incorrect electricity bills and unread meters in a recent survey.

The KZN Premier has issued a “stern directive” to staff that it’s time to shape up uMsunduzi Municipality or prepare for “dire consequences”.

Community members recently participated in the Curry’s Post Conservancy pothole fishing competition in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands.

When a municipality is unable to manage its own affairs or to meet its financial obligations, the constitution requires that the provincial government intervenes.

The municipality, which sprawls along the north bank of the Vaal River near Vereeniging, is one of Gauteng’s most densely populated areas, with Sebokeng, Evaton, Sharpeville, and Boipatong townships lying within its boundaries.

A source within the City’s finance department reportedly said that the situation was expected to get worse.

A recent webinar heard that government’s District Development Model (DDM) was being implemented during a time with South Africa and the world confronting the ‘brutality’ of Covid-19.

The by-elections that took place on Wednesday were attended by only 34% of eligible voters, but the IEC say there is no cause for concern.

A report issued on Tuesday advised that Sedibeng Municipality be placed under administration after finding corruption to have taken place.

Mayor Thandi Ngxonono was implicated in glaring irregularities at the municipality which were exposed in a forensic investigation report.

In a ‘landmark judgement’, Eskom has been granted the authority to interrupt or terminate electricity supply to defaulting customers.

Eskom said that four municipalities that have failed to honour payment obligations of over R2 million will now suffer consequences.

Due to non-payment, Eskom has taken the decision to implement severe power cuts to four municipalities in the Northern Cape.

Local and district municipalities had to answer to protesters on Monday. On Tuesday morning, the R33 bore the brunt of their dissatisfaction.

Standards of service delivery are dropping severely, and South Africans are growing more and more disillusioned with municipal performance.

After successfully forcing the City of Tshwane to give in to wage demands, Samwu have now turned their attention to Ekurhuleni.

Beaufort West Municipality were provided nearly R2 million in 2017 to install external toilets, but not a single loo has been fixed

Eskom say that the municipality has failed on numerous occasions to make good on their debt obligations, and have now taken severe steps.

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has vowed to fight for the R3 000 “danger allowance” for its members who worked during the national lockdown

The floodgates of corruption have allegedly opened again. The DA wants Dlamini-Zuma to account for missing cash from a R20bn relief fund for municipalities.

An OR Tambo contract with a company required that door-to-door COVID-19 awareness campaign be carried out, but many were never contacted.

Irregular expenditure is up by R7 billion from the previous year, with only 20 municipalities out of 257 reporting clean audits for 2018/19.

AGSA has announced that 72% of Western Cape municipalities have recorded clean financial audits for the 2018/19 financial year.

Former Merafong Municipality CFO Thys Wienekus took unlawful instruction from Acting Municipal Manager Romeo Mohaudi regarding VBS Bank.

The have been 67 officials prosecuted since 2006, and only nine of those ended up in convictions for municipal fraud.

South Africans may be asked to log on rather than queue up for the 2021 Local Elections, as the IEC entertains the idea of ‘digital voting’.

The Freedom Front Plus (FF Plus) said Matjhabeng Mayor Nkosinjani Speelman should have been suspended a long time ago.

After a meeting that was said to be ‘transparent,’ the Emfuleni made a payment of R50 million towards its debt owed to Eskom.

Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter is scheduled to meet with Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile over debt owed by the Emfuleni Municipality.

Eskom says the Emfuleni Municipality’s property will continue to be collected and sold off until the outstanding debt is settled.

Now that the City of Tshwane has been placed under administration, we all want to know what happens next.

Eskom has suspended bulk electricity interruption to Dr Beyers Naudé Municipality following provincial government’s pledge to help pay its debt.

Eskom says it has received substantial submissions following a request for all affected parties to justify why their power should not be cut.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) would like to know the due diligence made by the PIC before handing money over to the Madibeng Municipality.

The power supplier is not taking any excuses for late payments, and having issues warnings to various municipalities, it’s about to switch the lights off for good.

The Makana Municipality in the Eastern Cape has been blamed for the tragic death of a four-year-old boy after ignoring calls to fix playground equipment.

It has been recorded that households account for almost 72% of this total debt.

The Mara Phone Manufacturing Plant is housed at the Dube Trade Port, located in the King Shaka International Airport.

Twenty municipalities aren’t paying the power utility for electricity usage.

Newcastle Municipality: “We have put forward a payment plan and are awaiting Eskom to give us approval.”

The DA and its leader have conducted an inspection on various locations in the Municipality.

The Newcastle Municipality has also been in hot water as it owes Eskom R200 million.

While electricity sales and purchases yielded gains, municipalities failed to improve on managing water and employee costs, Stats SA revealed.

David Mabuza stated the most concerning debt is R19,9 billion municipality debt owed to Eskom

David Mabuza says its time South African citizens to adopted a culture of paying for services that have been rendered and consumed.

Residents have had it with regular power outages.

A forensic report proves that some payments were made for expired contracts.

According to Stats SA, more building plans have been thrown out by municipalities in the first half of 2019, than in the same period last year.

Scopa wants to summon the accounting officers of repeatedly failing municipalities before Parliament to explain themselves.

Financial mismanagement forced the municipality in administration.

Minister in the Presidency Jackson Mthembu has called for the heads of those responsible for the poor performance of municipalities to roll.

It’s rises on top of rises for the residents of Johannesburg, as pre-paid electricity customers are facing a new tariff of R200 at the behest of City Power.

AfriForum have been allowed to force the City of Tshwane to halt its planned tariff increases.

City-dwellers, you may have to dig deeper in your pockets just to meet the cost of living. Municipal rates are on the rise across South Africa from Monday onwards.

Some of South Africa’s municipalities won’t be able to afford paying salaries for June. Only 18 municipalities received a clean audit.

According to the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU), workers in as many as 30 muncipalities have not been paid for the month of June.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) held no punches in their response to the Auditor General’s report that only 8% of municipalities got a clean audit score.

The ANC is gearing up for a takeover of the Western Cape, and Cederberg just became theirs…

Kimi Makwetu raised concerns with the Western Cape’s unimpressive financial performance for the observed period.

Kimi Makwetu expressed his deep concern with the regression of most municipalities’ financial performance.