The funding model has always tilted in favour of national and provincial governments, leaving municipalities to stretch meagre resources across vast inequalities

ANC chair Gwede Mantashe said it was indiscipline that was at the centre of the party’s poor performance in local government

There’s a disconnect between how the state interacts with citizens and how citizens engage with the state, which hampers governance

Service delivery is about improving people’s lives, not expedient election promises

Candidate court challenges loom for ANC

Deputy secretary general Jesse Duarte ordered that they come to the party headquarters to ‘sit with the registration teams and go over their lists’

Branch leaders in the Lower South Coast region have told the party that the regional task team has outstayed its term

‘Stand aside’ rule implemented for people facing charges as provincial integrity commission process stalls

Local government and councillors have largely failed to deliver services and on their mandate because of a lack of will to do their jobs, corruption and a shortage of people with…

If the government relaxes its total ban, there’s more chance of people modifying their behaviour, for example, not sharing cigarettes or drinking from the same bottle

Officials in the Eastern Cape’s Mbizana municipality have been told to resign by the ANC’s top leaders, the party in the province has said.

Idasa has criticised a government training programme for newly elected councillors, saying it would not "ensure their competency".

Many councillors believe it would be political suicide to publicly disclose their HIV status, an Idasa study says.

The ANC on Thursday asked the Constitutional Court to invalidate the 12 by-elections their candidates were excluded from in the Western Cape.