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Despite expenditure on infrastructure such as Eskom’s transmission lines, roads and rail transport, failures persist. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Eskom caught in a web of dysfunctionality

The power utility is owed huge amounts of money by municipalities — and then there’s sabotage to contend with

  • Ian Siebörger
4 min read
The full election picture is almost complete. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
ANC

Big party failures crystalise as vote count enters final stretch

With at least 66 hung councils so far, coalitions are on the agenda as ANC and DA majorities tumble

  • Luke Feltham
2 min read
Children have to get basic services instead of going to school in Kwazenzele. (Image: Planact)
ALBERT LUTHULI

Mpumalanga municipalities fail to deliver services to informal settlements

The auditor general’s report on local government stated that most councils did not spend their infrastructure development budgets and did not address concerns regarding financial…

  • Chelesile Ndlovu-Nachamba
  • Siphiwe Segodi
3 min read