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DIRECTOR GENERAL

Social development appoints acting DG after Ramaphosa’s scathing rebuke

Minister of Social Development Sisisi Tolashe was forced to retract a DG vacancy post she defended after President Cyril Ramaphosa clarified that the power to appoint someone in…

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
2 min read
Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa. Photo: Supplied.
BUSINESS

High levels of corruption cripple SA municipalities but government optimistic about improvements, Ramokgopa says

Minister in the presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation said there had been progress in implementing the country’s medium-term development plan, running from 2024 to…

  • Brian Sokutu
3 min read
Floods hit areas of the Eastern Cape, including Port St Johns on the Wild Coast. Photo: Bantu Holomisa/Twitter
CLIMATE CHANGE

South Africa must adapt and innovate to survive our new normal – flooding

Public and private entities need to work together to plan for disasters and to implement measures to mitigate the effect of such events

  • Karen King
6 min read
Hole in the plot: Although many municipalities have adequate plans, they are unable to carry them out, leading to projects going unfinished. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANS

How to boost municipal performance

Local-level service delivery could be improved by the implementation of integrated development plans

  • Stuart Morrison
6 min read