A GUIDE ON WHO DOES WHAT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
2026-09-15
A guide for citizens on who does what in local government
A guide for citizens on who does what in local government
Data from international indices—including the OECD, Eurostat, PwC, and the World Bank—demonstrate that South Africans are subjected to a double financial burden through high taxes and private service costs.
Overall State: The 2024-25 Auditor-General report reveals that local government has failed to achieve a turnaround, resulting in unreliable services and failing infrastructure.
The FW de Klerk Foundation views the ongoing escalation of xenophobic violence, intimidation, and the scapegoating of foreign nationals in South Africa with profound alarm. We write this to state clearly: such acts are not merely “community grievances” – they are a direct, violent, and unacceptable affront to the foundational values of our 1996 constitutional settlement.
Ismail Joosub outlines what the President’s declaration of Gender-based Violence as a national disaster legally means, as well as the pitfalls if the government doesn’t fulfil its strengthened legal obligation.
This morning President Ramaphosa signed the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (“BELA Bill”) into law.
Vanoggend het president Ramaphosa die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Basiese Onderwys (“BELA-wetsontwerp”) onderteken en as wet bekragtig.
The Protection of State Information Bill has been revived by the new Parliament. The Foundation shares president Ramaphosa’s reservations regarding the Bill’s constitutionality.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s Coalition Government Conference, presented in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, took place in Johannesburg on Friday, 12 July.