In an article, Ismail Joosub considers the recent revelations about water tanker contracts in major metros that suggest that South Africa’s water crisis is being driven not only by failing infrastructure, but by corruption.
South Africans live with the consequences of municipal collapse every day – from water outages to uncollected refuse and crumbling infrastructure. The Foundation’s submission on COGTA’s Draft Regulations sets out how performance management can be rebuilt on constitutional values like accountability, openness and responsiveness. The Foundation proposed reforms that give communities a real voice, ensure lawful oversight, and create clear lines of responsibility so that municipalities can get back to delivering the services people depend on.
The FW de Klerk Foundation welcomes the Special Tribunal’s ruling declaring unlawful and invalid Mogalakwena Local Municipality’s award of a R167,9 million tender to Easyway.
Daniela Ellerbeck outlines the Foundation’s recent submission on the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ Discussion Document on the Review of the White Paper on Local Government.
Ismail Joosub acknowledges that official labour statistics may overlook critical aspects of youth unemployment, particularly within the informal economy, and that both the private and public sectors need to pay attention to this opportunity.
The FW de Klerk Foundation has answered the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs’ call for public comments on its Discussion Document on the Review of the White Paper on Local Government.
The FW de Klerk Foundation’s submission regarding the Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill, 2024.
Ismail Joosub takes a look at why South Africa’s coalition governments have been unstable. It also looks at the legislative efforts aimed at formalising these agreements and the necessity of detailed coalition agreements to secure coherent policy implementation.
Daniela Ellerbeck and Ismail Joosub discuss South Africa’s form of local government (municipalities) and how municipal councils are elected and composed, with consideration of the Constitution, the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998, as well as coalitions’ track record of service delivery in certain areas.
