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Pay back the money: Salga to consultants who failed to do work at municipalities

By Nthakoana Ngatane

Salga said it is disappointed with the deteriorating level of accountability as shown in the Auditor General report for the year 2019/2020 which was released on...

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    Samwu warns of potential strike amid wage negotiations

    Wage negotiations between unions and the South African Local Government Association started in March.

    344 days ago
  • Mangaung residents took to the streets on 17 May 2021, blocking at least 15 roads across the metro. Picture: Twitter screengrab/@PutSAPele.

    Salga calls for peaceful and lawful protests in Mangaung

    Since the start of the week, people have taken to the streets over service delivery. Demonstrators looted shops owned by foreign nationals, while some were seriously damaged. There were other protests in areas like Soutpan, Dewetsdorp and Zastron.

    370 days ago
  • FILE: President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    Ramaphosa: Many municipalities ill-equipped to take on their responsibilities

    During the 2018/2019 report, the Auditor-General found that only 20 of the country’s more than 250 municipalities had achieved clean audits for that period.

    537 days ago
  • FILE:  President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter.

    Ramaphosa: Auditor-General's report shows serious problems for municipalities

    President Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering the keynote address on the first day of the South African Local Government Association’s (SALGA) two-day virtual National Members Assembly on Thursday.

    537 days ago
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    Salga weighs in on SAA’s R10.5bn allocation from govt

    The legislation is aligned to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) but deals with the equitable division of revenue among national, provincial and local governments.

    557 days ago
  • File: Auditor General Kimi Makwetu. Picture: CoGTA.

    There'll be change in municipalities if leaders held accountable - Salga

    The organisation said it would encourage treasury to implement Section 216 of the Constitution to withhold equitable share to address financial misconduct.

    691 days ago
  • FILE: Salga president Thembi Nkadimeng. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Extended lockdown could see municipalities lose R14bn in revenue, warns Salga

    Salga is warning that municipal revenue from rates could fall by 5% – an amount of about R14 billion – due to the lockdown.

    741 days ago
  • FILE: Salga president Thembi Nkadimeng. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Salga: Municipalities must take tough action on non-paying residents

    Eskom’s financial troubles were exacerbated by municipalities who were either unwilling or unable to pay for power.

    831 days ago
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    Salga launches app to help municipalities deal with violent protests

    The association's president, Thembi Nkadimeng, said the country was experiencing an increase in violence targeted at councillors and municipal officials.

    832 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile. Picture: @GDCoGTA/Twitter

    Salga 'happy' with Maile’s decision to rescind DA councillors' suspensions

    Salga is hoping now that the suspensions have been rescinded, councils will be allowed to deal with the matter without interference.

    845 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile. Picture: @GDCoGTA/Twitter

    Salga welcomes MEC Maile’s decision to overturn suspensions of DA councillors

    Gauteng Cooperative Governance MEC Lebogang Maile last week suspended City of Tshwane Speaker Katlego Mathebe and former Johannesburg Speaker Vasco da Gama accusing them of abusing their office and being constitutional delinquents.

    846 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza at a press briefing at Lethabo power station. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Jabu Mabuza: Money owed to Eskom by municipalities continues to rise

    Eskom board chairperson Jabu Mabuza said overdue debt owed to the company stood at only R1.3 billion in 2013. Fast forward six years, that figure now stands at nearly R30 billion.

    902 days ago
  • File: Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza. Picture: EWN

    Eskom pleads with Salga, municipalities to pay R20bn debt

    The utility's debt has escalated by over R20 billion in just a few years, with chairperson Jabu Mabuza saying debt owed to the company stood at only R1.3 billion in 2013.

    903 days ago
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    Salga calls on municipalities to force clients to pay their bills

    Salga has revealed households, businesses and government owe municipalities over R165 billion.

    927 days ago
  • FILE: Samwu members during a protest march. Picture: Samwu Facebook page

    Samwu accuses CoJ of withholding union fees to Salga

    City employees affiliated to the union gathered at the metro’s chambers where a memorandum was handed over.

    950 days ago
  • FILE: Business Leadership South Africa CEO Bonang Mohale speaking at the Lead SA Changemakers Conference in Johannesburg. Picture: @lead_sa/Twitter

    BLSA CEO says Eskom tariff hike high but utility must be fixed

    The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday has approved a tariff hike of 9.41% for this year.

    1173 days ago
  • FILE: Salga president Parks Tau. Picture: @SALGA_Gov/Twitter

    Salga facing de-registration for breach of Labour Act

    The Labour Department says that Salga has not submitted audited financial statements from 2012 to 2017, as well as minutes of meetings that elected office bearers.

    1435 days ago
  • FILE: Parks Tau. Picture: EWN

    [LISTEN] Can govt barometer help fix ‘dysfunctional’ municipalities?

    Talk Radio 702's Karima Brown speaks to Salga chairperson Parks Tau about how the barometer can be used to improve the state of the country’s municipalities.

    1455 days ago
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