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FILE: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

Sa municipalities

Mkhize: Political interference contributed to collapse of municipalities

By Clement Manyathela

Local Government Minister Zweli Mkhize recently announced that only 7% of municipalities in the country were functioning properly.

  • CoGTA Minister Zweli Mkhize visiting the North West in support of interventions in distressed municipalities. Picture: @DrZweliMkhize/Twitter

    Lagging municipalities given 3 months to shape up

    CoGTA Minister Zweli Mkhize recently confirmed most municipalities are either dysfunctional or in distress and in need of urgent help.

    1453 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.

    1459 days ago
  • FILE: Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Kimi Makwetu paints dismal picture of state of municipalities

    Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu says there still appears to be a lack of decisive leadership to hold municipalities accountable for their financial failings.

    1466 days ago
  • FILE: Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Municipal debt in focus at Scopa hearing

    Co-operative Governance Minister Zweli Mkhize told Parliament that municipalities owed nearly R24 billion for electricity and water as at the end of December last year.

    1473 days ago
  • Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Zweli Mkhize addresses the media in Parliament on behalf of government’s task team on the water Crisis. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN.

    'Only 7% of SA's 257 municipalities well functioning'

    Delivering his budget in Parliament on Tuesday, Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed that at least 87 municipalities are distressed or dysfunctional, 11 of them under provincial administration.

    1474 days ago
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