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Local government is where politics gets real — your water, roads, rates, rubbish and electricity. But how much do we actually understand about the people and systems running our municipalities?
In a podcast brought to you by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, journalist Nickolaus Bauer cuts through the jargon, political noise and municipal mythology in South Africa’s Easy Elections Guide: Local Government 2026.
In this episode, he looks at the changing fortunes of eThekwini. Once an ANC stronghold, the metro has since 2021 been marked by political fragmentation. And the entry of the MK Party to the political scene in 2024 could be a gamechanger at local level. What will it take for the metro to realise its potential come November 4?