The state needs better managers. Can business schools help?

The EFF and MK could decide who runs South Africa’s metros after November 4. An ANC–DA pact is the only alternative to coalition chaos.

Treasury’s decision to withhold funding to a raft of municipalities is not about punishment, but about restoring accountability

Nearly half of South Africa’s local councils are presenting budgets based on huge helpings of unrealistic hope

Treasury freezes July funding to 69 municipalities, including Joburg, in its toughest push yet for fiscal discipline

Mark your calendar: here is the political and economic news to watch out for this week

A by-election in Emfuleni, in which the DA seized control of an ANC stronghold, is evidence that voters are demanding delivery over loyalty or history.

Zille’s Joburg campaign is a bet that voters want working taps and lit streets – not foreign-policy fights. The 2026 local polls will test the wager

After Enoch Godongwana’s eviscerating letter to Joburg, the majority party in the metro has vanishingly few places to turn

Fund manager Ian Scott argues Joburg should be priced deep in junk. The finance minister’s letter to the mayor just made his case

Transnet and Eskom are acting as both referee and player, says BLSA, while political interference at municipalities is as bad as ever

South Africa is beset by a culture of non-payment. The country’s political leadership doesn’t seem to be all that seized with the crisis

Given its dire financial position, it’s no surprise Joburg took out a R3bn short-term loan to tide it over

From getting tough on municipalities to diamond export levies, here are the key numbers and policy changes from South Africa’s 2026 national budget

‘Excessive’ and ‘unlawful’ power costs have hastened the demise of Mpact’s Springs mill

By offering to help fix Joburg, business will help prop up a flailing local government

The city’s ‘sweeping arrangement’ seems to be taking cash from revenue-generating entities like Joburg Water, hobbling service delivery

South Africa’s top business brains have opened up a new front in their quest for an economic success story: Joburg

Ramaphosa’s promises on cadres, corruption and service delivery just feel like early electioneering. He’s been promising these things for years

Spaghetti western-style shootouts, bogus mayorships, corruption, factionalism and patronage – this is a province defined by governance failure