Maverick News Make municipalities work by appointing qualified staff — Cogta’s Hlabisa 5 min 3 By Suné Payne
Op-eds How hyperlocal strategies could revitalise South Africa’s broken local municipalities 5 min 1 By Richard Morrow
Maverick News DA federal executive to meet over GNU while party heads to court over fiscal framework vote 4 min 6 By Suné Payne
Our Burning Planet Cogta minister vows to strictly monitor R1.44bn in disaster relief funds allocated to municipalities 6 min 1 By Julia Evans
Maverick News As spaza shop registrations close, Government highlights progress while owners struggle to submit documents 3 min 1 By Bheki C. Simelane
South Africa ‘Time to pay up,’ Cogta Minister Hlabisa tells municipalities as government reviews funding models 6 min 7 By Suné Payne
South Africa Money management is critical if dysfunctional local government is to be fixed 4 min 19 By Stephen Grootes
Maverick News Hlabisa calls for urgent action, moots initiation suspension as deaths linked to traditional practise rise 4 min 8 By Lisakanya Venna and Estelle Ellis
Maverick News Spaza shop registration extended — but owners still worried about February deadline 4 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
Op-eds Assessing the GNU - It’s one thing to dodge a bullet, it’s another to win a war 6 min 1 By Ray Hartley and Greg Mills
Maverick News Municipalities have to function, emphasises Hlabisa as critics question Cogta plans 4 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
Maverick News Cogta Minister Hlabisa warns failing municipalities they’ll be dissolved — and new elections held 4 min 5 By Queenin Masuabi
Maverick News GNU — IFP urges parties to get on with it, while Mbalula says a decision is almost finalised 3 min 5 By Velani Ludidi and Queenin Masuabi
Op-eds SA has dodged a bullet — but with hard lessons for nice-guy opposition parties 8 min 0 By John Matisonn
Maverick News Blow for MK as NFP backs government of provincial unity in KZN 2 min 5 By Queenin Masuabi
Maverick News NFP holds the balance in KZN as coalition talks reach crucial stage 2 min 0 By Velani Ludidi
Maverick News Things don’t fall apart— the centre starts to hold as GNU takes shape 3 min 51 By Ferial Haffajee
Maverick News Inkatha to join government of national unity — it’s ‘the will of the people’ 3 min 4 By Queenin Masuabi
Maverick News Inkatha says it will form KZN government of provincial unity with ANC, DA and NFP 3 min 9 By Chris Makhaye
Maverick News 2024 elections — 50 shades of coalition follow 30 critical years of political bondage 2 min 1 By Politically Aweh
