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The Nketoana Local Municipality has turned to the Free State High Court to dismiss a total of 74 general workers it says it hired unlawfully. According to court papers, the municipality wants the ...
Seven municipalities in South Africa have a long line of disclaimed audits, and three of them are now actively hurting their communities.
Hundreds of residents marched to the Nketoana local municipality office in Reitz on Thursday to demand better services. They want the Free State Department of Cooperative Governance and ...
There are certainly gems to be found across these municipalities. Africa’s largest tyre producer — Sumitomo Rubber South Africa — is based in KwaZulu-Natal’s Alfred Duma Local Municipality.
Residents of Arlington in Nketoana Local Municipality, Free State, recently embarked on a protest over the removal of the bucket system. During their protest, residents poured buckets in the streets.
The maintenance work is being overseen by the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission, a joint governance body of South Africa and Lesotho, the department of water and sanitation said.
The South African government remains committed to the use of nuclear energy and is planning to revive its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme and embark on new builds, the Deputy Director General of ...
The Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) in Nketoana Local Municipality has been requested to conduct a thorough investigation, while the municipal manager was told to open a criminal case ...
Invoices and fuel cards seen by GroundUp suggest that the mayor of Nketoana Local Municipality in the Free State travelled nearly 7 000 km in one month. She appears to have spent nearly R100 000 on ...
Nketoana Local Municipality mayor Maditsoako Mamiki Mokoena has allegedly splurged R100 000 on a rented car and fuel despite the cash-strapped municipality struggling to pay staff salaries.