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Nomsa Dlamini

Nomsa Dlamini is the Political Editor and covers the national government, Parliament, the parties and the election, including the promises they make and whether the record matches them.

Municipal services promised within 18 months as Ramaphosa unveils new local government White Paper

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to launch the revised White Paper on Local Government in Boksburg on Thursday, with new councils due to take office after the November local government elections.

Nomsa Dlamini · 25 Oct 2026

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R23 billion debt written off? Free State party says it will scrap it and put locals in the jobs

A newly formed party campaigning for the 2026 local elections has pledged to wipe the municipality's combined utility debt and staff the town with its own people. The plan rests on a headcount of ghost employees the mayor has already acknowledged on camera.

25 Oct 2026

Earlier from Nomsa Dlamini

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Nomsa Dlamini

Municipal services promised within 18 months as Ramaphosa unveils new local government White Paper

R23 billion debt written off? Free State party says it will scrap it and put locals in the jobs

Earlier from Nomsa Dlamini

Ramaphosa opens the door to scrapping municipalities that cannot deliver

Cape Town keeps the DA in charge but Johannesburg splits five ways, election poll finds

Four days without water in Johannesburg as residents beg for tankers and a contamination warning lands

Empangeni's new houses get fibre pipes before the walls go up

Chikunga puts men at the centre of the GBVF fight as R3.8 billion goes to 3 500 social workers

Thyspunt nuclear plant clears first hurdle as Nelson Mandela Bay mayor demands local jobs

Cassim tells CATHSSETA to take skills training to the rural towns it keeps missing

Hawks arrest former constable at Ermelo prison over R8 000 police fleet card

Ramaphosa moves to strip failing municipalities of powers as R120bn Eskom debt piles up

Ramaphosa moves to strip politicians out of municipal hiring as R120 billion Eskom bill mounts

George expo tells jobless youth: 2.5 million chances already open, register and take one

111 Rhodes students and 23 St Albans inmates fall ill as tests point to water inside the campus and the prison

Northern Cape mines, factories and renewables must pull together, Presidency says

Border force gets new money to hire inspectors as Godongwana targets illegal migration

ANC will name mayoral candidates only after November 4, Mbalula says

TikTok labels AI videos and buries unproven posts ahead of the elections

Godongwana hands SARS R17.1 billion more to find, and SARS says it will collect every rand

Third packhouse opens in North West as Moretele farmers get cold rooms and a borehole

Petrol and rent push inflation up for a second month as Godongwana tables his budget

Debt peaks at 78.4% of GDP as Treasury bets on a R54 billion revenue windfall

Gamsberg expansion takes Northern Cape zinc mine from construction to production

Ramaphosa promises Northern Cape a new industrial future, and says he wants South Africans rich

MK Party asks eThekwini voters for 48 hours to fix 32 years of problems