Bloemfontein - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) minister Zweli Mkhize says municipalities facing operational challenges should take the lead in addressing their challenges.

More electricity hikes are coming after municipalities received approval to go ahead with increases of up to 14%.

AfriForum brought the case to compel the Free State government to intervene in the failing municipality The Bloemfontein High Court has ordered the Free State government to dissolve the failing ...

Mangaung, based in Bloemfontein in the Free State, was the worst performer with Tshwane coming in second last. Cape Town was the best-performing metro.

The best rates were available from Bloemfontein’s power distributor Centlec, which offers customers a feed-in tariff of R1.62 in the summer (low-demand season) and R2.11 in the winter (high ...

A Bloemfontein High Court ruling mandates Mafube Local Municipality to pay over R14.7 million to the Municipal Workers’ Retirement Fund, highlighting ongoing municipal noncompliance.

The state Mangaung (Bloemfontein) and Tshwane (Pretoria) are in is of grave concern, say the authors, with operating deficits of R12.9 billion and R4.2 billion respectively.

Average municipal scores by province. Source: Governance Performance Index ... Mangaung, based in Bloemfontein in the Free State, was the worst performer with Tshwane coming in second last.