Municipalities

Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality Executive Mayor Conny Msibi tabling the 2026/27 budget.
Municipalities
TMDM passes R178.7m budget amid opposition backlash
By Emily Setona CLARENS – The Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality (TMDM) has adopted a R178.7 million...
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Dihlabeng Executive mayor Tseki Tseki tabling the 2026/27 budget speech
Municipalities
Dihlabeng tables first funded budget in nearly five years
By Emily Setona BETHLEHEM – After nearly five years of tabling unfunded budgets, the Dihlabeng Local...
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From left to right: Dihlabeng Executive mayor Tseki Tseki and Maluti-a-Phofung Executive Mayor Tumelo Thebe in China
Municipalities
MAP mayor joins Free State delegation to China
By Emily Setona QWAQWA – Maluti-a-Phofung Executive Mayor Tumelo Thebe is part of a high-level Free State...
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Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality Executive Mayor Connie Msibi invites Youth to knock on her office doors
Municipalities
Mayor opens doors for youth ideas amid unemployment crisis
By Teboho Moloi QWAQWA – Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality Executive Mayor Connie Msibi has urged...
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SAMWU provincial chairperson Tseko Mokoena says they stand against MAP water dissolution
Municipalities
SAMWU marches against dissolution of MAP Water
By Teboho Moloi QWAQWA – Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) marched through...
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The newly elected Moqhaka local municipality executive mayor Ramasimong Tau
Municipalities
New Moqhaka mayor vows corruption crackdown, faster service delivery
By Teboho Moloi KROONSTAD – Newly elected Moqhaka Local Municipality executive mayor Ramasimong Tau has...
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Dihlabeng local municipality Executive Mayor Tseki alongside Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality Executive Mayor Conny Msibi
Municipalities
Communities drive IDP, budget priorities at joint municipal engagement
By Emily Setona BETHLEHEM — Community voices took centre stage as residents of Bohlokong and surrounding...
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MMC Mamorena Bohlale addressing the residents gathered in Phuthaditjhaba during Maluti-a-Phofung's budget and IDP public participation session.
Municipalities
Community anger boils over at MAP IDP, budget meeting
By Emily Setona QWAQWA – Frustration over failing services, weak revenue collection and exclusion from...
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MKP Vusi Tshabalala says 26/27 MAP draft budget undermines the poor
Municipalities
MAP draft budget ‘will punish the poor’ - Tshabalala
By Teboho Moloi QWAQWA – Mounting pressure is building on the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality as criticism...
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Free State MEC of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism Ketso Makume tabling the Finance budget speech
Business
Treasury cracks down on failing municipalities
By Emily Setona QWAQWA – The Free State Treasury has drawn a hard line against municipal dysfunction,...
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