I BELIEVE I can say with some level of certainty that as South Africans, we seem not to take local government seriously as a sphere of government. It is with sadness that I observe how we have quickly ...

At least 90 people have died in last week's heavy floods that devastated South Africa's Eastern Cape province, the local government said Monday, as rescue teams continued searching for more victims.

Political leadership is getting weaker, and at the next local government elections, there might be a huge turnover with many new councillors who will be part and parcel of governing municipalities ...

The Għargħur council has asked both the Auditor General and the Local Government Division to investigate allegations made against its ousted mayor. On Saturday, newly appointed mayor Mariah Meli ...

Sharon Stewart is stepping down as an Auckland councillor after 30 years in local government. Auckland councillor Sharon Stewart is stepping down as an Auckland councillor at October’s local ...

His remarks reflect a key Reform message during May’s elections, in which the party pitched local equivalents of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) to voters ...

RESIDENTS are being asked for their views on the biggest shake-up of local government in decades. Worcestershire’s county council and six district councils will be scrapped by 2029. But whether ...

The minister has said areas should submit one document outlining proposals for local government reorganisation as it revealed how much each area will get from a £7.6m fund. In a written ministerial ...

I think local government has gone under the radar for too long.” He highlighted high-profile cases of councils that have issued bankruptcy notices, including Croydon in south London and ...

Councils could gain powers to fine developers for unbuilt homes, under new rules planned by the government. Documents set to be published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government ...

Reform UK is to send its Elon Musk-inspired Department of Government Efficiency-style unit to look at “wasteful spending” in councils. Nigel Farage's populist party said the department would be led by ...

Alarmed by dangerously high arsenic levels in the Indus River, the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) is launching a large-scale cleanup campaign. Recent tests revealed arsenic ...