Managing Elections in South Africa: Context and Challenges Dr. Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) Watershed Elections Although the 2024 National and Provincial election process has yet to be concluded,  it appears to be a...

Local Government in 2023: How full is the Glass? Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) A scan of media across the country writing on municipal matters illustrates the range of issues faced by residents and businesses in...

Addressing the Instability Arising from “Hung” Legislatures in South Africa Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) The municipal electoral system has had five municipal elections, all of which have been declared as free, fair and...

Climate Change and Election Manifestos: How ready are our Parties to Lead? Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) Every single day we receive graphic warnings of the way in which climate variability is impacting disastrously on the...

Complex Challenges in Housing the Inner City Poor and Vulnerable Dr. Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) Challenges in Housing in South Africa  | Waking up to news of the tragedy yesterday where over 70 people died, including 12...

Municipal Boundary Redetermination Dr. Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) What is municipal boundary redetermination ? What is municipal boundary redetermination and why should we take note of it? Since 2000, when the first...

Navigating the Medium-Term Budget Policy The Minister of Finance’s Medium-term Budget Policy Speech (MTBS) was delivered during a time of severe fiscal constraint. Despite some negative commentaries, there are in fact many positive initiatives. These range from...

Statistics South Africa Census 2022 - 1st Digital Census Statistics South Africa Census 2022 - Unpacking this exciting milestone for our Country and looking at Insights and Implications for South Africa. South Africa Census 2022 Celebrating a Milestone: South...

Water Access and Security in South Africa is an all of Society Issue Water access and security in South Africa - Every day there are reminders that we remain one of the most unequal countries in the world. This inequality can also be seen in terms of consumption...

Building and maintaining our infrastructure in South Africa Why is it that every time municipal infrastructure fails in South Africa we behave as if it does not happen elsewhere and that nothing is being done to build new, upgrade old and maintain existing...

Complex challenges in housing the inner city poor and vulnerable. Michael Sutcliffe and Sue Bannister (Directors: City Insight (Pty) Ltd) Waking up to news of the tragedy yesterday where over 70 people died, including 12 children, after a fire in a building in the...

(Re-)building our Country's Infrastructure Oct 23 Hardly a week goes by without a report on possible vandalism occurring on critical infrastructure.  Recently, in Tshwane a number of pylons fell down and high voltage cables blocked the N4 freeway, resulting in a...

Hung Legislatures in South Africa The municipal electoral system The municipal electoral system has had five municipal elections, all of which have been declared as free, fair, and safe with almost no disruption of the elections. The elections have all been keenly...

Infrastructure in South Africa Hardly a week goes by without a report on possible vandalism occurring on critical infrastructure.  Recently, in Tshwane a number of pylons fell down and high-voltage cables blocked the N4 freeway, resulting in a significant portion...

Building Our Community: Addressing the Scourge of Violent Protests The past 20 years has witnessed an increasingly violent nature of protest in our country and her communities.  Research, such as that by Municipal IQ, shows that over 70% of all protests has been...

The Infrastructure Challenges Facing Municipalities The National Development Plan targets infrastructure investment of 30 per cent as a percentage of GDP by 2030. However, National Treasury estimated that between 2010 and 2020, public‐sector capital investment...

In 2007, at its National Conference, the ANC resolved that “Appropriate requirements should be set for persons wishing to contest elections as independent candidates”. However, it took a court case to begin the process of realising this situation with the...