Lacking Resources?

Lacking Resources?

by | Oct 25, 2010

By Dick ForslundA recent report to South African Cities Network shows how much of incomes households pay in property rates water and electricity supply, and solid waste and sanitation. Low income households pay 10 to 20 percentage points more of their total incomes to...
CRISIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIES IN COST RECOVERY FINANCING

CRISIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIES IN COST RECOVERY FINANCING

by | Apr 26, 2023

NOT SO LONG AGO, LOCAL government was blamed for the failures of the “new” democratic order in South Africa. Once known as the hands and feet of government, it was the target of protest by working-class communities frustrated by poor service delivery and the...
ORGANISE AND RESIST AUSTERITY!

ORGANISE AND RESIST AUSTERITY!

by | Sep 28, 2023

FROM A CLASS PERSPECTIVE, resisting austerity is the most important struggle that needs to be waged. It is poor and working-class people who rely on state services. With every cut in the budgets of social security, health, education, housing, policing, land reform...