Co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams has blamed service delivery failures in many rural communities in the Eastern Cape on what he termed a dual system of governance. Addressing the first day of a two-day summit for traditional leaders at Dan’s Country Lodge outside Mthatha on Wednesday, Williams said many projects had stalled across the province because of what he termed the inability of municipalities to work closely with traditional leaders, who are the trib.
Thousands of residents in an upmarket Durban North suburb are fuming over a R3bn development that will convert the Beachwood golf course into a housing and hotel estate.