The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) will be holding its quinquennial conference from this morning. It is the largest and most inclusive gathering of local government leaders comprising – among others – mayors, municipal managers, senior officials, and councillors from across the country’s 257 municipalities. With the theme focus being "Consolidating the role of local government in rebuilding local communities to meet their social, economic and material needs", the conference provides a platform to unpack the state of local governance in South Africa. For more on this, we now cross to Sakina Kamwendo in Cape Town
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