On 23 January, the City of Tshwane launched an open data portal (ODP), becoming the third metropolitan in South Africa to do so, joining the Cities of Cape Town and eThekwini. ODPs are online platforms with large...
local governance
SONA 2023: Time to Act
This week's State of the Nation Address (SONA) presents President Cyril Ramaphosa with an opportunity to set out a decisive agenda for this parliament's final full calendar year. The next SONA will occur on the eve of...
Stability lies at the heart of prosperity
Investors and the business community have an incentive and a responsibility to enhance local governance performance in South Africa. This is the clear conclusion in the latest intelligence report produced by Good...
The role of local governance in achieving political stability
Improving local governments’ performance is vital because it is the governance sphere that is closest to local communities, local businesses, and local economic activities. It is in the best interest of companies...
Local Government in Ethiopia: Design problems and their implications
There is a growing global recognition of local government as an important level of government both as institution of democratic participation and basic service delivery. It is also used for accommodating...
CASE STUDY: Mbizana, a rural South African municipality
In Mbizana, informal businesses keep some afloat Last year, GGA published its first local government survey, which ranked South Africa’s 234 local and metro municipalities according to a select number of factors...
