South Africans will head to the polls on 4 November. It's time for all political parties to play by the rules.
As South Africa heads to the local government elections in November a critical competency gap among councillors is emerging.
There is no national minimum competency requirement for councillors. And, therefore political parties have very different approaches to selecting and vetting candidates.
The latest Auditor-General's report paints a bleak picture of the state pf local government.
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke said the sixth administration failed to achieve the turnaround needed in local government.
