A study commissioned by UN-Habitat included preparing HIV-prevalence and demographic projections and has projected that populations of Gauteng and Johannesburg are expected to stop growing and, by 2015, to be declining.

An exhibition to be hosted in Germany after this year's Soccer World Cup will give South African host cities a prime opportunity to prepare themselves for 2010.

eThekwini Municipality, which is owed R2 billion for rates, water and electricity by individual ratepayers and business, has adopted an aggressive credit control and debt collection policy to recover this debt.

Budget and treasury committee chairman Beza Ntshona has called for a “renewed and solid partnership” between the municipality and its communities.

President Thabo Mbeki called for greater co-operation across the three spheres of government during the presidential budget vote in the National Assembly.

A R1,2-billion municipal bond issued by the City of Johannesburg was oversubscribed, signalling continued investor confidence in the city.

The new Municipal Performance Management Regulations have now been published in the Government Gazette for public comment.

Devolopment was the dominant theme of Buffalo City's Executive Mayor Zintle Peter's R2.1-billion budget for the 2006/2007 financial year.