A SINGLE public service and regional electricity distributors, among other policy changes suggested by the national government, could hit municipalities' bottom lines, leading to credit rating problems, warns a study.

The province is pouring resources into making sure its transport infrastructure is up to speed for the 2010 Fifa World Cup^TM.

A 100-member stakeholder group represented by all the key inner city role players will champion the revival of the hub of Johannesburg over the next five years.

The independent body is concerned about the ability of public servants to perform as councillors in municipalities.

The importance of local government was reaffirmed at a recent South African Local Government Association workshop.

Johannesburg unveils a project which will see modern technology being used to collect and dispose waste at various strategic locations around the city.

Traffic offenders, litterbugs and other bylaw violators in Durban are set to face the music when KwaZulu-Natal's first municipal court opens.

Cape Town's newly established Property Disposal Programme is processing the sale of large chunks of municipal property.

The City is ready to roll out 11 trial broadband networks in the run up to a citywide service that will bring Jozi several steps closer to being a fully fledged digital city.

Cape Town has launched a project to address two problems at once - lowering traffic light electricity usage and reducing traffic congestion due to outages by using solar power.

The municipality is spending over R70 million to replace a fleet of old buses and hopes to get a further 22 new buses in the current financial year.

The City of eThekwini hopes that the dedicated lane will encourage more people to use public transport and ease traffic congestion.