All the events that are used to calculate the Political Risk Barometer can be found in our first three MetroMonitor reports: Report 1, Report 2, and Report 3. What is the Political Risk Barometer? The Political Risk Barometer is a real-time calculation of the...
o read the full report click here Risk increases in coalition-run metros All five metros with coalitions saw an increase in political risk. In Johannesburg opposition parties continued to attack the DA in council, sometimes physically. In Tshwane the ANC and...
To read the full report click here DA-led, ANC-led coalitions remain under pressure Despite managing to pass their 2022/23 budgets, coalition governments in the three Gauteng metros remained fraught. Opposition parties, particularly the ANC and EFF, criticised...
Introduction In the absence of regular polling data, analysts look at by-election results to determine voters’ attitudes to political parties and to democracy in general. Since the November local government election (LGE) there have been 43 ward by-elections, with 12...
Introduction The dominance of one party (invariably the ANC or DA) in local councils is quickly coming to an end and coalition governments are increasing in frequency. Coalition governments and minority governments have been in place in a third of all municipalities...
Electricity provision is a human right and a key duty for local government. Electricity is also necessary to access other rights, such as the right to information. Local government has failed – badly – to provide cheap, reliable electricity services,...
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