Beyond a ‘return to basics’ — solving SA’s haemorrhaging municipal revenue crisis

South Africa’s local government revenue crisis is no longer a slow burn — it is a structural collapse.

Despite years of ‘return to basics’ rhetoric, revenue continues to dip across all municipalities.

This is the second in a series of four articles on the state of South Africa’s municipalities and how they can be fixed.

You can read the first part of the series here. ...