Madibeng Local Municipality has opened cases with the police against seven businesses in Hartbeespoort for tampering with municipal infrastructure.

One of the ways in which corruption in Madibeng has been organised is through family, friendship or political connections in the municipality, extending into the private sector, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) reports.

Motorists want to open cases of theft after Madibeng traffic officials illegally confiscated driving licences in Hartbeespoort on Monday.

When Madibeng municipality revisited properties in Brits where they had disconnected the electricity supply the previous week, a number of properties were found to be reconnected illegally.

Opposition parties have expressed their concern and disgust after total chaos broke out during the latest Madibeng municipal council meeting.

The Madibeng Municipality is finally getting its first traffic by-laws!

Madibeng Mayor Douglas Maimane last week responded strongly to a statement made by MEC of the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) regarding the appointment of the municipal manager.

Rand Water on Thursday warned of “extremely” high water consumption by municipalities, urging users to use water sparingly.

Madibeng Municipality blamed leader instability, breakdown of record-keeping, and poor collection rates, among other things, for the municipality’s poor performance when the Madibeng leadership appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs last week.

Protests ensued after the City of Tshwane (CoT) disconnected the electricity supply to the Sunway and Refentse settlements on Friday due to Madibeng Municipality’s debt of over R25 million.

Madibeng Municipality was among municipalities in North West that appeared before a joint parliamentary oversight delegation to account for the municipality’s state of affairs.

Money owed to the City of Tshwane by the Madibeng Municipality was allegedly paid into a fraudulent account, it was revealed during a Madibeng council meeting with the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on Tuesday.

The MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs has decided to institute an investigation into Madibeng Municipality, motivated by allegations of maladministration.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Madibeng is calling on the North West Department of Public Works and Roads to conduct an urgent site inspection on the catastrophic condition of the Wagpos-Lethlabile road within 7 days.

The High Court has ordered the Madibeng Municipality this week to reinstate Municipal Manager Quiet Kgatla, who was suspended in April this year.

Afriforum het 'n ondersoek begin na die aanstelling van Morufa Moloto as finansiële hoof by Noordwes se parke-en-toerismeraad, ná sy as waarnemende munisipale bestuurder by Madibeng munisipaliteit in hegtenis geneem is vir bedrog.

A former acting municipal manager of Madibeng Municipality, who was

Madibeng Municipality blamed dilapidated and faulty infrastructure for its revenue collection failure during a meeting with the North West Provincial Public Accounts Committee last week.

The City of Tshwane disconnected the electricity supply to the Sunway and Refentse settlements in Hartbeespoort on Thursday, 5 June, due to Madibeng Municipality's outstanding debt.

The acting municipal manager who was appointed just more than a month ago, was already replaced last week due to his lack of qualifications for the post.

Madibeng Municipality currently owes Eskom a staggering R1.481 billion.

The North West Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) met with the Madibeng Municipality councillors on Wednesday to discuss governance issues at the municipality.

Chaos seems to reign in the Madibeng Municipality following the

Madibeng Municipality mayor Douglas Maimane brought an application in the High Court to set aside a report by the disciplinary board and the establishment of a committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against him.

The North West MEC for Finance said enforcement measures such as disconnecting electricity should be encouraged if a municipality does not pay service providers.

The City of Tshwane (CoT) said this week that the Madibeng Municipality owes CoT R208 million but that there were ongoing engagements about a settlement arrangement.

Many residents on the northern side of the dam have reported strange underground 'rumblings' over the past weeks.

Following repeated pressure by Madibeng municipal councillors in Hartbeespoort for the Madibeng Municipality to address the deterioration of roads in Hartbeespoort, the Madibeng Municipality said last week it had ordered material to repair the roads.

Madibeng Municipal Manager Quiet Kgatla, who was suspended in March, brought an urgent application to the Labour Court of South Africa for the suspension to be declared unlawful and for him to be reinstated immediately.

Three senior officials of the Madibeng municipality were suspended on allegegations of financial misconduct during a council meeting last week.