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Stream daylighting can help manage stormwater, restore habitats and create greener, more walkable public spaces.
A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.
A German loan for fixing Johannesburg’s electricity utility is unlikely to make much difference to users yet: prices will probably rise faster than inflation.
Host cities’ agility in preparing for FIFA stands in sharp contrast to the usual rhetoric that municipalities cannot accomplish other civic needs with urgency.
What’s the upshot of France’s 2026 local elections? Did the vote put the two front-running parties RN and LFI in a stronger position for the Presidential race?
Cities aren’t just places where multiple crises may collide. They’re also places where people develop ways to navigate them.
Addresses are essential to society, governance and the economy in a modern world.
Current science communications in Cape Town are not serving the public well.
A perfect storm of rising costs and declining revenues is stressing many US city budgets – and the Trump administration isn’t likely to send much help.
Good roads, a reliable supply of electricity and proper water management are necessary for economic growth and job creation.
What will our daily lives be like in 50 years’ time? What will our challenges be? Scientific data and analysis are essential, and municipal diplomacy is the key to sharing knowledge.
With Russia poised to launch cyberattacks on US targets, many local governments find themselves without the staff or resources to even recognize when they’re under attack.
Much of the commentary on the July riots, which cost over 300 lives and billions of rands in damage to the economy, has neglected the long history of violent protests in the country.
The practice of using electricity revenue surpluses to fund other municipal services is running out of road.
The collapse of local government in small towns is beginning to affect investment in farming, and the ability of agribusinesses to operate.
The problem in municipalities is not that the wrong people are being chosen. It is that the wrong people are doing the choosing – not only of candidates but of what they do if elected.
The agency will ensure that large water users such as municipalities, public utilities and large companies continue to fund the construction and operation of the large water systems they depend on.
The stalemate in Tshwane is a manifestation of coalition arrangements that serve the partisan interests of parties, to the detriment of citizens.
The clock is ticking: in the absence of government support, not being able to work means waste reclaimers don’t have money to buy food.
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Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Energy policy expert / researcher, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor at the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Head of Inclusive Economic Development, Human Sciences Research Council
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Scientifique en chef du Québec et professeur au Département de psychiatrie de l'Université McGill, McGill University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD Student, University of Pretoria
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Head of Education and Capacity Development, Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES), United Nations University
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Ass Prof in the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Johannesburg
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Distinguished Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council
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Instructor, Legal Studies and Criminology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University