February 2026 sees a significant decrease in employee debt within eThekwini Municipality, but the implications for municipal services and staff remain critical.

Since 2017, the proportion of South Africa’s budget spent on paying back debt and interest on debt has skyrocketed, overtaking spending on education, social grants, health, and community development.

Research Fellow at the Impumelelo Economic Growth Lab. The Impumelelo Economic Growth Lab is a unit of the Bureau for Economic Research (BER), Stellenbosch University South Africa’s fiscal trajectory ...

Danny Bradlow, in addition to his position at the University of Pretoria is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University; Senior G20 Advisor, South African ...