The municipality has installed a 12-foot Spider-Man-like sculpture, crafted entirely from plastic bottles and other recyclable materials collected from bottle booths, in front its office ....
Municipal workers digging to erect electricity poles in De Aar in the Northern Cape made a startling discovery when they unearthed crates containing thousands of rounds of historic ammunition believed to date back to the Anglo-Boer War.
Nearby, buildings are obscured by overgrown grass, and in the neighbouring township of Bluegumbosch, uncollected refuse and raw sewerage are everyday features of life under a municipality that chronically fails to deliver basic services.
The looming potential loss of skill games and at least some of the businesses that operate them could cost multiple municipalities in Mercer County up to thousands of dollars in revenue ... .
Gloucester is borrowing approximately $26.6 million to help pay for a variety of municipal projects and was able to secure good interest rates on the borrowings ... .