Join leading Wits researchers, policy experts, and practitioners for a frank, evidence-led conversation about the realities of local government in Gauteng.

Governing Gauteng Colloquium: Practices, Principles, and Possibilities for Local Government

Date: Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Time: 09:00 – 16:00
Venue: Wits Theatre, Braamfontein Campus East, Wits University

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From service delivery and infrastructure to municipal finance, public trust, and political accountability, the colloquium will examine what is working, what is failing, and what meaningful reform could look like beyond election promises.

Speakers include:

• Graeme Gotz (Gauteng City-Region Observatory)
• Dr Federica Duca (Public Affairs Research Institute)
• Professor Noor Nieftagodien (Wits History Workshop)
• Seana Nkhahle (South African Local Government Association)
• Dr Mpho Tladi (City of Johannesburg)
• Professor Marie Huchzermeyer (Wits School of Architecture and Planning)
• Dr Caryn Abrahams (Wits School of Governance)
• Ferial Haffajee (Daily Maverick)
• Dr Jean Pierre Misago (African Centre for Migration & Society)
• Dr Tracy Ledger (Public Affairs Research Institute)
• Professor Garth Stevens (Wits Deputy Vice-Chancellor)
• Professor Lorena Núñez Carrasco (Wits School of Social Sciences)