Across South Africa, the government is being quietly replaced by its own citizens as service delivery failures mount.

Emma Tsamba, 24, sighed with relief while lifting a bucketful of water from a tap in her village near Marka Primary School in Nsanje District. Her smile said it all, fetching water for her family has ...

A freeze on federal loans and grants is sending tremors across the rural U.S. as small business owners fear they won’t get reimbursed for purchases they made to replace polluting irrigation equipment ...