What do you do when local government collapses? In Ditsobotla municipality, this is already the case. Residents are now pulling at the levers of the law to force state intervention while trying to keep the local government afloat. Ilze-Marie Le Roux speaks to Sakeligs'a Tian Alberts, who is spearheading the legal fight, about the rights of residents when their municipalities fail to deliver on their mandates.