Gauteng community’s taps run dry as municipality battles R1.4-billion water debt

The taps in Kokosi, Fochville near Carletonville have been dry for a month after Rand Water implemented water reduction measures against Merafong municipality

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Brief | 18 September 2025

Appeal court blocks Eskom’s giant Richards Bay power plant

The SCA has set aside the 2019 environmental authorisation for the 3,000MW Richards Bay gas-to-power plant

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Law | 18 September 2025

Police van crashes into shacks, injures two, and leaves families homeless

The families say SAPS only took their statements a week after the incident

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News | 18 September 2025

Lottery Commission extends reparations to staff

A dozen people, including whistleblowers, have given evidence of harm suffered under the previous administration

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News | 18 September 2025

Thousands of municipal workers take to the streets in Buffalo City, despite interdict

Roads around the city barricaded with burning tyres, but SAMWU denies its members were involved

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Brief | 17 September 2025

Commuters scramble as 30-day taxi shutdown begins

Ten routes from Khayelitsha to Somerset West suspended amid escalating violence

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News | 17 September 2025

Explosive letter from PRASA “board member” claims tenders are being rigged

Anonymous letter calls for action from Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy

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News | 17 September 2025

Joburg landfill closure threatens 140 livelihoods

Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump

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Photo Essay | 17 September 2025

Teachers at Eastern Cape school give up their toilet to grade R learners

Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets

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News | 17 September 2025

Here’s what the government plans to do about plastic pollution

Global Plastic Treaty reached a deadlock in August, but South Africa is pushing ahead with regulations

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Video | 17 September 2025

Anger over delays at Durban housing project

Families say eThekwini municipality is reneging on its promise to house them at the new flats

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News | 17 September 2025

Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Shell says it has spent over R1-billion and is not responsible for failures in consultations with affected Wild Coast communities

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News | 16 September 2025

Chatsworth residents take to the streets over water

Bottlebrush informal settlement has been short of water for four months, they say

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Brief | 16 September 2025

Buffalo City municipal workers go on strike

South African Municipal Workers’ Union wants an end to private contracting of primary municipal services

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News | 16 September 2025

Protesters charged with public violence to appear in court

Six arrested during the protest on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town on Monday

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Brief | 16 September 2025

South Africans caught in Nepal prison fires

13,500 inmates escaped from prisons during riots last week

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Brief | 16 September 2025