Johannesburg Water: tales of woe
At least maintenance on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is on track
By Sean Christie and Tladi Moloi
Feature | 20 November 2024
Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price
National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking
By Daniel Steyn
News | 19 November 2024
Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels
Feature | 19 November 2024
Water crisis continues for 17,000 people in Lenasia South
Residents say water tanks and trucks are insufficient after the municipality cut their illegal connections
Brief | 19 November 2024
Over a thousand RDP homes built in 2019 still without tap water
Human Rights Commission found significant backlogs in water supply at uMzinyathi District municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
Brief | 19 November 2024
Court intervenes in Gauteng government’s funding blunders
Dozens of organisations have not been paid by the provincial social development department
By Daniel Steyn
News | 18 November 2024
Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes
Environment minister has lifted quantity restrictions on the city’s three marine outfalls
News | 18 November 2024
Eastern Cape mayor and speaker under investigation for fraud
They are accused of misusing the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality’s fuel card
News | 18 November 2024
200 RDP homes waiting more than six months for Eskom supply
“Only Eskom can answer,” says Amahlathi Municipality spokesperson about Northern Node Farm in the Eastern Cape
Brief | 18 November 2024