Articles for Silver Sibiya

Hundreds shut down Soweto mall after e-hailing driver shot dead and set alight

Residents demand authorities intervene in the conflict between minibus taxi operators and e-hailing drivers

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News | 14 August 2025

Iconic Joburg library reopens after years

But the City still has a list of public libraries that remain closed

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News | 12 August 2025

Tshwane municipal workers demand salary increases

Union says 3.5% and 5.4% increases were promised in 2021 and 2023

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Brief | 6 August 2025

Carletonville left in the dark for more than a month

Small businesses and residents are suffering after prolonged power cuts

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News | 4 August 2025

Millions were spent to relocate these families, but they still live in squalor

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements spent R78-million on plans that never materialised

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News | 30 July 2025

Mayor temporarily suspends new electricity surcharge after violent Thembisa protest

Residents in Ekurhuleni blocked roads with large rocks and burning tyres on Monday against recent electricity price hikes

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Brief | 21 July 2025

People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust

Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.

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Brief | 11 July 2025

Hundreds march in Pretoria in protest over blocked IDs

Protesters say their identity documents are still blocked, despite a court judgment

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Brief | 4 July 2025

Police officers protest against rape and sexual harassment in their ranks

The protest follows the alleged rape of a trainee by an instructor at the Tshwane Training College

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Brief | 25 June 2025

Youth Day march against gangs in Johannesburg

Westbury residents call on gangs to make peace

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Brief | 17 June 2025

Three-day protest in Soweto over power outages

On top of scheduled “load reduction” stolen cables left Meadowlands in the dark for days

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Brief | 12 June 2025

Pensioner has to live in shack despite ‘owning’ RDP house for 17 years

A 2012 Corruption Watch report stated that the houses “were invaded because they were left empty for a long time”

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News | 6 June 2025

Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra

The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates

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Brief | 30 May 2025

Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg

Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Two people die during Soweto hostel protest

Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Joburg wheelchair users demand houses

City criticised for sidelining them

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Brief | 8 May 2025