Articles for Warren Mabona
COSATU march to SA Reserve Bank in Pretoria over ‘high cost of living’
The Reserve Bank recently increased interest rates by 25 basis points, raising the repo rate to 7% and the prime to 10.5%.
Brief | 19 June 2026
Tshwane residents left behind in housing project
537 people were approved for houses but only 447 were built
News | 12 June 2026
Protesters demand Steenhuisen take action to end hunger
South Africa produces sufficient food yet millions go to bed hungry, says the Union Against Hunger
Brief | 28 May 2026
Post Office workers march in Pretoria
SAFTU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi leads protest over retrenchments and low wages
Brief | 29 April 2026
Pretoria disrupted by anti-immigrant march
March and March campaign expands from Durban
Text by Warren Mabona. Photos by Ihsaan Haffejee.
Brief | 28 April 2026
Hundreds of Soweto residents protest in Pretoria for a flat rate electricity tariff
They want the regulator to introduce a flat rate of R350 for poor households
Brief | 23 March 2026
Counting the people who sleep on the streets of Mamelodi
Volunteers help the City of Tshwane gather data on homelessness
Brief | 16 March 2026
Learners stand on bus steps with doors open to get to school
Government-contracted buses are chronically overloaded
Brief | 2 March 2026
Tshwane residents get eviction notices for Christmas
Many people living in municipal building say they cannot afford rent elsewhere and fear they will end up on the streets
News | 8 December 2025