Articles for Joseph Bracken

Sewage floods the streets in this part of Durban

Lamontville has been battered by floods

NLC did nothing to stop 4,000 “delinquents” from getting grant funding

New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent

KwaZulu-Natal government ordered to pay crèches

At least 275 centres have faced issues with late subsidy payments

Durban hostels crumble but families have nowhere else to go

Thousands of people live in Lamontville’s apartheid-era hostels

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Department of Social Development is improving but problems remain

Payment delay leaves KwaZulu-Natal charities struggling

Last week the Department of Social Development notified non-profit organisations that payments will be delayed

Solar company changed its story just before gagging whistleblowers

Whistleblower alleges he was tricked into believing he was buying locally made material

Solar manufacturer ARTsolar gagged a reporter. So we asked the owner some tough questions

Parliamentary committee calls for dissolution of Basketball SA board

Last year the department had to step in to rescue the International Basketball Federation’s U18 Afrobasket tournament hosted in South Africa

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from job opportunities

Thousands march to call for justice for raped child

Still no arrests after seven-year-old raped in Eastern Cape in October

Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

PRASA can’t say when Durban’s Northern Coast line will open again

Agreement not yet reached between Transnet and PRASA

Slow systems delay switch to new social grant card

Postbank acknowledges that completing the card transition before 20 March deadline is unlikely

More than 20 dead and hundreds displaced in KZN floods

Sithembiso Mbutho died crossing the Mthwalume River. Residents have been pleading for the government to build a bridge

Forestry Department awarded R140-million tender to dodgy security company

Investigation finds the company submitted a fraudulent document in its bid but got the contract