Articles for Joseph Bracken
Unemployed teachers camp outside KZN education department
Department ignores them
Brief | 19 January 2026
Durban mayor urged to investigate assaults on homeless people
People we spoke to describe being beaten with sjamboks by Ensure Security’s masked guards. The company denies this.
News | 18 December 2025
We rode Metrorail in Cape Town to see if it has improved
While there are still problems, the service is much more reliable than a few years ago. And it’s much cheaper than any other commuter transport.
By Ishmael Mabena and Joseph Bracken
News | 3 December 2025
Hundreds of incomplete homes stand empty in KwaZulu-Natal housing project
Provincial government has spent more than R101-million
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 17 November 2025
Official implicated in corruption appointed head of KZN social development
Onkemetse Edwin Kabasia is implicated by multiple forensic investigations into procurement irregularities in Gauteng
News | 5 November 2025
Durban community hall left to ruin by municipality
Jabulani Hall has broken windows and collapsing ceilings and its dilapidated offices are occupied by people who say they were displaced by floods in 2022
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
News | 28 October 2025
Magistrates protest outside court, demanding higher wages
Magistrates are under-recognised and under-paid, says former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 14 October 2025
In northern KwaZulu-Natal, villagers have to fix their own roads and drains
They can’t wait for the government to prepare for the next rainy season
By Joseph Bracken and Bongane Motaung
News | 13 October 2025
Nine years on, technician is still waiting to hear if he can get compensation for brain damage
Compensation Fund fails to finalise decision
News | 9 October 2025