Brief

Mpumalanga village’s disappearing roads

“The municipality must fix these streets because we cannot live like this”

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Brief | 3 July 2023

EThekwini Municipality fixes streetlights in Bester at last

Community policing forum members says better lit streets will make crime prevention and patrols easier

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Brief | 3 July 2023

Makhanda commuters ‘use the bush’ because taxi rank toilets have been closed for years

Councillor says she has asked the municipality for more public toilets in town

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Brief | 30 June 2023

Rubbish in Delft overwhelms City of Cape Town response

City says it spends R300-million a year cleaning up illegal dumps but can’t make headway without community support

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Brief | 30 June 2023

Most recipients unpaid after millions stolen from Guardian’s Fund

Justice Department has suspended officials allegedly involved in theft

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Brief | 30 June 2023

Nelson Mandela Bay residents protest high water bills

Water Crisis Committee leader says the municipal billing system is flawed

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Brief | 29 June 2023

Health workers protest at Lentegeur hospital

Unhappiness over payments and workers left jobless

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Brief | 29 June 2023

Woman allocated an RDP house years ago still lives in a shack

Bomkazi Sitela’s RDP house in Mandela Park was illegally occupied

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Brief | 29 June 2023

25-year-old informal settlement still lacks basic services

GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn’t, says resident Thozama Nyathela. “We were only being fed empty promises.”

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Brief | 29 June 2023