Brief

Tshwane Municipality fails to improve living conditions at Mamelodi Hostel

Three years ago the City promised to restore electricity and erect a fence. Nothing has been done and the place is deteriorating

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Brief | 29 October 2025

Eastern Cape villagers take charge of their own water supply

Frustrated by the unreliable municipal water supply, six communities near Cofimvaba have raised over R110,000 for their own supply infrastructure

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Brief | 29 October 2025

Water workers on strike in Free State

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company

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Brief | 28 October 2025

Eldorado Park occupiers picket police station after shack demolitions

They accuse the police of brutality during an eviction operation last week

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Residents of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East say dams in the area are unsafe

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Unemployed Capetonians march for jobs, safety and water

“I don’t see the point of filling out these [jobseekers’] forms anymore”

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Brief | 25 October 2025

Durban ward councillor’s mobile office overturned by angry residents

People in eNkanini informal settlement say they have been living without services since 2017

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Brief | 24 October 2025

Puppets charm adults with disabilities

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled hosted a puppet show in Stellenbosch

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Brief | 23 October 2025

Over 100 houses illegally occupied in stalled Nyanga project

Contractor problems, the covid pandemic, extortion attempts, vandalism and illegal occupations have delayed the housing project

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Brief | 22 October 2025