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Western Cape town “held to ransom” by cable theft syndicate
Repeated extended blackouts as electricity poles are cut down and cables stolen
News | 10 October 2024
How bureaucracy prevents people from getting houses
Supply isn’t coming close to meeting the demand for state-subsidised housing
By Tori Newby
News | 10 October 2024
Vhutshilo Mountain School offers lifeline to AIDS orphans
Limpopo school has been going strong for nearly 20 years
By Thembi Siaga
News | 10 October 2024
Relocation of Langa rail line occupiers delayed by regulations
Rezoning application to move people living next to the Central Line has taken more than a year
News | 9 October 2024
Women dig their own pipeline after years of frustration with eThekwini water supply
Many families in Matikwe north of Durban were left out when pipes were installed
News | 9 October 2024
In this village some people say they drink just one cup of water a day
Water infrastructure was installed in uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal years ago but has never worked
News | 9 October 2024
Africa Oil Week: Mantashe slams “foreign-funded” activists
Protests held against fossil-fuel industry in Cape Town and Johannesburg
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Matthew Hirsch
News | 8 October 2024
Joburg’s water woes are self-inflicted
The temporary shutdown of the supply from Lesotho is not the problem
Text by Sean Christie. Photos by David Southwood.
News | 8 October 2024
Unions take to the streets to demand decent work
Hundreds of workers march in Cape Town, Joburg and Durban
By Tori Newby, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 7 October 2024