Alexandra container homes still empty four years after construction

Johannesburg mayor says allocation is in final stages but does not commit to a timeframe for occupation of the complex built during the covid pandemic

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Brief | 5 September 2025

Joburg residents, fed up with water outages, block roads

“We just want water to come out of our taps. We can’t even flush our toilets.”

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Brief | 4 September 2025

Gauteng DSD’s R215-million irregular expenditure

Department missed several targets in 2024/25

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News | 4 September 2025

Two years later: Joburg’s inner city buildings at risk of another Usindiso inferno

The City of Joburg is yet to make its “dark buildings” safe

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News | 2 September 2025

Joburg shows support for Gaza flotilla

“There are risks. But the greater danger lies in allowing Israel and its allies to carry out genocide with impunity.”

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Brief | 1 September 2025

Gauteng early childhood development educators protest over funding crisis

Premier Lesufi urged to intervene

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Brief | 28 August 2025

Concourt clarifies pension beneficiary rules

End to decade-long legal dispute finally in sight

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Law | 25 August 2025

Dust settles after Maponya Mall taxi violence

Taxis and e-hailing drivers are operating peacefully for now

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Brief | 21 August 2025

World-famous Soweto music school faces funding crisis

“We’ve survived under so many difficult circumstances but we’ve never been in the situation that we are in now”

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Photo Essay | 21 August 2025

Climate protesters demand reparations from Standard Bank for fossil fuel investments

They also want TotalEnergies to stop further fossil fuel extraction in Africa

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Brief | 19 August 2025

South African journalists condemn murder of colleagues in Gaza

Israel has killed 184 Palestinian journalists since 7 October 2023. 26 are believed to have been deliberately targeted.

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Brief | 15 August 2025

Hundreds shut down Soweto mall after e-hailing driver shot dead and set alight

Residents demand authorities intervene in the conflict between minibus taxi operators and e-hailing drivers

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News | 14 August 2025

Iconic Joburg library reopens after years

But the City still has a list of public libraries that remain closed

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News | 12 August 2025

In photos: Rare birds at the Joburg Zoo

The zoo is involved in various conservation projects

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Photo Essay | 6 August 2025

Kunene committed hate speech by calling Malema a cockroach, court rules

The word has “genocidal connotations”

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Law | 5 August 2025

After a decades-long struggle and a court order, Primrose Modisane finally has a birth certificate

Stateless since birth, she was called a “border hopper” by Home Affairs officials

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Law | 5 August 2025