No shelters for Johannesburg’s homeless
City says 10,000 people are living on its streets, but it only funds one shelter
By Chris Gilili
News | 8 July 2019
Over 150 households share three toilets
“Maybe the government has forgotten about Kliptown”
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 21 June 2019
Prisoner denied access to laptop for studies takes authorities to court
Correctional services say his computer is a security risk
By Zoë Postman
News | 20 June 2019
Alexandra residents protest in Sandton over state of township
“We want to burn our tyres here so that these streets can look like the streets of Alexandra”
By Zoë Postman
News | 19 June 2019
The right to die with dignity
We need to change our law
By Lee-Anne Bruce and Sheena Swemmer
Opinion | 19 June 2019
After three generations, Kliptown shack dwellers are still using communal toilets
“These toilets don’t reflect a democratic South Africa”
By Chris Gilili
News | 13 June 2019
EFF defends call for land occupations
Party called to testify at Alexandra inquiry
By Zoë Postman
News | 7 June 2019
City has neglected sanitation in Alexandra, official testifies
Gauteng government gave municipality money between 2009 and 2011 to fix sewer “but if you go there now it’s as if nothing was ever done”
By Zoë Postman
News | 6 June 2019
Alexandra police force is far too small, inquiry hears
UN recommends one officer for every 288 people, but Alexandra has one officer for every 730 people
By Zoë Postman
News | 5 June 2019