Worker who earns R3,500 per month spends R1,200 on transport
Metrorail’s return to service remains extremely limited
Brief | 1 February 2024
Nine years later, here is how Wolwerivier is doing
Residents of the City’s emergency housing development face unemployment, extreme heat, and overcrowding. But “we have achieved a lot” says a community member
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 1 February 2024
Historic Eastern Cape town hall which burned down a year ago still hasn’t been repaired
Komani town hall was built in 1882
News | 1 February 2024
Gangs make us pay for access to water, say Mamelodi residents
Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land
News | 1 February 2024
Kwaito star fails to overturn preservation order on his guesthouse
Judge says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the property Arthur Mafokate bought was from the proceeds of “unlawful activities”
Law | 31 January 2024
Water outages force Pietermaritzburg municipal offices to close
Several pipes burst in Msunduzi Municipality
Brief | 31 January 2024
DA calls for Parliamentary inquiry into eThekwini water crisis
“If eThekwini collapsed, so would Umngeni-Uthukela, threatening water security to the entire province of KwaZulu-Natal” says DA shadow minister
Brief | 31 January 2024
Garbage piling up in Cape Town townships as extortion gangs drive out City contractors
In some areas of Phillipi East rubbish has not been collected for nine months
Brief | 31 January 2024
Officials raise alarm over hiring freeze at Western Cape’s largest hospitals
The freeze was recommended by National Treasury among other austerity measures
By Daniel Steyn
News | 31 January 2024