Government
Failed RDP project leaves 71 households with toilet buildings but no houses
Eastern Cape government departments pass the buck and kill the project in bureaucracy
News | 29 September 2021
13-year-old drowns on Makhanda construction site
Residents accuse municipality of negligence after Asanele Qomfo lost his life swimming in water from a damaged pipe
Brief | 28 September 2021
The Information Regulator: Our new transparency superhero?
The law allowing the Information Regulator to enforce PAIA requests took effect in July
Opinion | 28 September 2021
Battle of the bakkie: Ouma Katrina Esau’s vehicle at the centre of a DA-ANC row
Upington ANC councillor suspected that the bakkie donated to “living legend” Esau was being used for political purposes
News | 23 September 2021
Elections 2021: Plettenberg Bay has had no functioning council for months
For how long the Bitou municipality can function with a hung council remains to be seen
Feature | 17 September 2021
There have been nearly 1,200 shack fires in Cape Town this year, claiming over 80 lives
The City used to provide kits swiftly for fire victims but the end of a grant means that SASSA has taken this over, and help comes much slower
By Vincent Lali
News | 16 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
Judge refers “blatantly dishonest” advocate for disciplinary action
And he questions why Minister of Justice has not promulgated law that would punish misbehaving lawyers
Law | 15 September 2021
Users must check if a taxi is safe, insists Transport MEC after crash at Parliament
Taxi in which several children were injured was overloaded, unroadworthy and unlicensed, and the driver had no licence either
News | 8 September 2021