Government
Families abandoned to deadly asbestos risk
Makhanda councillor says they shouldn’t have occupied buildings
Brief | 10 December 2020
What this municipality hadn’t done in years, Gift of the Givers did in just three days
Water quality still has to be tested, but Eastern Cape villages now have boreholes
By Johnnie Isaac and Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
News | 4 December 2020
In the midst of water restrictions, clean water gushes out of taps in Uitenhage
But the municipality says it is “winning the war against leaks”
News | 3 December 2020
Judges in shack demolition case fail to reach agreement
Matter to be reheard by three judges of the Western Cape High Court
By James Stent
Brief | 2 December 2020
Court warns government against short cut tender processes
Judge says it was illegal to use settlement agreements to avoid tender procurement laws
Law | 13 November 2020
Angry protesters block N2
Land occupiers say they want water, toilets and electricity, but the City of Cape Town says the land is not suitable
By Vincent Lali
News | 12 November 2020
Green Scorpions order City of Cape Town to sort out pollution in the Milnerton Lagoon
Refinery which usually uses effluent from the Potsdam treatment plant switched to drinking water because the effluent is too dirty
By Steve Kretzmann and Raymond Joseph
News | 4 November 2020
Families live in shacks on a railway line after housing project abandoned
Housing project built in Pietermaritzburg without sewerage or planning
News | 4 November 2020
RDP houses built 20 years ago still have no water
Residents of Mtititi have to walk up to 2km to fetch water – and when they get there the taps may be dry
News | 4 November 2020