Local government

Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

A R9-million tender was awarded to a contractor last year to renovate Haytor clinic

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News | 1 August 2025

Millions were spent to relocate these families, but they still live in squalor

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements spent R78-million on plans that never materialised

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News | 30 July 2025

Blue Downs residents clash with police

Two men have been arrested for public violence

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Brief | 29 July 2025

Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray

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Feature | 29 July 2025

Sex workers plea for arrest moratorium

A bill to decriminalise sex work was sent back to the justice department for redrafting about two years ago

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News | 29 July 2025

Students left in the dark as Nelson Mandela Bay cuts power for unpaid bills

This is part of the municipality’s bid to recover R17-billion in unpaid electricity bills across its 60 wards

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Brief | 25 July 2025

R25-million and 7 years later, Indwe sports field far from finished

It was meant to take 18 months, and now another R10-million is needed

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Brief | 25 July 2025

Gqeberha ward councillor leads protest for services in Soweto-on-Sea

Demonstrators led by ANC Councillor Xolile Vingqi blocked entry to the municipal Lillian Diedericks Building

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Brief | 23 July 2025

Augrabies is known for its gushing waterfall, but communities struggle to get clean water

Department of Water intervenes as Kai !Garib battles frequent water interruptions, infrastructure failures and dirty tap water

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News | 23 July 2025

People have to relieve themselves in open fields in this Eastern Cape town

Centane does not have enough working public toilets

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News | 19 July 2025

Protesters throw human waste outside clinic and torch vehicles

Residents of Wells Estate in Gqeberha are upset because electricity boxes that were due to be installed last year have not been delivered

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Brief | 16 July 2025

People live in squalor as City of Joburg’s development plans gather dust

Over 700 plots in Zandspruit, intended for residents to build their own homes, have stood vacant for six years.

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Brief | 11 July 2025

Fidelity fire service is unlawful, says City of Cape Town

But Fidelity says it is “confident that no existing laws prohibit or restrict” its private service

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News | 7 July 2025

Durban residents battle “sewage crisis”

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal is to take the eThekwini municipality to court

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Brief | 4 July 2025

No water to put out fire: man dies

Neighbours in Makhanda say they could not save Thandisizwe Nondlwana when his house caught alight

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Brief | 2 July 2025

Giyani’s rotting market stalls still empty after 14 years

More than 800 hawkers continue trading without toilets or water

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Brief | 30 June 2025