Local government
Extortion rackets disrupt work in Cape Town’s townships
We no longer go to some townships without an escort, says waste collection worker
News | 16 April 2024
Benoni’s elderly march for electricity
They say the City of Ekurhuleni has blocked their prepaid electricity meters because they owe rent, but they have no hope of paying their arrears
News | 12 April 2024
Abandoned by government, Limpopo villagers plan to sink their own borehole
Only one public borehole is working for 11 villages in Nthabalala
News | 10 April 2024
Durban strike: Why it happened and what the fallout has been
Mayor says it will take two weeks to clear waste backlog
By Tsoanelo Sefoloko and Joseph Bracken
News | 15 March 2024
City of Cape Town won’t bend jobs policy, councillor tells Imizamo Yethu protesters
Development Forum says cleaning jobs are not going to young people from the area
News | 14 March 2024
Millions spent but seven years later this sports complex is still incomplete
Residents say the Kokstad complex is built in a wetland and “doomed”
Brief | 8 March 2024
Water is being sold illegally in eThekwini
Desperate households resort to paying for water from unmarked trucks
By Joseph Bracken and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Feature | 7 March 2024
New Limpopo clinic has no running water
Municipality says Department of Health never applied for a connection
Brief | 6 March 2024
Komani’s unusable R20-million “sport facility”
“What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised,” says resident
News | 1 March 2024