Local government
Free State municipality’s R15-million unused sport stadium
The stadium in Lindley has stood unused for over a year and has been vandalised
By Tladi Moloi
News | 27 June 2023
Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
By Chris Gilili
News | 22 June 2023
Labour Court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer
Misrepresenting qualifications is a “menacing evil”, says judge
Law | 19 June 2023
Shack dwellers protest in support of Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA mayor
Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. “All you want to do is loot,” says another.
News | 25 May 2023
Security guards march in Pretoria to demand permanent jobs
Protesters want City of Tshwane to absorb 4,000 workers
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 24 May 2023
Drop in support from government is “devastating” for community newspapers
Five community newspapers in KwaZulu-Natal have been forced to close down after advertising cuts by the state
News | 16 May 2023
First glimpse of plans for Salt River and Woodstock
Some of the concerns raised at the meeting on Saturday were about green spaces, transport, and housing
News | 15 May 2023
Children are dying from izinyoka electricity while Tongaat families wait to be housed
Four years after construction started, not a single house has been completed in R120-million Umbhayi project
By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
News | 6 April 2023
Human waste litters the ground in Mountain View - and City of Tshwane has no plans to fix it anytime soon
The City says families living there will be moved when it finds land
News | 5 April 2023