Local government
City of Tshwane not coping with refuse removal, say residents
Refuse collection in Ga-Rankuwa is infrequent and illegal dumps are multiplying
By Chris Gilili
News | 23 January 2023
Poo protest in Gqeberha
Nearly 600 households, sharing ten toilets in Govan Mbeki Village, say the facilities have not been cleaned since before Christmas
News | 19 January 2023
Gqeberha beachgoers will have to wait for the municipality to fix these filthy buildings
New Brighton beach facilities have been left to ruin
Brief | 14 December 2022
Is Cape Town’s mayor winning the war on sewage?
Cape Town still has a sewage pollution crisis, but the mayor is “on the right track”, says expert
News | 1 December 2022
Families snub R1-billion housing project
Brickvale farmers say the tiny plots are totally unsuited to their needs
News | 29 November 2022
Freedom Road – an empty promise
For years Madibeng Municipality has said it will fix Itireleng’s main thoroughfare, but nothing has been done
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 29 November 2022
Crime is harming business in Mitchells Plain, say traders
Stall holders want the City to do more to deal with competition from traders without permits
News | 23 November 2022
Unpaid for months: Ekurhuleni workers protest
The City of Ekurhuleni only deals with the contractor, not its employees, says City spokesperson
Brief | 17 November 2022
25,000 people live in Tshwane’s squalid apartheid hostels
Broken windows, filthy and broken toilets, terrible stink: the hostels are crumbling and there’s no money to fix them
By Chris Gilili
News | 16 November 2022