Local government
What happened to Cape Town’s promised affordable housing policy?
Activists launch report on urgent need for “inclusive” housing policy
News | 14 November 2022
City of Joburg breaks promise on R23-million library
Lehae Library has never opened
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 11 November 2022
Makana has again failed to obey court order, says LRC
Progress clearing dumpsites has been made but “there is a long way to go”
Brief | 9 November 2022
Toilets closed at Knysna taxi rank: municipality blames loadshedding
Commuters, vendors and taxi drivers complain about the smell
News | 3 November 2022
City of Cape Town and immigrant shop owners meet to resolve tensions
“We come unannounced not to catch you doing wrong things, but to ensure that your shop is in satisfactory hygienic condition”
News | 2 November 2022
Rural Amathole villages unite to fix water scheme
Residents of 40 villages are working with the municipality to fix the R125-million Mncwasa water scheme
By Daniel Steyn and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 26 October 2022
The Mamelodi hostel where “Emzini Wezinsizwa” was filmed is a mess
Site of hit 1990s SABC comedy series has no electricity
News | 25 October 2022
It will be “catastrophic” if municipality loses R493-million grant, Amathole activists say
The municipality may have to forfeit the conditional grant due to underspending
By Daniel Steyn
News | 24 October 2022
“People are gatvol” of being “forgotten” by Ekurhuleni mayor
Geluksdal community wants 100kWh of free electricity to be reinstated
Brief | 11 October 2022