Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor
Hundreds protest in Braamfontein
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Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding
A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises
Man found dead after arrest: family demands answers from police
Western Cape SAPS have opened an inquest docket
The right to protest is being blocked by administrative barriers
Municipal officials often misinterpret the law
Churches join call for basic income grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
Apartheid-era hostel causing a stink in Eastern Cape town
More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours
Makhado Municipality finally complies with court order to appoint top official
Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer
New app to help Western Cape social workers
Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork
Rubbish piles up in Durban streets as cleaners picket outside city hall
Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut
Police torture case: delay over CCTV footage
Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023
Spectre of new hotel looms over SA’s oldest mosque
Bo-Kaap residents appeal City’s decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb
Four-legged companions pilot pet taxi in Cape Town
The taxi is being piloted by AfriPaw and is aimed at providing access to its free monthly animal clinics for pets living in poor communities like Vrygrond
Thabo Bester to launch new bid to postpone trial
Case postponed to 31 July
Gauteng Department of Social Development fudges reason for funding delays
Head of Department claims the Auditor-General has distanced itself from previous statements to GroundUp. The Auditor-General says this is not true
Judge blocks government plan to tell private hospitals and doctors where they can go
“Certificate of Need” scheme thrown out of National Health Act
Seal attacks contribute to African penguin’s looming extinction
Namibian breeding colonies decimated by predation
Government contractor misses yet another deadline on R123-million Gauteng school
Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school’s 1,200 learners
Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced
They say they have been on up to six-month contracts, which were renewed repeatedly for ten years
Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water
“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”
Tribunal urged to restore Makhubele’s dignity
Judge was unfairly branded a criminal and a liar, says her lawyer
Dozens of families affected as polluted Cape Town dam overflows
Informal settlement flooded with filthy water
Apartheid-era flats are “a ticking time bomb”
Residents want the broken-down flats fixed; the municipality says the residents must first pay rent
City of Joburg’s property error causes havoc for homeowners
Stand numbers in Bertrams are in a mess, affecting billing, valuations, and property sales
Gauteng minister apologises for funding bungle
“We as government and non-profit organisations cannot afford such a state of affairs” says Faith Mazibuko