Nearly 100,000 households in Msunduzi have no refuse collection
As illegal dumps mushroom, the municipality is trying to expand rubbish collection services
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Durban builds boreholes to relieve water crisis
“We were hoping that the borehole was going to pump water into our yards. The borehole is too far from my house”
Judge Makhubele says there’s no evidence she aided state capture at PRASA
Hearing by the Judicial Conduct Tribunal into possible gross misconduct by the judge continues
uMngeni protesters block road after municipality refuses to fix their power
Residents were in the dark for four days before taking to the streets
Video: We asked Cape Town people what they want President Ramaphosa to say in the State of the Nation Address
“I want him to talk about crime … and youth who need jobs”
Children feel the magic of stories at World Read Aloud Day
Event organised by Nal’ibali and the City of Cape Town
Communities demand more benefits from mines in their towns
About 200 people attended a summit hosted by Mining Affected Communities United in Action in Pretoria
Cape Town commuters stranded again as cable theft brings trains to a halt
Metrorail must prioritise security, say commuters
Judge Makhubele accuses PRASA whistleblowers of lying
The judge is before the Judicial Conduct Tribunal to answer charges of gross misconduct
UCT Employees Union to strike on Thursday
The union said negotiations with university has failed
Sunday World and Lottery corruption: time for an inquiry
Former editor of Sunday World Makhudu Sefara has not explained what happened
Cofimvaba scholar transport protest enters third week
The Eastern Cape has increased its scholar transport budget to accommodate a shortfall of 12,000 learners
Hospital guards in limbo as EC health department fails to pay security company
Security company says it had to terminate the contract because health department has not paid
Steel mill in Cape Town ordered to comply with air quality regulations
Kamal-CISCO told to cease operations and meet conditions of emissions licence
Tough judge on the ropes for scathing Road Accident Fund rulings
Judicial Conduct Committee rules Judge Fisher must answer misconduct charge
Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas
Fishing Rights Allocation Process was “rushed and haphazardly allocated” says lawyer for fishers
Minister promises to restore water supply to Durban suburbs by 15 February
Head of the water department in eThekwini told to solely focus on resolving the water crisis by next week
Housing project for 500 Dunoon families on hold
Western Cape government revising its plan and budget
Officials raise alarm over hiring freeze at Western Cape’s largest hospitals
The freeze was recommended by National Treasury among other austerity measures
Battle in Khayelitsha over occupied land
The Khayelitsha Community Trust plans to build a private hospital displacing informal settlement formed during Covid
Court battle looms over Observatory pavement occupation
The City wants to move the occupiers to Delft South but they say that’s too far away
Illegal dumping swamps Nelson Mandela Bay
“I challenge you to show me open spaces without heaps of garbage in our townships,” says Gqeberha resident
Tenants say they’ve been abandoned in Benoni’s crumbling apartheid-era municipal flats
80-year-old Sarah Govender has lived in the Actonville flats since the 1980s