Johannesburg Water: tales of woe

At least maintenance on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is on track

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Feature | 20 November 2024

Once-abandoned Vleifontein Library nearing completion at last

Construction on the R16-million facility began in September 2022

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Brief | 21 November 2024

Public Works workers have slept outside City Hall for a month, hoping to get jobs back

Their contracts were terminated in July and the eThekwini municipality says it is only considering applicants 35 or younger

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Brief | 21 November 2024

Crucial court battle over future of “new” trade unions

The Labour Appeal Court will hear an appeal by the Registrar of Labour Relations. The court will decide whether the Simunye Workers Forum can be registered as a trade union.

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Law | 20 November 2024

Unemployed Tembisa men step in to clean filthy chemical toilets

Payment dispute between City of Ekhurhuleni and cleaning contractors has left several communities with dirty, smelly toilets

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News | 20 November 2024

800 families share two “illegal” taps

Mfuleni residents have also had to resort to digging holes to bury human waste

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Brief | 20 November 2024

Only targeting immigrant spaza shops is unconstitutional, warns human rights activist

The focus should instead be on holding government accountable for ensuring food safety at all stores

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News | 20 November 2024

Five years of water shortages in KZN township

Residents take legal action

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Brief | 20 November 2024

Activists welcome Treasury’s proposed minimum alcohol price

National Treasury has proposed tax increases to reduce harmful drinking

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News | 19 November 2024

Stilfontein’s dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry

Zama zamas search for gold in a vast and unmapped underground network of tunnels

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Feature | 19 November 2024

Water crisis continues for 17,000 people in Lenasia South

Residents say water tanks and trucks are insufficient after the municipality cut their illegal connections

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Brief | 19 November 2024

Over a thousand RDP homes built in 2019 still without tap water

Human Rights Commission found significant backlogs in water supply at uMzinyathi District municipality, KwaZulu-Natal

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Brief | 19 November 2024

Court intervenes in Gauteng government’s funding blunders

Dozens of organisations have not been paid by the provincial social development department

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News | 18 November 2024

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Environment minister has lifted quantity restrictions on the city’s three marine outfalls

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News | 18 November 2024

Eastern Cape mayor and speaker under investigation for fraud

They are accused of misusing the Sakhisizwe Local Municipality’s fuel card

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News | 18 November 2024