Articles for Silver Sibiya

Picket for jobs at Eskom offices in Joburg

Protesters from Mpumalanga demand local recruitment at power stations

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Brief | 22 May 2025

Two people die during Soweto hostel protest

Anger over the dilapidated hostel has been simmering for years

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Brief | 19 May 2025

Joburg wheelchair users demand houses

City criticised for sidelining them

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Brief | 8 May 2025

Homes bulldozed in Roodepoort

City of Joburg says this is not an “eviction” but a “relocation”

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News | 8 May 2025

Crèche owners march in Joburg demanding changes to by-laws

“The by-laws are too strict”

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Brief | 15 April 2025

Hundreds march to Johannesburg mayor’s office demanding houses

Many say they have been waiting 30 years for government housing

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Brief | 27 March 2025

Metro police block roads in protest over working conditions

City of Ekhurhuleni says the protest is unlawful

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Brief | 19 March 2025

Hundreds block busy Golden Highway to demand water

Phumla Mqashi informal settlement residents near Lenasia say the water tanked in by Joburg Water isn’t enough for everyone

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Brief | 3 March 2025

Picket for water budget increase during Joburg council meeting

Activists gather outside the City Council in Braamfontein to picket about water challenges affecting millions of residents

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Brief | 27 February 2025

Union calls on government to save steelworkers’ jobs

3,500 jobs at risk in the industry as ArcelorMittal considers retrenchments

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Brief | 21 February 2025

Diepsloot protesters call for Premier’s help in dispute with Eskom

Dozens of transformers installed by residents have been removed by the power utility

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Brief | 19 February 2025

Elderly people march in Pretoria, demanding houses

Some have been waiting since 1996

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Brief | 12 February 2025

“All I want is a job” pleads unemployed doctor

Unemployed health graduates march in Pretoria, demanding urgent action from Treasury

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News | 3 February 2025

Tense standoff between police and Kliptown tenants

City Power officials chased away by angry group

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News | 30 January 2025

Joburg residents meet to discuss the city’s crises

Some suggested boycotting paying rates while others called for transparency and accountability from the City

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Brief | 27 January 2025

Here’s what’s happening with Johannesburg’s libraries

Some have been closed for years but dates have been set to re-open a few of them

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Brief | 24 January 2025