Articles for Silver Sibiya

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

Lenasia residents march for water

Phumla Mqashi informal settlement residents want taps to be installed at each household

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Brief | 17 January 2025

Angry residents confront Johannesburg Water officials

People from Westbury, Westdene, Claremont, and Hursthill want a permanent solution to their water woes

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News | 10 December 2024

Hundreds march in Joburg demanding water

Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement say they’re not getting enough water from trucks

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Brief | 2 December 2024

Joburg protesters block roads, demanding water

Water supply in Coronationville, Claremont, and Westbury has been erratic for two years, they say

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Brief | 27 November 2024

Early childhood development groups picket for increased funding

They want the per-child daily subsidy increased from R17 to R23

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Brief | 21 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

Chaos as Joburg Water tries to remove illegal connections

Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement chase away technicians

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Brief | 12 November 2024