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Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor
Hundreds protest in Braamfontein
News | 29 July 2024
Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water
“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”
Brief | 23 July 2024
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
Brief | 23 July 2024
No electricity for Diepsloot welfare organisations
Eskom says broken transformer can’t be fixed again because the area is high risk
News | 15 July 2024
Johannesburg Heritage Foundation joins call for library to be reopened
The Louisa Prince Library in Ennerdale has been closed since 2021
News | 5 July 2024
Sibanye-Stillwater miners who staged underground protest resurface in Rustenburg
They staged a sit-in strike over unpaid employee share ownership scheme funds. But the company says they do not qualify yet.
Brief | 6 June 2024
Eskom demands Evaton households pay for broken transformer
Residents have to each pay R6,000 over six months, otherwise they won’t be reconnected, says the power utility
News | 30 May 2024
Councillor denies giving people permission to occupy land in Johannesburg
The occupiers are mostly backyarders and tenants who say they could no longer afford to pay rent or buy a house. They have been clearing the open field for a week now.
News | 24 May 2024
Dozens of shacks demolished in Midrand
Shackdwellers say they’ll keep rebuilding because they have nowhere else to go
News | 14 May 2024