Articles for Zoë Postman
City has neglected sanitation in Alexandra, official testifies
Gauteng government gave municipality money between 2009 and 2011 to fix sewer “but if you go there now it’s as if nothing was ever done”
By Zoë Postman
News | 6 June 2019
Alexandra police force is far too small, inquiry hears
UN recommends one officer for every 288 people, but Alexandra has one officer for every 730 people
By Zoë Postman
News | 5 June 2019
Commission told about “lawlessness” in Alexandra
City of Johannesburg battles to enforce bylaws, says COGTA head
By Zoë Postman
News | 4 June 2019
Tensions between waste pickers and Johannesburg municipality escalate
City does not agree to demands
By Zoë Postman
News | 3 June 2019
How expropriation without compensation works in Alexandra
A xenophobic mob is kicking people out of their homes
By Zoë Postman
Feature | 30 May 2019
Farm workers march to Constitutional Court over land and working conditions
“We want to have our own piece of land so that we can do something for ourselves like growing gardens or sheep farming”
By Zoë Postman
News | 24 May 2019
Home Affairs asks UN for help with refugee backlog
Department has to process 150,000 appeals
By Zoë Postman
News | 16 May 2019
Informal settlements to be “made liveable”, Alexandra inquiry hears
Gauteng to provide services to land occupiers rather than evicting them
By Zoë Postman
News | 15 May 2019
City of Johannesburg can’t cope with Alexandra land occupations, inquiry told
“We do demolish but it is impossible to go there every day” says manager
By Zoë Postman
News | 14 May 2019