Articles for Steve Kretzmann

Blaauwberg residents locked in battle over dune development

Ecologically sensitive land is at risk, and some of those who oppose the project say their input has not been taken into account

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News | 23 April 2025

City of Cape Town proposes affordable housing on prime Green Point site

The land value of the site ranks “among the highest in the southern hemisphere”

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News | 27 March 2025

More than 100 law firms defrauded the Road Accident Fund

Special Investigating Unit tells Parliament duplicate payments to lawyers amounted to R340-million

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News | 20 March 2025

PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later

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News | 14 March 2025

How a Durban company came to illegally remove a railway line in the Eastern Cape

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen

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News | 13 March 2025

Former PRASA boss pleads not guilty to stealing railway line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays

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News | 12 March 2025

Allegations of fraudulent payments amounting to billions at PRASA

A whistleblower report containing damning allegations is to be investigated

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News | 8 March 2025

PRASA and City rail agreement finally gets going

But Zackie Achmat criticises plan for lacking firm targets, commitments, and timelines

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News | 26 February 2025

Icebreaker returns from Antarctica with alarming news

Scientists aboard the SA Agulhas II have been tracking ocean health

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Feature | 21 February 2025

Fraud flagged at the Compensation Fund

The Fund has been failing audits for 12 years and counting, Parliament told

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News | 17 February 2025

Navy ammunition depot in Simon’s Town is a fire hazard

Defence force is violating the law

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News | 7 February 2025

Cattle are drinking sewage on this Free State veld

Sewage treatment has broken down in Maluti-a-Phofung municipality

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News | 27 January 2025

Cape Town not immune to Los Angeles type fire disaster

The city has better preventative measures but is far less resourced than Los Angeles

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Analysis | 20 January 2025

Hawks raid Free State municipality offices

Tenders for the refurbishment of the Brandfort Water Treatment Works form part of the investigation

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Brief | 18 December 2024

Sewage stench lingers at Milnerton Lagoon

Years after the City of Cape Town was ordered to clean it up, the estuary is still polluted

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News | 13 December 2024

Twelve years and counting: Rail theft case to continue after court victory for state

Case involving top PRASA official and theft of 42km of railway line has stalled for at least 21 months

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News | 9 December 2024