Articles for Masego Mafata
Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike
Man dies during NUMSA march in Gqeberha
By Masego Mafata, Joseph Chirume, Nokulunga Majola and Marecia Damons
News | 5 October 2021
Protesters accuse SASSA officials of bribery
They also demand improved Social Relief of Distress Grant application process
Brief | 4 October 2021
Refugee children wait years to get into schools
The Three2Six Project has hundreds of children on its waiting list
News | 4 October 2021
Tembisa mom turns illegal dump site into vegetable garden
Itumeleng Phiri started a recycling business on the site, then a food garden
News | 30 September 2021
From black bags to black belt: Reclaimer teaches Soweto youth Karate
Sensei Mandla Nkonde uses some of the money he makes from recycling to keep the academy afloat
News | 27 September 2021
Activists demand SASSA fix “flawed” Covid-19 grant application process
SASSA says only 8 million of the 13 million people who applied for the R350 grant were approved
News | 24 September 2021
Joburg can no longer rely on its water supply
Demand often exceeds supply as infrastructure crumbles
News | 10 September 2021
Informal waste reclaimers get World Wildlife Fund award
But the African Reclaimers Organisation says they have still not been integrated into the City of Johannesburg’s waste management plan
News | 8 September 2021
Mayor promises probe into shoddily built Johannesburg flats
Residents say previous attempts to get the City or developers to fix defects have been futile
News | 6 September 2021