Feature
Elections 2021: This municipality is an exception in Gauteng
Midvaal gets clean audit, but some families still live in grim conditions
Feature | 21 October 2021
Is this the worst-run municipality in South Africa?
Vereeniging is a disaster. But will voters punish the ANC?
Feature | 13 October 2021
Housing project stalled as Ekhurhuleni municipality dumps company linked to Magashule crony
Corruption- accused Edwin Sodi’s NJR Projects showed “poor performance”, says municipality. Meanwhile Lindelani families are still waiting for houses
Feature | 6 October 2021
Activists urge Ramaphosa to move N2 Wild Coast Toll Road
The road will bring destruction to the Wild Coast, they say. But SA National Roads Agency disagrees
By Daniel Steyn
Feature | 22 September 2021
Elections 2021: Plettenberg Bay has had no functioning council for months
For how long the Bitou municipality can function with a hung council remains to be seen
Feature | 17 September 2021
Desperate pensioners build their own clinic, but Eastern Cape health department can’t supply nurses
Department blames bad roads for failure to keep promise to send nurses
Feature | 16 September 2021
How a determined community is fighting the army’s attempts to evict them
Happiness Village’s residents fear for their lives and face unlawful evictions, beatings and intimidation, legal action and shack demolitions
Feature | 9 September 2021
Free art therapy, drama and stories help inner-city children find their way
For 27 years, Lefika la Phodiso has welcomed Johannesburg children from six to 18
Feature | 6 September 2021
How Walter the storyteller escaped homelessness
Like many others he lost his home during lockdown and lived rough
By James Stent
Feature | 24 August 2021