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Joburg waste piles up amid labour disputes and landfill closures
With only two operating landfills, compactor trucks have longer turnaround times, creating refuse collection backlogs
By Seth Thorne
News | 13 March 2026
Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site
Heritage committee and local residents’ association raise alarm over lack of detail in the current proposal for development
News | 13 March 2026
Most social grant fraud involves officials, not beneficiaries, report says
The Institute for Economic Justice says 75% of reported fraud cases have involved government employees, contractors or officials
News | 12 March 2026
Lesotho pensioner’s epic journey to renew her social grant
Macharles Mahlekele, 86, spent a night in a stuck taxi and two days sheltering with strangers after a flooded river blocked her route home
News | 12 March 2026
Joburg residents line the streets and cheer army deployment
A convoy of South African National Defence Force, military police and SAPS move through Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury
By Ihsaan Haffejee and Matthew Hirsch
News | 11 March 2026
Eastern Cape pensioners must give back the road grader they seized, court rules
Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality’s failure to fix roads
News | 11 March 2026
Work on Eastern Cape clinic stalled because health department didn’t pay the builder
Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic
News | 10 March 2026
City Power billing changes leave JHB residents with sky-high bills
Johannesburg’s power utility says credits of R136-million have been issued to 86 customers who were overcharged
By Seth Thorne and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 10 March 2026
This may be as good as a Master’s office gets in South Africa
Sources close to the Bloemfontein Master’s Office rate it higher than Master’s offices in other major centres GroundUp has investigated
By Justin Brown
News | 10 March 2026