News
Waste collection companies abandon contracts following shooting and threats
Fears for workers’ safety has caused two companies to stop collecting rubbish in the Philippi area
News | 14 June 2023
Illegal connections to blame for leaving learners in the dark, says Eskom
Staff of Bloekombos High School make photocopies at neighbouring schools for exams
By Vincent Lali
News | 14 June 2023
Row over cost of Lottery’s annual reports
An answer in Parliament reveals millions of rand were spent on the reports over three years. But the company that produced them has defended its work and called on the DA to correct a condemnatory statement.
News | 13 June 2023
Diepsloot residents say police and municipality have left them to the mercy of criminals
Just fixing the streetlights would help says community police forum
By Chris Gilili
News | 13 June 2023
Commuters call for better lighting and security at Parow station
This follows the armed robbery of several people while waiting for a train around 6am on Friday
News | 13 June 2023
Climate activists disrupt Standard Bank AGM
About 200 people picketed at the bank’s head office to demand it stop investing in fossil fuels
News | 12 June 2023
Row over human settlement minister’s “lift” dismissal
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi’s efforts to “clarify” what she called “misleading media reports”, sees her accused of “deliberately lying”
News | 12 June 2023
Tshwane’s illegal suburb leaves residents stuck without services
Plots in Leeuwfontein were sold for R80,000
News | 9 June 2023
Lawyers reprimanded for bringing “hopeless cases” to court
Labour Court orders them not to collect fees
News | 8 June 2023