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Gangs make us pay for access to water, say Mamelodi residents

Municipality confirms illegal connections to the reservoir but blames people occupying nearby land

Officials raise alarm over hiring freeze at Western Cape’s largest hospitals

The freeze was recommended by National Treasury among other austerity measures

Housing project for 500 Dunoon families put on hold

Western Cape government revising its plan and budget

Dunoon left without ward councillor after sudden ANC recall

Councillor Messie Makuwa says she is ready to fight in court

Durban families demand end to water crisis

EThekwini municipality promises that water will be restored to affected communities by 15 February

Shack dwellers build makeshift speed bumps on ‘deadly’ road

At least two people died and three shacks were destroyed in a taxi accident on Old Faure Road near Mfuleni on Friday

Anger at Panyaza Lesufi for failing to fix Roodepoort school for years

The department committed to replacing the school with a brick-and-mortar structure more than five years ago.

Kariega land occupiers say municipality demolished their shacks illegally

Ten families who settled on land in 2019 have to move to make way for housing development

Top Gauteng officials suspended in grant corruption investigation

Hundreds evicted from buildings in Cape Town city centre

Many of the evictees slept outside with their belongings, saying they have nowhere else to go

Mowbray police assault: no names and no consequences

Victim has left work out of fear

Sinkholes open under Khayelitsha shacks, flooding homes with sewage

The whole of Khayelitsha is affected by a blocked sewer line, says City of Cape Town

Meticulous Eastern Cape effort to keep vultures from extinction

Vultures disabled by powerline collisions are taken care of and given a place to breed

Dipuo Peters takes Parliament to court

Former Transport Minister seeks to have her suspension lifted. #UniteBehind opposes her bid.

Durban community without running water for four years

DA calls for Human Rights Commission to investigate ongoing water crisis in eThekwini

City flooded with more than 900 comments over relocation of railway occupiers

Once the rail agency responds to these comments, a report will be sent to the Municipal Planning Tribunal for a final decision