South Africa|Gauteng|Johannesburg

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Protesters block N12, demand toilets, water

“Children as young as seven years old fight for water with old people”

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Brief | 23 July 2024

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City of Joburg’s property error causes havoc for homeowners

Stand numbers in Bertrams are in a mess, affecting billing, valuations, and property sales

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News | 23 July 2024

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Gauteng minister apologises for funding bungle

“We as government and non-profit organisations cannot afford such a state of affairs” says Faith Mazibuko

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News | 22 July 2024

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Joburg families plead with City officials to end power cuts

City of Johannesburg losing between R5-million and R10-million monthly due to illegal connections, says City Power

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News | 19 July 2024

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No electricity for Diepsloot welfare organisations

Eskom says broken transformer can’t be fixed again because the area is high risk

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News | 15 July 2024

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Workers at sauce manufacturer strike for R4 per hour increase

Management of Ribas Manufacturers has offered R1.75 per hour increase

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Brief | 12 July 2024

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Exhibition honours work of late Bang Bang Club photojournalist

Ken Oosterbroek’s “photographs will bring awareness to the importance of photography in the creation of our collective historical record” says curator

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News | 9 July 2024

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Johannesburg Heritage Foundation joins call for library to be reopened

The Louisa Prince Library in Ennerdale has been closed since 2021

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News | 5 July 2024

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TOP Brand sauce manufacturing workers in Sandton down tools for higher wages

Striking workers on minimum wage are demanding an increase of R4 per hour while the employer has offered R1.75, says union

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Brief | 28 June 2024

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Premier apologises for Gauteng government’s non-profit funding crisis

About 300 representatives from organisations across the province travelled to Johannesburg to meet social development officials and the Premier

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News | 24 June 2024

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Constitutional Court refuses Home Affairs leave to appeal Zimbabwe permit decision

In June 2023 the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit was unlawfully terminated

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Brief | 19 June 2024

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Youth take to their bikes to protest against mining companies

Youth Affected by Mining United in Action cycled the “Toxic Tour” to various mining companies’ offices in Johannesburg

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Brief | 18 June 2024

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Judge Mngqibisa-Thusi cleared of gross misconduct charges

But tribunal finds that it is gross negligence to fail to deliver 27 judgments within accepted time-frames

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Law | 14 June 2024

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New law proposed to stop SLAPP suits

The Centre for Applied Legal Studies and Right2Protest hope legislators will adopt it to protect journalists and activists

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News | 12 June 2024

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“Each time we try to get comfortable, the police come to demolish our home”

Families living in Lindokuhle Mnguni informal settlement in Johannesburg say they’re being harassed by police and AmaPanyaza

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News | 11 June 2024

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Court orders Gauteng government to pay children’s homes subsidies by Friday afternoon

The order gives Epworth Children’s Homes and Bethany House Trust a “lifeline” until the end of September

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Brief | 31 May 2024