Emfuleni municipality is a mess and piles of rubbish are just one sign of this

With only half its garbage truck fleet working, the municipality is unable to cope with refuse collection. But this is just one of many problems residents complain about.

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News | 13 February 2023

Fatal stabbing at Geluksdal Secondary was only a matter of time

Department of Education accused of not taking preventive action

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News | 9 February 2023

University asks NSFAS to scrap cap on accommodation allowance

Pretoria students say they will struggle to find lodgings

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Brief | 8 February 2023

Corruption blamed for ten-year delay in service delivery in Tshwane settlement

Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned

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News | 7 February 2023

Outsourced guards accuse Ekurhuleni municipality of failing to pay them

Protesting security employees say non-payments have become a problem since the coalition government took over, but mayor’s office says payments to security companies are up-to-date

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Brief | 6 February 2023

Mamelodi school under investigation for policy excluding pregnant learners

Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School

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Brief | 6 February 2023

“We are living in a pool of sewage” says Joburg resident

Hillbrow’s Chelsea House is in a state of collapse

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News | 6 February 2023

Here’s what the Zimbabwean embassy says about the expiry of the ZEP

The ambassador encouraged voluntary repatriation. But he also criticised the way Zimbabweans are being denied public services in South Africa.

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News | 3 February 2023

Hundreds march to demand Ramaphosa address Basic Income Grant at SONA

Civil society organisations want R350 SRD grant increased to R1,447

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Brief | 2 February 2023

Operation Dudula accused of targeting children

Asked to comment, spokesperson swears at GroundUp reporter and slams down phone

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News | 1 February 2023

Corruption-buster found not guilty of all charges levelled at her by PRASA

Martha Ngoye vindicated as holes poked in testimony of PRASA’s witness

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News | 1 February 2023

Environmental activists revise pleas in “SLAPP case” brought by Australian miners

Marathon legal battle against R14.25-million defamation case continues

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Law | 1 February 2023

Give us electricity or move us, says Mamelodi community

Most residents at Phomolong informal settlement rely on illegal connections

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Brief | 30 January 2023

Lawyer must pay clients R1.4 million stolen by scammer

Attorney Gavin Hartog believed he was transferring money to his client’s account but it went to a fraudster

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Law | 30 January 2023

Five years on, Marievale army base families still in limbo

The latest relocation plan has been rejected by some of the respondents

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News | 24 January 2023

Johannesburg informal settlements wait a week for water

Contracting issue has delayed supply to over 40 informal settlements, says Joburg Water

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News | 23 January 2023