Johannesburg fire: photos and interviews with an eye witness and rescuer
Death toll now 73 and expected to rise
Photo Essay | 31 August 2023
Unprotected strike leaves foul stench, piles of refuse across Mamelodi
Waste collection teams are being escorted by metro police in some areas amid violent threats by strikers
Brief | 31 August 2023
Court dismisses expelled NUMSA official’s urgent application
“The fact that the applicant wants the matter heard urgently does not make it urgent” says judge
Law | 24 August 2023
Gauteng Premier promises a “realistic” plan for services in Slovo Park
The settlement has waited for over two decades to be upgraded despite a 2016 court ruling in residents’ favour
By Chris Gilili
News | 24 August 2023
Climate activists demand action at BRICS talks
Hundreds protest in Sandton where summit is underway
By Chris Gilili
News | 23 August 2023
Mamelodi shack dwellers won’t get promised houses anytime soon
City of Tshwane says it intends to complete approval for a township for Stoffel Park in April 2024
News | 23 August 2023
Madibeng protesters travel 60km to complain to mayor
They are demanding consistent and clean drinking water as well as electricity
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 22 August 2023
Kwaito star Arthur Mafokate and the dodgy Lottery grant
Mafokate’s company invoiced a non-profit organisation over R1-million from a lottery grant for a music festival that never happened
News | 21 August 2023
Fired deputy director back at work following another scathing court ruling
Minister Kubayi who acted as “complainant, initiator and chairperson” had “adopted a deplorable and gung-ho posture in dismissing the applicant”, the courts have said
Law | 18 August 2023