Hundreds of people share two toilets in Diepsloot
Toilets broken nine years ago in Extension 1 were never fixed
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 18 July 2022
Lottery contractor gave millions towards ex-board chair’s mansion
A Special Tribunal preservation order freezing the luxury mansion of Alfred Nevhutanda left out several companies that also made contributions
News | 14 July 2022
City blames occupiers for “hampering development” in Soshanguve
About 300 households at Kopanong informal settlement don’t have water and proper electricity
By Chris Gilili
Brief | 13 July 2022
Video: Building classrooms from plastic waste in Diepsloot
Local NGO turns plastic waste into eco-bricks
Video | 12 July 2022
Learners picket against government scrapping deadlines to fix schools
Department says learners’ memo will be considered along with other public comments on its proposed amendments
Text and Photos by Magnificent Mndebele
News | 8 July 2022
Hundreds of families in inner-city Johannesburg may lose the only home they have known for years
The Bekezela settlement building is owned by PRASA
Feature | 8 July 2022
Video: Making fun books for children in their mother-tongue
“It’s not that children don’t like to read. It’s that they haven’t found the right book yet” says Tina Akuoko of Ethnikids.
Video | 8 July 2022
Hundreds of organisations swear to defend constitutional democracy
Gauteng meeting of activists condemns “corrupt forces in our society that are opposed to democratic rule”
News | 5 July 2022
Court action to stop immigrants being denied life-saving healthcare
Two-year-old Zimbabwean boy died after state hospital denied him treatment because his mother had no birth certificate
Law | 30 June 2022