Rooigevaar in Saldanha: residents say red dust from Transnet’s ore terminal is staining their homes and even their dogs
But Transnet says the dust falls below legal limits
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 4 October 2024
The public swimming pool in this Eastern Cape town has been empty for four years
Ngcobo residents fear the pool will be vandalised and never reopen
Brief | 3 October 2024
Citrusdal farmers devastated by two years of floods
But they are determined to start over and revive their vegetable gardens yet again
By Liezl Human
News | 3 October 2024
Three of four Shosholoza Meyl train routes halted indefinitely
#UniteBehind believes problems with long distance locomotives is due to corruption at PRASA over the years.
News | 3 October 2024
The fate of the GNU will depend on what it does to fix collapsing municipalities
The Government of National Unity offers an opportunity to take practical steps
By Tsireletso Mokoaqo and Rientile Mdaka
Opinion | 3 October 2024
Germiston informal settlement neglected since dawn of democracy
“We have rats that are as big as cats here”
Brief | 2 October 2024
More than 17 million people applied for the R370 grant in September
Most applicants have never had a job
Brief | 2 October 2024
Housing activists welcome City’s intention to develop Mowbray golf course
For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing
Brief | 2 October 2024
In photos: the Reclaim the City occupations
Open day at the old Woodstock Hospital and Helen Bowden Nurses Home in Cape Town
By Matthew Hirsch and Steve Kretzmann
Photo Essay | 2 October 2024