Government
Eastern Cape health workers warn about staff shortages
2,700 contracts not being renewed by health department
News | 25 January 2022
City of Cape Town promises to fix vandalised Khayelitsha market
Toilets are filthy, lights have been stripped, roofs are broken
By Vincent Lali
News | 25 January 2022
KZN Premier visits site where two people drowned but no-one explains why there’s still no bridge
Construction of new Umdloti Bridge has been stalled since 2018
News | 18 January 2022
Shack dwellers demolish unoccupied shacks themselves
Khayelitsha task team is also trying to drain off sewage water
News | 10 December 2021
45,000 commuters use four toilets at Mthatha taxi rank
Construction of a new rank has been halted since 2010
News | 8 December 2021
Vaccine rollout: the government has made three mistakes
As a result, we have at least 13 million unused vaccines
By Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings
Analysis | 6 December 2021
Qunu residents’ hopes dashed by failed government project
Government’s R8-million Integrated Energy Centre has not lived up to any of its promises
News | 2 December 2021
Pit latrines, bad roads and no tap water but Limpopo villagers have multi-million rand community halls
Huge amounts of money were spent in Zebediela on halls that are hardly used and are crumbling from neglect
News | 2 December 2021
SA music industry exposed: the money is not going to the artists
One of many grim statistics: of R200 million in royalties collected by SAMPRA in 2020, R41 million went on “administrative costs”
By Niki Moore
Feature | 26 November 2021