Workers recruited in informal settlements are well placed to manage the process
Opinion | 19 June 2024
“Our parents lived in this poverty, we are living in this poverty, and now our children are living in this poverty”
Text by Mary-Anne Gontsana. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 14 June 2024
In Richmond Farm residents have to do a balancing act to fetch water from a municipal ablution block
Brief | 3 June 2024
“We have been patient for a long time” says protest leader
Brief | 24 May 2024
There has been only partial compliance by the municipality, while numerous dumpsites continue to plague residents
Brief | 23 May 2024
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
News | 22 May 2024
Public comment closes Wednesday
By GroundUp Staff and Matthew Hirsch
News | 21 May 2024
City says the land is private and is not in the process of being formalised
Brief | 21 May 2024
“There is no democracy without books” says Wits professor who joins calls for an end to the City library’s four-year closure
Brief | 20 May 2024
The municipality agreed to pay service providers by next week
Brief | 15 May 2024
Mine told to fix the pollution problem
By Liezl Human
News | 9 May 2024
1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City
Brief | 25 April 2024
City of Ekurhuleni has not helped the residents who have reported the issues for nearly a year
Brief | 19 April 2024
City promises to inspect
News | 17 April 2024
We no longer go to some townships without an escort, says waste collection worker
News | 16 April 2024
They say the City of Ekurhuleni has blocked their prepaid electricity meters because they owe rent, but they have no hope of paying their arrears
News | 12 April 2024