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Three die when house collapses in Soweto
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (511+ words) On Saturday evening Hloniphile Xaba (60), her daughter Nqobile (24) and Nqobile's toddler, Langelihle, went to bed. But early Sunday morning all three died when the old building structure they lived in at the Snake Park informal settlement, in Doornkop, Soweto, collapsed....
Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power
1+ week, 1+ day ago (438+ words) After waiting decades for power, the electrification of 30 households in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape, began in 2023. It was expected to take eight months. But more than a year after the contractor left the site, there is still no power....
Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot
1+ week, 4+ day ago (615+ words) On a night in November, Claremont resident Claudette Abrahams woke to the smell of fire " two palm trees alongside her block on Antoinette Street were alight. "We had no water in the block, so they just burned. In previous years…...
What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town
1+ week, 4+ day ago (350+ words) Cape Town and Durban are South Africa's most popular beach destinations. Untreated sewage flowing into the ocean in both cities has led to beach closures in past years. In the most recent sample tests, unsafe levels of Enterococci (a primary…...
After years of sewage flooding their land, Joburg residents start rates revolt
1+ week, 6+ day ago (586+ words) On 24 March, Wilfred Mole, the chairman of the Carlswald Resident's Association (CRA) in Johannesburg's Midrand region, wrote an email to Johannesburg Water's managing director Ntshavheni Mukwevho. "A matter which can no longer be ignored," was the subject line. Mole proceeded…...
City of Cape Town is a step closer to operating train services
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (252+ words) The City of Cape Town has approved a Rail Business Plan for devolving operation of the city's Metrorail services from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) to the municipality. The City will now submit a memorandum to the…...
Literacy crisis: why Makhanda matters
2+ week, 1+ day ago (970+ words) The extent of South Africa's literacy crisis has been laid bare with the Department of Basic Education's new early learning reading benchmarks, covering 11 official languages. The benchmarks, which will be tracked over years to come, are the result of a…...
Former Lottery chair challenges Ramaphosa’s investigation
2+ week, 1+ day ago (656+ words) Former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda has filed his final affidavit in his legal challenge to review and set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa's authorisation of a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) probe into corruption at the commission. The application,…...
City of Cape Town hits back against extortion
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1110+ words) As extortion tightens its stranglehold on Cape Town, the City is hitting back in court. But some township victims are in hiding, in fear of their lives. Last week, the Western Cape High Court granted the City of Cape Town…...
Clinic staff are extorting immigrants to access life-saving medicines
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1002+ words) Last week, the Gauteng High Court ordered the government and police to take firm action against "xenophobic vigilantes" blocking immigrants from accessing health services at clinics. This came after months of reports that vigilantes were screening out immigrants at Johannesburg…...