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‘A Moral and Political Failure’: Civics, parliamentarians and the Public Protector blast Enoch Mgijima Municipality

4th November 2025 Mzi Velapi Anele Mbi 0

With R1.7-billion in debt, only four refuse trucks for 30,000 homes, and councillors owing R3.3-million in unpaid rates, Komani activists say their municipality is “in autopilot mode”.

Public Works presents a plan to deal with construction project delays

30th October 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The plan sets out a framework for collective and individual accountability, measurable targets, real timelines, and enforceable consequences.

SA’s insecurity cluster of overburdened detectives, ineffective courts and overcrowded prisons

7th July 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

A big gap between arrests and convictions plagues the criminal justice system

Bush toilets and bucket water for occupiers of RDP houses and their rightful owners

19th June 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

Lack of basic services is at the centre of discontent in two East London settlements.

Cape Town’s central line reopens

29th May 2025 Vincent Lali 0

R1.3 billion spent to restore rail corridor suspended in 2019 due to land occupations and vandalism.

Protest leaders arrested as tensions grow in Covid Village

27th May 2025 Vincent Lali 0

Protesters allegedly burned down shacks belonging to residents not joining the protest action.

Shack dwellers from Khayelitsha protest in Cape Town

24th April 2025 Vincent Lali 0

As winter creeps in, residents of informal settlements in Khayelitsha protest for basic services.

Lack of toilets at Limpopo schools a reality and indefinite future

13th April 2025 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

The government has again failed to reach the deadline to eradicate pit latrines at schools.

Scopa slates Buffalo City for wasting hundreds of millions of rands on infrastructure projects

31st March 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

Scopa says it is alarmed following an oversight visit to Buffalo City.

Informal settlement residents protest for basic services on Human Rights Day

21st March 2025 Vincent Lali 0

The protest by Social Distance informal settlement started on Wednesday after electricity disconnections.

Buffalo City Metro under fire for audit and governance failures

14th March 2025 Chwayita Dinginto 0

Buffalo City Metro’s finances have been a mess for years and pressure is mounting for meaningful action against corruption and mismanagement.

No public toilets at Home Affairs in Vhembe

5th March 2025 Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 0

Lack of access to water in Vhembe affects quality of government services.

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