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February 18
South Africa: Fingers Pointed At City of Cape Town for Allegedly Not Maintaining Firebreaks
Residents and fire prevention authorities are concerned that multiple firebreaks in the Cape Peninsula on City of Cape Town and privately owned land were not maintained before the… Read more »
December 01, 2023
South Africa: Cash-Strapped Eastern Cape Municipality Spent R100 Million On Upgrading a Beachfront
The East London beachfront upgrades cost close to R100m -- not R87m as originally stated by the municipality. Read more »
November 16, 2023
South Africa: 'We Are Being Abused' Say Evicted Residents of Dilapidated Joburg Building
On Wednesday, occupants of Johannesburg's infamous Remington Court were evicted, a move allegedly initiated by the building's owner, according to the City of Johannesburg. However,… Read more »
October 23, 2023
South Africa: City of Cape Town to Restart Massive Housing Project Stalled By Extortion and Murder
Plans are afoot to restart the City of Cape Town's biggest housing project -- which stalled after extortion attempts and the murder of an official -- in the first quarter of next… Read more »
September 17, 2023
South Africa: Academics Rally to Demand Justice for Victims of Albert Street Fire
There is enormous anger at both Wits and UJ at the growing injustice and suffering faced by poor people in a city that is home to both universities, their staff and students, says… Read more »
September 14, 2023
South Africa: 'We Have Nothing, No Hope' - The Plight of Residents At a 'Temporary' Shelter Provided By City of Joburg
The fire that claimed 77 lives in Johannesburg's CBD has once again raised the issue of hijacked and unsafe buildings -- and the need to provide alternative accommodation for… Read more »
September 13, 2023
South Africa: Durban's 'Problem Buildings' in Spotlight As Communities Fear Repeat of Joburg Inferno
Following the fire in a Johannesburg hijacked building that killed more than 70 people, Daily Maverick revisited some of the dilapidated buildings in the city of Durban, where… Read more »
September 11, 2023
South Africa: Catholic Bishops - Real Culprits of Joburg Fire Are Those in Power Who Have Allowed Slumlords to Flourish
The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference released a statement the day after a deadly fire killed 77 people in downtown Johannesburg. They said the 'real culprits' of the… Read more »
September 08, 2023
South Africa: Artists Dada Khanyisa, William Kentridge Heal Johannesburg's Wounds and Put the Spring Back in Her Step
In the first weekend in Spring, we left William Kentridge's studio called The Centre for the Less Good Idea in downtown Johannesburg's Maboneng art district, mesmerised and… Read more »
September 05, 2023
South Africa: The City of Johannesburg Does Have an Inner-City Housing Plan - It Just Hasn't Implemented It
There has been much said about the failure of the City of Johannesburg to carry out its mandate with respect to basic health and safety conditions in the inner city, but far less… Read more »
August 31, 2023
South Africa: City of Johannesburg Points Finger At NGOs and Foreign Nationals After Deadly Fire
The Johannesburg building where at least 74 people died in a fire on Thursday was a provincial government shelter for women and children before 'some challenges were encountered'.… Read more »
South Africa: 'They Told Me [My Son] Was Dead'
Residents of the Johannesburg building that caught fire on Thursday, leading to at least 74 deaths, tell Daily Maverick their stories of loss and heartbreak. Read more »
South Africa: City of Joburg Mothballed Task Team That Should Have Cleaned Up Building in Which 73 Died
Exposed: the complete list of 57 hijacked buildings in the inner city. Read more »
South Africa: 'I Had to Jump Out From the Third Floor With My Four-Year-Old'
At least 73 people have been killed and 52 injured in a raging fire in a five-storey hijacked building on the corner Alberts and Delvers streets in the Johannesburg city centre.… Read more »
August 08, 2023
South Africa: Garbage Piles Up in Cape Town Suburbs As Taxi Strike Drags On
Tuesday marked Day 6 of the taxi strike in the Western Cape. Daily Maverick visited the suburb of Observatory and found that residents were grappling with rubbish piling up and… Read more »
August 04, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Industry and City of Cape Town Harden Their Stances Amid Strike Violence and Mayhem
As commuters across Cape Town scrambled to find a way home on Thursday after minibus taxi drivers withdrew their services, the taxi industry wants the national government to… Read more »
June 28, 2023
South Africa: Joburg Mayor Gwamanda Shocked At Hardships Faced By Residents During Visit to Diepkloof Hostel
Executive Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda has acknowledged that service delivery at the Diepkloof Hostel is non-existent. Read more »
June 23, 2023
South Africa: Diepsloot Protesters March to Union Buildings and Demand Meeting With Ramaphosa
Following the failure of crime prevention interventions in Diepsloot, the beleaguered community, which has been staging violent protests, has again called on President Cyril… Read more »
May 08, 2023
South Africa: 'It's Creating Havoc' - Western Cape Library Headache Persists Five Months After System Crash
The computerised database used by Western Cape libraries crashed in November 2022, but the operating system has yet to be fully restored, causing administrative problems for many… Read more »
March 13, 2023
South Africa: Four Ways to Fund Your Solar Power Solution
The government's recent announcement of a solar power tax incentive, coupled with the fact that rolling blackouts are unlikely to end any time soon, is set to propel solar power… Read more »
February 21, 2023
South Africa: Even the Opposition Cheers As Gauteng Premier Lesufi Announces the Scrapping of E-Tolls
There were sighs of relief, cheers and applause inside the Johannesburg City Hall on Monday night when Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced the 'permanent' demise of disastrous e-tolls… Read more »
February 19, 2023
South Africa: Flood Wreaks Havoc On Eastern Cape After Weekend of Torrential Rain
The body of a six-year-old was recovered on Sunday afternoon while workers are still searching for his mother and his four-year-old sister. Another two boys are missing but… Read more »
February 20, 2023
South Africa: SA Weather Service Issues Alerts As Govt Responds to Flood Chaos
The government has declared a National State of Disaster to enable an 'intensive, coordinated response' to the floods that have devastated parts of seven of South Africa's nine… Read more »
February 16, 2023
South Africa: Three Years On, Court Finally Sentences Ruthless Glebelands Hostel Gang Leaders to Jail
The Glebelands 8 were 'a law unto themselves' who 'executed their opponents brazenly', said Judge Nkosinathi Chili in sentencing the gang leaders in the Pietermaritzburg High Court… Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Learners Stranded By 'Taxi Mafia' Blocking Scholar Transport
Parents and their children from Khayelitsha and surrounding areas were left frustrated this week as minibus taxi operators blocked scholar transport from taking children to school. Read more »
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