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Imagine

Mbhazima Shilowa, the Gauteng Premier, is not exactly John Lennon, but like the famous former Beatle, Shilowa would also like us to "imagine" a better world, specifically, a better Gauteng. Shilowa delivered his budget speech this week, in which he set out his government's intention for the coming year.

(True) myths of Egoli

On the savannah plains of Africa, there is perhaps no greater body of myths than those about the city, and none are more fanciful than those about Johannesburg, variously known out there as Jozi, Jubheki and Egoli. It is the ill fortune of Pretoria always to tag along in the shadow cast by mammoth Johannesburg.

Making like Singapore

Gauteng's department of local government has ceded 13 of its functions to various local governments in the province. These include the delivery of basic services such as water, sanitation and electricity, which the department has identified as "absolute necessities" for alleviating poverty and improving people's welfare.

Time to take charge

Gauteng safety and liaison minister Firoz Cachalia has called on sporting formations to put their shoulders to the wheel in the fight against crime. Speaking in Mogale City on the West Rand, Cachalia said the province's anti-crime campaign focused on mobilising grassroots communities and creating a social movement against lawlessness.

Golden keys to the labour market

Dennis George, general secretary of the Federation of Unions of South Africa, speaks to Vuyo Sokupa about the union's joint initiative with the Gauteng department of public works and transport, and the Expanded Public Works Programme.