The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said
The water crisis has largely been caused by a power outage that affected the main pump station
Residents log calls and escalate the complaint, but the City of Joburg’s fault logging system appears not to work
A Rand Water executive and his bodyguard were killed in a shooting the Zakariyya Park community hall where a school donation function was taking place
Rand Water, Johannesburg Water and the department of water and sanitation are to meet civil society groups on Saturday
Road and water infrastructure, largely in the central, south and west of Johannesburg, is being damaged
The city has identified three possible causes, but one of them is the most likely source of the blast
Consumers are urged to report any suspicious behaviour
The directive orders the city to stop untreated waste from entering rivers
City Power and Eskom identify hardest-hit areas by the floods which have caused widespread and escalating damage to power infrastructure
Heavy rains have submerged vehicles, trapped homeowners on roofs, collapsed walls, and decimated shacks and houses
Inadequate rail capacity has pushed more trucks, and costs, onto municipal roads, which are steadily deteriorating
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What lessons can be learnt from the ongoing coalition instability in Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Johannesburg?
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The Socio-Economic Rights Institute alleges the threats came after public statements by ActionSA city councillor Nkululeko Mbundu
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For years the city council has come under fire over its billing system, with accusations ranging from overbilling to not sending account statements to ratepayers on time
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During a webinar on Wednesday, the group chief executive of EOH, Stephen van Coller, called private sector participation in the Zondo commission into state capture ‘disappointing’
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a photography lecturer, reflecting with a group of students on the picture frames by freelance photojournalist Jacob Mawela. The museum itself has a chequered history starting […]
The utility buys R11-bn of electricity from Eskom which it needs to sell to make revenue and reinvest but instead it loses R2-bn a year due to illegal connections
Built during apartheid, hostels in the township have become dilapidated and dangerous. But a dynamic young member of Joburg’s mayoral committee is on a mission to change this
The City of Johannesburg has been marching on the spot for years about fixing its museum infrastructure, it can no longer pretend not to see the costly damage wrought over time
The residents live less than 500 metres from the landfill and have, for several years, complained to the city’s various entities.
Service delivery is about improving people’s lives, not expedient election promises
The country’s local governments are a drag on investment, a strain on the fiscus and pose a critical sovereign risk
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FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces
Come rain or sun, waste pickers push their trolleys full of recycled material. But despite providing an environmental service they are not treated as the public-service workers they are
DA leader John Steenhuisen challenges ANC to share its list of mayoral candidates during the main opposition party’s own big metro candidate list-reveal
ANC’s Matongo was the only candidate nominated for the city of Johannesburg mayoral candidate, the speaker of council announced
Sources say that the PEC gave the nod to the three names put forward by the Johannesburg regional executive committee
The ANC will likely announce a candidate to take over as the city’s mayor next week after consultation with provincial and national leaders
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Gauteng has ‘no plan’ to vaccinate its 10 000 displaced persons
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The violence comes in the wake of protests last Friday when Zuma’s supporters went on the streets in KZN
The 53-year-old Geoff Makhubo was first in quarantine and was admitted to hospital last week