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Jonathan Erasmus
Jonathan Erasmus is a former investigative journalist who works as a researcher
Experts call for mindset shift and infrastructure upgrades to tackle water crisis
It’s time to move beyond the planning and strategy phases and begin implementation
Our water crisis is and has always been about political will
In Gauteng, the single biggest issue right now is water scarcity. In KZN, it is scarcity and the pollution of river systems
Durban rates revolt: not easy or cheap
eThekwini residents must be commended for withholding rates because of poor services and corruption, but a dispute also calls for serious funding and long-term commitment
Like it or not, SA is closer to the West than the ghosts of Soviet past
Most of the country’s trade is with Nato-aligned countries and the US, and we espouse democracy whereas Russia is a near dictatorship
To jubilee or not, that is the question
The cost of the UK queen’s jubilee festivities has been absorbed by the taxpayer – an estimated £28-million, or R544,5-million
Amakhosi and conservationists in KZN face off over dune mining
White residents fear mining will ruin their ecovillage, but their black neighbours want the jobs it will bring. Jonathan Erasmus reports.
Zumaville will displace some families
The land where the R2-billion town will be built falls under Inkosi Bhekumuzi Zuma and Inkosi Vela Shange’s chieftainships.
From Zuma Inc to Zuma.org
The foundations on which the president’s private empire is built: Is the Zuma clan’s work in the non-profit sector philanthropy or influence trading?
Welcome to Zumaville
The government is planning a new R2-billion town in President Zuma’s home village of Nkandla, and taxpayers will have to pick up half the tab.
M&G faces charges over Mac
Editor and reporters warned that they are suspected of stealing confidential records.
I was bribed, says N Cape hospital chief
His hard-hitting statement to the Hawks also implicates ANC heavyweight John Block.
Breytenbach suspension ‘a hatchet job’
Advocate Trengove has accused the NPA of one-sidedness in its probe of the senior prosecutor.
Chancellor House lands new deal
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe has defended Chancellor
How MEC favoured EduSolutions
Millions paid to textbook supplier despite cash crunch.
SIU probes senior officials in textbook shame
A confidential SIU report highlights irregularities, wasteful expenditure totalling hundreds of millions, as Jonathan Erasmus reports.