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/ 8 September 2024

Joburg libraries are a place where books go to die

The closure of the city’s biggest library is a loss to the public, and some of the other libraries are also battling to keep the culture of books alive

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By Aarti Bhana

National

/ 5 June 2024

No work done — but City Power blew R93.7m

The state claims that employees colluded in widespread fraud involving a substation project

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By Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 4 April 2024

PA councillor accused of ‘fraudulent’ Joburg land transfer

The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation

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By Khaya Koko

Partner Content

/ 8 March 2024

HEINEKEN steps up sustainability drive, moving to 65% returnable glass for beer portfolio in 2024

Along with the Star Bottle, the company will be opening Green Zones across the country

By HEINEKEN

National

/ 29 August 2022

Tombstone and wall of remembrance unveiled for slain teenager Nathaniel Julies

He was shot near his home in Eldorado Park, allegedly by police, during the Covid-19 lockdown.

By Sonri Naidoo

Friday

/ 19 June 2022

Visibility and inclusion matters

Well-known people with albinism are changing the way society sees those with this skin condition

By Mamaputle Boikanyo

National

/ 3 June 2022

Police officers accused of Nathaniel Julies’ murder expected to plead when new trial starts

The trial has had to start afresh because the presiding judge died.

By Sonri Naidoo

National

/ 12 May 2022

Nathaniel Julies’ mother frustrated that murder trial has to start over

Bridgette Harris says it’s unfair to relive her son’s death for a second time in court

By Sonri Naidoo

National

/ 20 January 2022

Nine dead: Police descend on lawless ‘Lapland’ at Goudkoppies landfill

The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 14 January 2022

Residents warned City of Joburg about deadly Goudkoppies landfill years before murders

The residents live less than 500 metres from the landfill and have, for several years, complained to the city’s various entities.

By Tunicia Phillips

The Green Guardian

/ 19 December 2021

Eldorado Park garden brings hope and heals volunteers

Between the fields of illegally dumped waste and a contaminated Kliprivier stream passing through the area is a greening project

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 26 October 2021

Police were told to stop using shotguns before Julies murder

In both Marikana and the 2014 Brits protests, the police claimed ignorance about the use of banned birdshot ammunition

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 21 October 2021

Police murder trial: 189 metal pellets killed Nathaniel ‘Lokkies’ Julies

At least 65% of the pellets in the cartridge hit the 16-year-old when he was gunned down in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, allegedly by in-training constable, Caylene Whiteboy

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 13 October 2021

Eyewitness in Nathaniel Julies murder trial fails to identify shooter

‘He was eating something. Then we heard a gunshot go off.’ This is what Tahira Kaldine testified in court on Wednesday at the Nathaniel Julies murder trial

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 12 October 2021

Nathaniel Julies trial: New evidence against senior in command, ‘Scorpion’

State witness Mandla Sithole’s testimony has again unveiled the scant regard for protocol or the rule of law by police officers

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 7 October 2021

High court admits damning recording of alleged police cover-up in Julies murder case

Brutality trend emerges in trial against Eldorado Park police trio facing charges relating to the murder of Nathaniel Julies

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 6 October 2021

Recording of police accused in Julies’ murder reveals booze, cover-up

‘I need something stronger’: secret recording played in court reveals police may have consumed alcohol after killing Nathaniel Julies

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 5 October 2021

One state witness is a no-show as Julies killer cops’ trial resumes

Nathaniel Julies’ murder accused Caylene Whiteboy was a junior reservist who graduated from college less than a year before the incident

By Tunicia Phillips

National

/ 27 May 2021

Eldos building mafia: Community anger amid extortion and ex-cons

Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation

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By Tunicia Phillips

Article

/ 27 May 2021

Editorial: A country built on cartels

This week, a Mail & Guardian investigation unearths what happens when the so-called construction mafia is allowed to run rampant in the country.

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National

/ 11 March 2021

Torture and murder in Eldos, but cops couldn’t be stopped for help

When screams of torture woke residents of Eldorado Park on Friday morning, calls to police remained unanswered as two bodies were found inside a house of horrors

By Tunicia Phillips

Opinion

/ 28 August 2020

Police brutality in South Africa exposed once again

The death of teenager Nathaniel Julius means we urgently need to refuse to allow politicians and police leadership to protect violent officers

By Ziyanda Stuurman

Article

/ 14 May 2018

Makhura announces programme to ease Joburg South land crisis

Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he will attend to those feeling neglected when it comes to issues of housing and land

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 30 August 2017

Government and religion at odds

Commercialisation of religion, and the abuse of people’s belief systems at the core of the impasse

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 12 May 2017

Twenty-three people live in a two-bedroom flat in Eldos

Three families in too little space: "We literally fight for this room."

By Caroline Vakil and Govan Whittles

Article

/ 12 May 2017

‘Uprising’ prediction comes true

In the same week the UN was looking into claims that coloured people were gatvol, rioting erupted.

By Govan Whittles

Article

/ 10 May 2017

How solving the Eldorado Park housing crisis could keep a family safe

Gauteng human settlements MEC Paul Mashatile says preference for housing will be given to those who applied in 1994.

By Caroline Vakil and Govan Whittles

Article

/ 8 May 2017

Eldorado Park protests: ‘Government doesn’t want to build us houses’

Protesters and police traded bricks for rubber bullets. Rocks and bricks scattered the streets where debris and tyres lay smoking.

By Caroline Vakil

Videos

/ 27 July 2016

Eldorado Park is nothing like its fabled namesake – no wealth or opportunity

Twenty three people – including grandchildren, grandparents and parents – share a flat in Eldorado Park.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 25 July 2016

Eldorado Park was built on dreams, many of them shattered by government ineptitude

Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, is a place where buildings like Hillbrow Flats once reflected people’s hopes. But that was a long time ago.

By Oupa Nkosi

Article

/ 12 April 2014

Mantashe: DA is a wolf in sheep skin

ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe addressed supporters at a stadium in Eldorado Park, Soweto, ahead of the party’s election campaign.

By Sapa

Article

/ 2 June 2013

Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane joins Eldorado drug battle

"We will defeat this demon," she told members of the Anglican church in a prayer march in Eldorado Park on Sunday.

By Sapa