Heavy rains have submerged vehicles, trapped homeowners on roofs, collapsed walls, and decimated shacks and houses
It’s a ‘huge concern because how are we going to cope with a real drought’
Utility says water restrictions are not going far enough
Gauteng schools feel the pressure to place more than 700 000 primary and secondary school pupils
Nkululeko Dunga says the party is building an organisation ‘that is going to last long even after we have left this earth’
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If foot-and-mouth disease is not contained it could have a severe impact on the economy and, most importantly, our farmers
EFF leader Julius Malema says the party’s provincial conferences will go ahead and denies any attempt to influence outcomes
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The market, allowed to flourish and create jobs, is the solution, not violent nationalism
The provincial administration has, however, struggled to pay staff salaries
No slate is expected to emerge victorious as poorly coordinated conference finally gets under way
The party’s branches in the province are unhappy with what they perceive as the selective application of the rule.
Provincial leaders have asked ANC top brass to caution national working committee (and national executive committee members against meddling
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The province may be in for a heavy stench as the winds blow in from Mpumalanga. The M&G looks back at the events that contributed to this state of affairs
David Makhura has set up an expert advisory committee to provide independent and expert advice about climate change mitigation and adaptation for the Gauteng City-Region
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With the Gauteng provincial conference around the corner, West Rand regional secretary Sanele Ngweventsha argues that Lesufi might give them the edge in 2024.
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Vulnerable families depend on the delivery of essential services and safety nets to survive
There is a chronic shortage of staff at Baragwanath training hospital and patient care is declining, yet the provincial government is letting hundreds of temporary Covid workers go
The blame for the fire at Charlotte Maxeke hospital and the delays in refurbishing and reopening its damaged sections has been placed squarely at the feet of the provincial government
The country’s economy shrank by 6.4% in 2020 but real GDP increased by 4.9% in 2021
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
Solly Msimanga, the official opposition’s leader in Gauteng, says the provincial leadership is surprised by the former Midvaal mayor’s resignation
Despite a shake-up in defence and intelligence, the security cluster remains shaky ahead of potentially explosive elective conferences
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Wealthy countries were quick to ban Southern African nations from entering their borders when the Omicron variant was identified, but did not do so to each other.
As the increasingly less relevant ANC vacates the middle ground and the centre-left, a void opens, which will urgently need to be filled
Gauteng has seen an increase of over 8000 new cases in the past day
No members of the police, defence force or state security have been implicated ‘at this stage’ in ongoing investigations into the July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng
The official unemployment rate rose to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021 — the highest since 2008
The vast majority of hospital admissions in Gauteng are of unvaccinated people, data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases shows
Some 22 positive cases of the B.1.1.529 variant have been confirmed in South Africa, as Covid-19 cases increase in Gauteng, the North West and Limpopo
Former defence minister says top KwaZulu-Natal cop was reluctant to share information with her
The suspended national police commissioner told the SAHRC it was the first time the country had seen unrest that began at a level aimed at debilitating the police’s available resources
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa is understood to have been part of talks that swung the agreement, which is a ‘governance plan’ rather than a coalition