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Lost it: The party’s deputy president, Paul Mashatile, was not amused by the union boo brigade. Photo: OJ Koloti/Gallo Images
AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE

Water crisis rooted in infrastructure failures and municipal distress, says Mashatile

The deputy president says decaying water systems and financial strain at municipalities are driving SA’s water shortage

  • Mandisa Makgakga
5 min read
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. (File photo)
ACTIONSA

It keeps me awake at night, Panyaza Lesufi says of dismal efforts to curb crime

However, the Gauteng premier praised the coalition government’s achievements in addressing socio-economic challenges This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Mandisa Makgakga
1 min read
77 people died and when the building they lived in burnt down in Johannesburg.
CALVIN RAFADI

UPDATED: Illegal electricity connections unlikely cause of fire in hijacked Joburg building, says forensic investigator

Crime syndicate bosses will start a fire to remove tenants from a building they would like to occupy

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
Spiralling: Electricity tariffs have risen by more than 1 100% since 2007. In addition to consumption costs, there are layered costs for generation, theft and non-payment, among others. Photo: Madelene Cronje
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

City Power recovers R500 000 worth of illegal aluminium electricity cables; what does this mean for paying customers

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

  • Sonri Naidoo
4 min read