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Rebuild: South African photographer David Goldblatt’s exhibition Fragments of Fietas on at the Goodman
Gallery in Johannesburg honours the resilience of a community fractured and displaced by apartheid.

Fietas and the enduring question of home

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

May 1939: Indian women indentured workers leave the sugar cane fields after a day’s work on a plantation at Mount Edgecombe, Natal. Photo: Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images

South African Indian literature explores identity

Books and academic articles tell us our own stories and help others to understand them

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 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

Law and order essential to democracy

South Africa is burning: femicide, xenophobia and protests

South Africans and migrants alike struggle to lead dignified lives. People are desperate and fed up

Storyteller: Bahiyya Khan resists stereotypes of ‘Muslim girls’ and has used her skills to create a video game about a fictional character called Lilith Grey who has borderline personality disorder. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Game to deal with a disorder

A girl from Lenz became a game designer and has made waves globally with her after HOURS

Sibusiso Emanuel Tshabalala

Ennerdale father released on warning

Sibusiso Emanuel Tshabalala is facing a murder charge after he shot and killed his son in what he says was a freak accident

Toll: South Sudan rebels carry an injured comrade after a 2017 assault on government soldiers. Accurate statistics are hard to come by in places fraught with disasters and crises. (Goran Tomasevic/Reuters)

Protests in Zakariyya Park as water crisis looms

Residents say they find themselves without water almost weekly

City of Johannesburg mayor, Herman Mashaba. (Gallo)

Mashaba: Task team to investigate Lenasia eviction deaths

In a statement, Mashaba said all pending evictions have also been suspended unless he approved them.

Madiba and the Bhagavad Gita

A Hare Krishna parade in Lenasia on Saturday night celebrated the life of Madiba — a man who learnt its holy book while on Robben Island.

Gauteng schools feel the pressure to place more than 700 000 primary and secondary school pupils.

Over 50 pupils without schools weeks after academic new year

As school admission issues continue to plague Thembelihle pupils, activists battle to place students three weeks after schools have reopened.

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale met with disgruntled protesters in Lenasia.

Sexwale offers plan for Lenasia demolition crisis

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has waded into the Lenasia demolitions debacle, demanding the matter be dealt with in 72 hours.

Former ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema cut a different figure when he visited Lenasia residents on Friday.

Moderate Malema visits Lenasia demolition sites

If expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is anything to go by, moderate is the new radical.

Julius Malema at the site of the Lenasia demolitions.

Juju visits Lens after court agreement ends demolitions

No further demolitions of illegally-built homes in Lenasia will take place until a solution is found.

Floyd Shivambu has announced that ousted leader Julius Malema will be paying a visit to Lenasia on Friday November 23 2012.

Malema, Cosatu speak out on Lenasia demolitions

Lenasia residents whose houses have been demolished must be compensated, Cosatu Gauteng has said, while Julius Malema will visit the area.

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale

Sanco: Sexwale has betrayed the people

Civic Organisation Sanco has said it will rally to keep Tokyo Sexwale out of office because of his silence on the demolition of houses in Lenasia.

The house of Ntombi Nqedlama’s neighbour was demolished

Housing: Families resist demolition

Lenasia Extension 13 residents say that they were duped into buying land by people claiming to be officials.

Over 100 illegally built homes are being demolished by police in Lenasia.

Lenasia: Demolition reprieve extended

The High Court in Johannesburg has extended an order halting the demolition of houses in Lenasia Extension 13.

Over 100 illegally built homes are being demolished by police in Lenasia.

Gauteng housing department to respond to Lenasia interdict

The Gauteng housing department will argue against an urgent interdict preventing the demolition of illegally erected houses in Lenasia.

Over 100 illegally built homes are being demolished by police in Lenasia.

Court orders suspension of Lenasia demolition

A court order has halted the demolition of houses in Lenasia illegally erected on land owned by the City of Johannesburg.

Over 100 illegally built homes are being demolished by police in Lenasia.

Department: Demolition of Lenasia houses is legal

Over 100 houses erected on land owned by the City of Jo’burg will continue to be demolished in Lenasia, the provincial housing department said.