The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation
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Road and water infrastructure, largely in the central, south and west of Johannesburg, is being damaged
A number of the City of Johannesburg’s critical municipal entities are in overdraft
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Illegal land occupation and alleged corruption plague the city’s unstable administrations
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Threats of legal action force a contract set aside which could have seen second-hand equipment supplied to the city
Johannesburg may be the site of Gauteng’s newest airport, it was announced on Friday. An economic feasibility study will be conducted by the Johannesburg metro council to determine the merits of building a fifth airport in the province. Currently Gauteng is serviced by OR Tambo International, Lanseria and Grand Central airports.
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/ 14 January 2008
Eleven people who were allegedly carrying out illegal abortions were arrested in central Johannesburg, the city said on Monday. City officials and metro police came upon a makeshift hospital of horrors on Friday when they were trying to clean central Johannesburg of ”poster pollution”.
The Johannesburg metro police department has disputed a claim by the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) that metro police have joined striking council workers in the city in large numbers. Samwu had issued a statement earlier on Monday claiming 3 000 metro police officers had joined the strike.