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QwaQwa

No services, no jobs, as businesses flee Free State municipality
Business
/ 24 January 2025

No services, no jobs, as businesses flee Free State municipality

Wrangling in the ANC, incompetence and corruption have brought the council close to collapse

By Lunga Mzangwe
Democratise land rights in communal areas to unlock the rural economy
Opinion
/ 4 November 2022

Democratise land rights in communal areas to unlock the rural economy

The former homelands and bantustans could offer opportunities to pursue activities that would curb poverty and unemployment

By Bulelwa Mabasa
Free state municipality gets a paint job instead of water services
National
/ 31 August 2020

Free state municipality gets a paint job instead of water services

Maluti-A-Phofung council report wants former municipal manager to pay back the money he spent on communications company that was meant to establish a call centre for the QwaQwa community

By Athandiwe Saba
Greed has an insatiable thirst
Opinion
/ 12 August 2020

Greed has an insatiable thirst

The water department says even water tankers are not immune to the selfish acts of Covidpreneurs

By Andile Tshona
Quiet contemplation this Easter
Article
/ 8 April 2020

Quiet contemplation this Easter

From church services over WhatsApp to eating with family and listening to chilled music over Instagram, South Africa is going to have a very different long weekend, grounded in sharing and caring

By Mail Guardian Online Reporter
In his Sona speech, Ramaphosa must tread the line between promises and reality
Article
/ 12 February 2020

In his Sona speech, Ramaphosa must tread the line between promises and reality

South Africa has a slew of service-delivery problems, most notably in the water and electricity sectors. The time for promises is over: what the country needs is action

By Bongekile Macupe
Editorial: Promises are on tap, but not water
Article
/ 8 February 2020

Editorial: Promises are on tap, but not water

Promises of hope and a better tomorrow await South Africa. Yet they continue to come to naught

By Editorial
Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water
Article
/ 7 February 2020

Impossible choices in QwaQwa: What it takes to get water

A broken municipality and a four-year crisis forces residents to consider desperate choices, such as
trading sex for water

By Bongekile Macupe
The Makhanda disaster cannot be ignored
Analysis
/ 6 February 2020

The Makhanda disaster cannot be ignored

The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court

By Eusebius McKaiser

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