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Reconstruction And Development Programme

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’
Politics
/ 15 May 2025

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

By Lunga Mzangwe
Will the ANC’s government of national unity 2.0 drive change?
Columns
/ 13 June 2024

Will the ANC’s government of national unity 2.0 drive change?

The coalition faces the task of implementing long-promised transformations while managing political contradictions

By Sarah Smit
30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: SA’s economy neither Gear nor there
Analysis
/ 26 April 2024

30 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: SA’s economy neither Gear nor there

Amid directionless policy after 30 years of democracy, the country’s prospects continue to be driven by the whims of miners and their financiers

By Sarah Smit
Joburg fire: Housing policy fails people – and the economy
Business
/ 8 September 2023

Joburg fire: Housing policy fails people – and the economy

The country’s biggest city will continue to grow as people seek jobs and a better life. But a ‘resentment’ towards urbanisation has prevented the government from unlocking its economic opportunities

By Sarah Smit
Has activism won? Jay Naidoo reflects on the loss of people’s power and how to win it back
Opinion
/ 19 August 2022

Has activism won? Jay Naidoo reflects on the loss of people’s power and how to win it back

From the early frontier wars against colonialism to the struggle against apartheid and in recent times the fight for economic equality, the culture of activism has evolved. But can it still be effective in bringing about change?

By Lebo Madiba
ANC lacks the political will to push economic transformation
Opinion
/ 9 June 2022

ANC lacks the political will to push economic transformation

Ramaphosa’s long delays in appointing the new BEE Advisory Council shows he has little interest in allowing others to cash in on the BEE deals that earned him his fortune

By Duma Gqubule
​Government’s economic plans all sound the same. We need a socioeconomic overhaul
Article
/ 18 July 2016

​Government’s economic plans all sound the same. We need a socioeconomic overhaul

In his latest book on economic and social inclusion, Vusi Gumede addresses the question of how to get the country back on track.

By Vusi Gumede
Letters to the editor: June 12 to 18 2015
Article
/ 12 June 2015

Letters to the editor: June 12 to 18 2015

Readers write in about Nkandla and the National Development Plan.

By Letters
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Article
/ 3 November 2011

Business owners threaten xenophobic violence

Small business owners from Ekurhuleni have warned of xenophobic violence if the Gauteng government does not step in.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 14 April 2011

‘I’m tired of living like this’

The Gauteng housing department is to demolish at least 115 RDP houses less than five years after the houses were handed to their beneficiaries.

By Aphiwe Deklerk
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Article
/ 7 October 2008

Will BEE continue to be?

Is BEE going the same way as the RDP and a number of other post-1994 policy acronyms?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 4 August 2008

Hundreds of RDP houses in Ekurhuleni to be revamped

More than 126 RDP houses in Ekurhuleni’s Thintwa village will receive a major facelift, the Gauteng housing department said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 9 June 2008

Sanco chief in war over RDP houses

ANC MP Rose Sonto, also the head of the South African National Civic Organisation in the Western Cape, this week repeated unsubstantiated allegations that foreigners are buying government-subsidised houses and forcing South Africans to live in shacks.

By Staff Reporter

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