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Parliament intensifies scrutiny of Sasol
Parliament’s portfolio committee on forestry, fisheries and environment is widening its oversight into Sasol after receiving protected disclosures from environmental…
Billions needed to sort water crisis
Joburg’s Dada Morero assured residents that the city would not implement water-shedding in the same way South Africans endured load-shedding
Deadly Vaal ride to school
No single institution carries end to end accountability for ensuring a child’s journey to school is safe, leading to lethal consequences
Driver in fatal Vanderbijlpark crash charged with murder
Twenty-two year-old Ayanda Dludla also faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of driving without a valid professional permit and operating an unlicensed vehicle
Student wins institutional bullying battle after racism claim at private varsity
The student says that, after she was abused and belittled, instead of addressing the claims, the college launched disciplinary proceedings against her
For Emfuleni residents, life is a daily grind of service delivery failures
The ANC-run municipality refuses to accept blame, accusing some residents of paying for DStv, servicing clothing accounts and drinking expensive alcohol instead of paying their…
The Human Rights Commission is not fulfilling its mandate
Its failure to protect artisanal miners in Stilfontein shows that it is toothless and needs an overhaul to address structural weaknesses
Makhanda the poster child for municipal collapse
The cause goes beyond corruption and incapacity to dysfunctional centralised, bureaucratic rule. The solution lies in decentralised, participatory and direct democratic forms of…
Don’t politicise water crisis, Human Rights Commission urges
Some city residents have had no water for 150 days, yet have received bills of up to R60 000
SONA must reflect Ramaphosa’s ultimate duty
The president needs to expound on how democratically accountable governance remains key to addressing governance failures, beyond any single election
Will a single water board solve the water problems in KwaZulu-Natal?
At the centre of the water crisis in KwaZulu-Natal are the people. How will merging the Umgeni and Mhlathuze water boards help while corruption is rife at the two water boards.
OPINION| Why won’t parliament and Gwede Mantashe listen to mining communities?
The mining resources parliamentary portfolio committee and the department have continued to ignore the interests and rights of communities affected by mining
Ayanda Dlodlo ‘warned government of violence before Zuma was jailed’
The former state security minister says the department is currently only mandated to ‘give recommendations’ and has proposed a more comprehensive bill
Former Gauteng acting top cop had ‘no early warning indicating mass unrest’
On Tuesday Tommy Mthombeni told the SAHRC hearings into the July riots that the SAPS was understaffed, and under pressure
Police were left dangling during July unrest, KZN top cop tells SAHRC
Whoever organised the unrest in response to the pending arrest of Jacob Zuma was responsible for the lethal violence that followed, the KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…