Latest articles on Yeoville
Not all of Jo’burg’s street traders can sell their wares under lockdown
Street traders are central to food security in Johannesburg. But since being declared an essential service under lockdown, street trade in South Africa’s biggest city has returned to uneven ground
Yeoville can police itself, thank you
In the Johannesburg suburb, neat queues are enforced, physical distances maintained and fights stopped by its community policing forum
You gotta be the morning aftertaste
Drug user, and later dealer, Fig lives in Yeoville in the mid-1990s. Not a novel for the faint-hearted
What is normal in a big, bad world?
"I felt compassion for the fact that they are cops in Johannesburg and, to them, this is a normal way to treat another human".
‘We’re going to change the Jo’burg skyline’
A new mixed-income housing plan in Jo’burg includes refurbishing ‘hijacked’ buildings
From slum city to urban living hub: How Jo’burg got its groove back
Home is not necessarily a glittering castle. It can be a cramped room on the first floor of an old, rundown building and the subject of a court case.
Guillaume Rossouw: The last punk returns home
The guy behind the counter at the Bohemian is out to give the scene a swift kick in the pants.
‘Yeoville was my visual therapy’ – Gideon Mendel
Gideon Mendel revisits his selection of photographs, that show the 1980s Yeoville scene, in his latest exhibition "Living in Yeoville Revisited".
All aboard the night tour
A kaleidoscopic
night tour that is a
welcome departure from Jo'burg's silent northern suburbs.
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Corruption allegations: It’s a family affair at Dihlabeng municipality
The mayor, her relatives and their friends keep landing lucrative tenders and using state resources. Yet Lindiwe Makhalema has failed to declare the list of her relationships with people and companies benefiting from the municipality
Auditor-general’s report reveals the municipalities where the money goes to waste
Municipalities are in complete disarray, with many of them flagged by the auditor-general for deliberate lack of accountability and tolerance for transgressions by political and administrative leadership while billions are squandered.
Sassa disses disability grant applicants
Towards the end of level four of the lockdown, Sassa offices reopened for applications for old age pensions and childcare and foster care grants, but not for disability grants
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Security and Compliance Evolution in the Data Revolution
Organisations must adopt a risk-based approach to compliance and rely on technology to mitigate that risk and on people and process controls as well
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Covid-19 vs Child Nutrition
Children are being impacted severely across the world because of things such as reduced immunisation as health services prioritise treating Covid-19 cases
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MTN’s network innovation sees 5G launched at 100 sites countrywide
MTN South Africa has launched its widely accessible 5G network – the first of MTN’s 21 operations across Africa and the Middle East
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Economic ramifications of Covid-19
There is an opportunity for business and government in collaboration to galvanise and work together, and present ourselves as a viable destination for investment
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JSE-listed company BCX empowers its finance staff with professional accounting qualifications
'For the finance function to go beyond the numbers we need to be professional and we cannot leave out the financial control experts'
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Ensuring no prospective CA(SA) is left behind
Sizwe Nxasana talks about the macro-economic impact our country will suffer if the accountancy profession fails to transform its pipeline in the pandemic
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The rise and rise of Rise Uniforms
'If you can’t take a risk then you’re not an entrepreneur, and you might as well get out of the space' says Ntombekhaya Nonnxuba
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How to get R7 000 government funding for your spaza shop or traditional grocery store
The Spaza Shop Support scheme allows for your business to access a R3 500 working capital injection and an additional R3 500 in revolving credit
