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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.

Foot-in-Mouth Disease: How Lesufi’s populist politics costs ANC in Gauteng

Lesufi’s remark about resorting to hotel showers during water shortages was not an isolated lapse of judgment but a revealing window into this broader political environment

Gauteng MEC for human settlement, urban planning and cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Lebogang Maile. (Sydney Seshibedi/The Times/Gallo Images)

Maile launches probe into Mashaba’s ‘stolen’ Alex renewal project files claim

The Human Settlement MEC has initiated a probe into Mayor Herman Mashaba’s claims that a government official stole Alex Renewal Project files

The inquiry will look into whether the budget allocated to the Alexandra renewal project was utilised for the purpose for which it was intended. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Alex inquiry: City of Joburg refutes residents’ claims

The inquiry’s mandate is to investigate whether there are violations of the rights contained in the Bill of Rights as related to people in Alexandra

According to residents, the money from the Alexandra Renewal Project cannot be accounted for because nothing has been done. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

‘The development of Alex has been arrested’ inquiry hears

During the protests, residents shed light on the failed Alexandra Renewal Project, which had an alleged allocated budget of R1.6-billion

EFF leader Julius Malema speaking at a May Day rally at Sankopano stadium in Alexandra. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Alexandra township is the place of forgotten people — Malema

The EFF leader says Alexandra is an indication of how the governing party has done nothing to improve the lives of township residents

The inquiry will look into whether the budget allocated to the Alexandra renewal project was utilised for the purpose for which it was intended. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Alex’s answer: Relocations

Town planners say the township’s infrastructure cannot support the number of people living there