Lenasia

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

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The utility buys R11-bn of electricity from Eskom which it needs to sell to make revenue and reinvest but instead it loses R2-bn a year due to illegal connections

South Africans and migrants alike struggle to lead dignified lives. People are desperate and fed up

A girl from Lenz became a game designer and has made waves globally with her after HOURS

Sibusiso Emanuel Tshabalala is facing a murder charge after he shot and killed his son in what he says was a freak accident

Residents say they find themselves without water almost weekly

In a statement, Mashaba said all pending evictions have also been suspended unless he approved them.

A Hare Krishna parade in Lenasia on Saturday night celebrated the life of Madiba — a man who learnt its holy book while on Robben Island.

As school admission issues continue to plague Thembelihle pupils, activists battle to place students three weeks after schools have reopened.

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has waded into the Lenasia demolitions debacle, demanding the matter be dealt with in 72 hours.

If expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is anything to go by, moderate is the new radical.

No further demolitions of illegally-built homes in Lenasia will take place until a solution is found.

Lenasia residents whose houses have been demolished must be compensated, Cosatu Gauteng has said, while Julius Malema will visit the area.

Civic Organisation Sanco has said it will rally to keep Tokyo Sexwale out of office because of his silence on the demolition of houses in Lenasia.