Governance

Local government in South Africa is broken: but giving the job to residents carries risks

25 February 2021

Local government in South Africa is broken: self help on the rise

In December 2020, the High Court in Mahikeng, the capital of South Africa’s North West Province, made a controversial order after finding that the ...

What Ramaphosa offered in SONA 2021 was not a plan. It was a platitude.

Opinion

12 February 2021

What Cyril offered in SONA 2021 was not a plan. It was a platitude.

The government has been singing from the same hymn sheet for years without offering tangible results. We are still without electricity, government corruption is ...

Housing

27 November 2020

Pietermaritzburg housing protest met with rubber bullets - again

Residents of Mkhondeni’s Sacca informal settlement, Pietermiaritzburg, blocked all access roads to the area on Thursday, demanding to know what is happening ...

The Collapse : South Africa's rivers of bacteria

Research

25 November 2020

Pollution: South Africa's rivers of bacteria and filth

In 2010, the United Nations recognised access to clean water and sanitation as a fundamental human right. However, over 4.1 billion people around the world, ...

PRASA : The disgusting stench of crime & corruption

Governance

09 October 2020

PRASA : The unbearable stench of crime & corruption

All agreements between the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (PRASA) and Siyangena Technologies (PTY) Ltd were set aside by the North Gauteng High ...