Fixing water outages, upgrading failing infrastructure, halting municipal instability, and fighting violent crime ... He said the start of the province’s water crisis last month was caused by an explosion at a RandWater plant ... Sowetan .
Political analysts and some members of parliament say proposed legislative changes expanding president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah's authority could signal an executive overreach ....
Informal traders have threatened to protest at the City of Johannesburg offices every day from next week if they do not receive their trading permits within seven days ... This is the money we use to raise our children and take care of our families ... .
Mpumalanga police are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged two mobile offices at the Schoemansdal police station on Thursday afternoon ...Police officers on duty noticed the flames and immediately reported the incident ... .
Russia and close ally Belarus will have 10 athletes competing under their flags at the upcoming Winter Paralympics in a first since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ... .
The morning sun had barely risen when members of Vuka Grannies FC, aged 60 to 80, stepped onto the field to take part in their first eight-team tournament in Soweto. The grannies had been practising for weeks ... The passes were firm ... “Go, girl!” ... “Run!”.
The family of a 10-year-old boy who died after allegedly being struck by a soccer goalpost at school is demanding answers, saying they still do not know exactly what happened to their child ... What exactly happened to him,” Mogakwe asked ... Sowetan .
In a Soweto neighbourhood where most people would be taking it easy in their golden years, Vuka Grannies FC is rewriting the rules of ageing ... However, the spotlight shines brightest on their oldest player, 80-year-old striker Fikile Marishane.
The Ekurhuleni municipality has sent electricity disconnection notices to 189 schools ... “We bill government between R50m and R70m monthly. If this is not collected, it places a strain on the municipal budget,” he said ... .
Ameer Ejaz Khan from BNP has secured the total of 121,352 votes by defeating KrishnaNandi, the lone Hindu candidate fielded by Jamaat-e-Islami(JMI) ... .
PULL QUOTE = “Something sinister must have happened to my child.” — Bongiwe Mnisi ... Manqoba Mnisi the five-year-old boy who died after allegedly falling in the toilet at Bernard Isaacs Primary school at Coronationville. (Supplied) ... (Supplied) ... Sowetan .