BUDGET BUST Pikitup left in lurch, refuse uncollected as Joburg’s funding woes grow 4 min 2 By Anna Cox
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 ‘Mayor Yama2k’ — Ntsiki Mazwai trades armchair criticism for a shot as Joburg mayor 4 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi
CASH CRUNCH National Treasury intervenes as uncollected rubbish piles up across Joburg 5 min 2 By Reitumetse Pilane
EMPTY POCKETS Sheriff seizes Joburg assets as City admits late payment forced closure of service centre 4 min 1 By Anna Cox
CITY FINANCES Joburg by numbers: The figures behind Parliament’s grilling of SA’s biggest metro 6 min 1 By Anna Cox
GROUNDUP Joburg won’t name its water tanker suppliers despite spending R650m in five years 3 min 1 By Seth Thorne
By Daniel Meyer Joburg and Emfuleni: A tale of 2 municipalities and the story of a crisis unfolding 6 min 0 2 June 2026
BROKEN CITY OP-ED Joburg’s unfunded budget is a ticking time bomb for essential services 5 min 0 By Julia Fish
MUNICIPAL FAILURES SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster 5 min 3 By Lerato Mutsila
OUR CITY NEWS Five years later, Ennerdale library reopening in doubt as inspection reveals poor workmanship 5 min 0 By Mandisa Ndlovu
SYSTEM STRAIN New Brixton reservoir brings capacity boost but Joburg’s water stability remains uncertain 5 min 0 By Reitumetse Pilane
ELDERLY ELEGY No budget, no plan: Joburg’s old-age homes maintained only if funds are available 5 min 0 By Anna Cox
OVERSIGHT VISIT Zille ‘chased’ by Metro Centre guards as civil society demands answers on planning records 4 min 1 By Anna Cox
‘Tick-box democracy’ Joburg’s Integrated Development Plan meetings are failing residents — Here’s how to contribute meaningfully 4 min 0 By Anna Cox
OVERPAID, UNDERSERVED Seven of Joburg’s 22 top managers failing — but City won’t say who 5 min 4 By Anna Cox
DRIVEN UP A POLE ‘We want houses, not Wi-Fi,’ say Soweto informal settlement residents 4 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
SHARED PUBLIC SPACES OP-ED Beyond compliance — the urgent need for child-centric advertising regulation 4 min 0 By Nosiphiwo Nzimande, Sameera Mahomedy and Susan Goldstein
TRADING BLOCK Barred Joburg informal traders can’t pay school fees as city permit confusion continues 5 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
AMABHUNGANE Invalid R263m tanker tender rolls on as Joburg’s taps run dry 9 min 5 By Buyeleni Sibanyoni
WATER CRISIS Nobody cares, rage Joburg residents as water outages worsen 5 min 6 By Naledi Mashishi, Bheki C. Simelane and Reitumetse Pilane
