MUNICIPAL POLITICS Ekurhuleni mayor’s reshuffle triggers political chaos and coalition tensions 6 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
Digging for survival Desperation drives Springs gold rush, say residents, as authorities crack down 4 min 0 By Reitumetse Pilane
‘DRUG-BUST OPERATION’ Authorities distance themselves from fatal shooting at which ActionSA's Xolani Khumalo was present 4 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi
ANALYSIS The burning fires of internal political party tension — before the local elections 6 min 3 By Stephen Grootes
FAULT LINES From Ekurhuleni to Hong Kong — Fear, drugs and death in Joburg’s ‘place of peace’ 12 min 4 By Hazel Friedman
DECEMBER BY-ELECTIONS ANC retains Ekurhuleni, Western Cape wards, but sheds support to Patriotic Alliance, ActionSA 6 min 0 By Wayne Sussman
MURDER MOST FOUL Police identify three ‘persons of interest’ in killing of whistleblower Marius van der Merwe 6 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
ROGUE ADVERTISING Billboard battle intensifies as outdoor ad industry accuses Sanral of defying court order 4 min 1 By Anna Cox
FAILING CITIES OP-ED Financial health of seven of SA’s eight metros ‘a grave concern’ 6 min 2 By Tsakani Maluleke
ROGUE ADVERTISING Every single billboard on R21 to OR Tambo Airport is illegal, says Sanral 5 min 12 By Anna Cox
GREEN MENACE Tshwane's Hennops River turns green: algal blooms signal a growing environmental crisis 5 min 11 By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Ethan van Diemen
TAKING ACTION Hope for Gauteng's struggling municipalities with establishment of new committee 4 min 19 By Nonkululeko Njilo
WATER CHALLENGES Minister blames municipalities for Gauteng water crisis, offering four immediate actions 7 min 19 By Julia Evans
TAKING STOCK ANC’s Gauteng decline — Ekurhuleni region blames service delivery, MK and EFF coalition 4 min 28 By Queenin Masuabi
ANALYSIS Politics of failure — Panyaza Lesufi’s populism may be running out of runway 4 min 34 By Stephen Grootes
SPEAKING OUT Ekurhuleni residents voice grievances to Ramaphosa at first GNU presidential imbizo 4 min 0 By Nonkululeko Njilo
OUTAGE OUTRAGE ‘Cruelty of the highest order’ — Gauteng residents decry water situation 4 min 4 By Michelle Banda
ANALYSIS The GNU, alliances and alignments — the 2026 municipal elections will soon test them all 3 min 3 By Stephen Grootes