PUBLIC MISLED Council lies — strongwoman Helen Botes is still working for the City of Joburg 3 min 20 By Ferial Haffajee
NEWSFLASH Former Johannesburg Property Company boss Helen Botes leaves city council 2 min 3 By Ferial Haffajee
ROGUE ADVERTISING Billboard jungle — Joburg under siege in battle against illegal outdoor ads 7 min 0 By Anna Cox
GREEN SPACES Joburg’s opaque plans to ‘alienate’ parks and other facilities has ratepayers seeing red 6 min 11 By Julia Evans and Ed Stoddard
JOZI BLUES Johannesburg leadership crisis: Helen Botes appointed acting COO despite legal and ethical concerns 3 min 26 By Ferial Haffajee
LIGHTS OFF City cuts off electricity and water to Joburg mayor’s expensive leased office — because of non-payment 7 min 47 By Ferial Haffajee
FREEDOM CHARTER SIGNING Walter Sisulu Square’s heritage of shame as criminals strip it bare 2 min 14 By Bheki C. Simelane
INNER-CITY BLAZE Councillor accused of acting as landlord for hijacked building to testify in Mashalltown fire inquiry 4 min 2 By Michelle Banda
VANITY PROJECT ANC-aligned Johannesburg Property Company rams through a multibillion-rand property deal 6 min 63 By Ferial Haffajee
MUNICIPAL CRISIS ‘Go home’: Joburg council meetings on indefinite hold after Metro Centre closure 4 min 12 By Bheki C. Simelane
JOHANNESBURG BREAKING Fire at Joburg Metro Centre causes immediate closure — mayor, city manager and Speaker moved out 3 min 21 By Ferial Haffajee
PROTECTED DISCLOSURE Did City MMC and Youth League leader instruct Johannesburg Property Company to pay for ANCYL function? 4 min 17 By Ferial Haffajee
METRO CENTRE EXCESS Joburg coalition plans to blow R2-billion on tarting up its own offices as city services collapse 4 min 11 By Ferial Haffajee
REFLECTION What happens in Joburg now? No mayor can stop our city from breakdown 5 min 16 By Ferial Haffajee
GROUNDUP SERI UNDER FIRE Joburg traders live in fear after lawyers defending evictions receive death threats 3 min 0 By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp
MUNICIPAL FINANCE ActionSA Joburg councillor in hot water for ‘meddling’ in tender processes 4 min 2 By Queenin Masuabi
GROUNDUP HISTORY NEGLECTED Kliptown residents fork out to clean up as City of Joburg turns back on Walter Sisulu Square 3 min 0 By Chris Gilili for GroundUp
PICTURE OF DECAY City of Johannesburg ‘exploring all possible avenues’ to rescue Joburg Art Gallery 5 min 2 By Julia Evans
PANDEMIC CORRUPTION, THE RECKONING SIU probe into government's R14.3bn Covid-19 spending finds thousands of irregular contracts 6 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
GROUNDUP Traders up in arms over maintenance, safety and oversight of Joburg’s landmark market 2 min 0 By Masego Mafata
