BUDGET BUST Pikitup left in lurch, refuse uncollected as Joburg’s funding woes grow 4 min 0 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
VIDEO Watch — Properties threatened by sinkholes as illegal mining hollows out Joburg 2 min 0 By Anna Cox
JOBURG SHOOTOUT One dead after suspected illegal miners open fire on police in Cleveland 3 min 0 By Anna Cox
CASH CRUNCH National Treasury intervenes as uncollected rubbish piles up across Joburg 5 min 2 By Reitumetse Pilane
GOING NOWHERE Grounded buses, idle stations, unpaid bills — inside the collapse of Joburg’s transport system 5 min 1 By Anna Cox
OUR CITIES City improvement districts do more than just enable vital services 6 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
XENOPHOBIC UNREST ‘100% a humanitarian crisis’ — the parking lot where Malawians wait to go home 7 min 0 By Reitumetse Pilane, Salim Nkosi and Bheki C. Simelane
EMPTY POCKETS Sheriff seizes Joburg assets as City admits late payment forced closure of service centre 4 min 1 By Anna Cox
ACTS OF FAITH The birth of the Market Theatre: Exactly how did it happen? 11 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
READERS’ STORIES Joburg’s Electricity Extortion Watch: ‘Nothing can compensate for the trauma’ 6 min 0 By Diana Neille
MUNICIPAL BREAKDOWN Pikitup’s growing crisis: Broken trucks, contractor protests, months of missed collections 5 min 2 By Anna Cox
OUR CITY NEWS Johannesburg counts the cost as xenophobic violence still simmers 6 min 0 By Jan Bornman, Mandisa Ndlovu and Karabelo Phakoe
BROKE AND BROKEN CITY Joburg’s ‘grounded’ metro police fleet raises fresh fears over deepening cash crisis 3 min 0 By Anna Cox
CITY ‘LOVE AFFAIR’ Joburg’s boomtown at the bottom of the pyramid — a guided walk 11 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
GUEST ESSAY In Joburg, art is made with urgency, worlds collide and status can shift 5 min 0 By Laurice Taitz-Buntman
XENOPHOBIC UNREST Police look on as anti-foreigner marchers vandalise businesses, join inspections 7 min 6 By Reitumetse Pilane
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Joburg silent on extent of fuel crisis after Kenny Kunene reveals JRA fleet grounded 3 min 4 By Anna Cox
