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Public Works Minister Macpherson orders probe after three killed in Soweto building collapse

Public Works Minister Macpherson orders probe after three killed in Soweto building collapse

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has directed the Council for the Built Environment to launch an immediate investigation after a structural collapse in Doornkop, Soweto, which claimed three lives in the early hours of Sunday morning.

By Lindsey Schutters

The joys of gathering pine cones in Joburg over the quiet festive season

The joys of gathering pine cones in Joburg over the quiet festive season

City Power wants to buy Kelvin Power Station and Egoli Gas

By Yvonne Grimbeek

City Power wants to buy Kelvin Power Station and Egoli Gas

GEOPOLITICS OP-ED

2025: A year of deepening the UK-SA Growth Partnership

By Antony Phillipson

2025: A year of deepening the UK-SA Growth Partnership

ENERGY TRANSITION OP-ED

Eskom awards contract to develop a virtual wheeling platform amid regulatory tension

By Chris Yelland

Eskom awards contract to develop a virtual wheeling platform amid regulatory tension

Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme

Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme

By Naledi Mashishi and Lerato Mutsila

The chef who’s bringing heart and soulful food to a refreshed Jozi inner city

The chef who’s bringing heart and soulful food to a refreshed Jozi inner city

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Government entities owe Joburg Water R628m — see who’s not paying their accounts

Government entities owe Joburg Water R628m — see who’s not paying their accounts

By Yvonne Grimbeek

Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it

Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it

By Ferial Haffajee

Joburg opens 37 pools for festive season — here’s the full list

Joburg opens 37 pools for festive season — here’s the full list

By Yvonne Grimbeek

Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security

SECURITY CRISIS

Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security

‘I've lost my love', slain Witness D’s partner weeps as security officials say two possible motives emerge

MURDER MOST FOUL

‘I've lost my love', slain Witness D’s partner weeps as security officials say two possible motives emerge

By Ferial Haffajee

Changemaker and cultural custodian Osmic Menoe is spearheading SA’s first hip-hop museum, in the heart of Newtown

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

Changemaker and cultural custodian Osmic Menoe is spearheading SA’s first hip-hop museum, in the heart of Newtown

Infant abandonment rises in Joburg as legal battle over ‘baby savers’ continues

By Mandisa Ndlovu

Infant abandonment rises in Joburg as legal battle over ‘baby savers’ continues

Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope

Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope

Walking through Braamfontein — a civic experiment in Johannesburg's heart

By Laurice Taitz-Buntman

UTILITIES FIASCO

Joburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute faces dark times as electricity is cut over unpaid bills

JOBURG NEWSLETTER

DA wins Cyril’s Hyde Park ward by 97%

By Ferial Haffajee

TYRED OF BROKEN PROMISES

The tyres keep burning, but we are still waiting

By Agnes Mbokwana

Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system

Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system

With 81% of residents not paying, illegal occupants moving in, and maintenance at breaking point, many units have become uninhabitable while the City claims its hands are tied by low collections and soaring utility costs.

OPPORTUNE MOMENT

Post-G20: How to keep Joburg mayor's feet to the fire

How a Joburg informal trader turned R5 plates of food into a family legacy

By Bheki C. Simelane

‘Lungs’ — spotlight falls on 21st-century liberal dilemmas in this masterful production

By Richard Poplak

What Does the G20 mean for Ordinary South Africans?

By Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster

Chef Mahlomola is Johannesburg’s Jack of all Trades

INNOVATIONS MAN

Chef Mahlomola is Johannesburg’s Jack of all Trades

By Naomi Campbell

Revealed: City of Joburg executives' soaring pay breaks the rules — while services collapse

OVERPAID, UNDERSERVED

Revealed: City of Joburg executives' soaring pay breaks the rules — while services collapse

Transforming inner-city places into welcoming people spaces

Transforming inner-city places into welcoming people spaces

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

G20 Summit in SA adopts Declaration despite US boycott, opposition

G20 Summit in SA adopts Declaration despite US boycott, opposition

Johannesburg Art Gallery restoration: Priceless artworks return home

PROTECTED TREASURE

Johannesburg Art Gallery restoration: Priceless artworks return home

By Naledi Mashishi

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