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Steve Kretzmann

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · By Steve Kretzmann

    Rail theft case: accused changes lawyers for 7th time (opens the original)

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    Cape Town businessman Nadir Mohiudeen, accused of fraudulently selling off 42km of state railway line in the Eastern Cape, appeared without legal representation in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane A Cape Town businessman accused of fraudulently selling off 42km of state railway line in the Eastern Cape appeared without legal representation in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday after having switched lawyers for the seventh time. Nadir Mohiudeen,

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · By Steve Kretzmann

    Cape Town Airbnb hosts could pay triple rates (opens the original)

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    The City of Cape Town has drafted a new by-law to apply commercial property rates to all properties available for short-term letting for more than half the year. Archive photo: Brent Meersman A new by-law seeks to regulate short-term rentals in Cape Town by enforcing registration and imposing commercial rates on properties that are available to be let out on a short-term basis for 183 days or more per year. Objections and comments on the proposed by-law can be submitted via the City’s website un

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · By Steve Kretzmann

    Exceptional El Niño puts southern Africa on drought alert (opens the original)

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    Water resources need to be conserved and protected as southern Africa braces for the likelihood of a dry, hot summer which may be unprecedented. Photo: Steve Kretzmann The rate at which the Pacific Ocean surface waters are warming in the current El Niño cycle is “highly unusual”, the South African Weather Service has warned. Existing temperature records are being broken. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a cyclical but irregular climate phenomenon caused by warming surface water in the

  4. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · By Steve Kretzmann

    Elections 2026: Blunders in Mangaung are poisoning Free State water (opens the original)

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    A statue of former president Nelson Mandela on Naval Hill overlooks Bloemfontein. Photos: Steve Kretzmann Alongside the deeply potholed Denne Avenue on the south-eastern edge of Bloemfontein, leaking municipal water pipes have created a 1,500 square metre vlei on land belonging, ironically, to the Rivers of Living Waters Ministry. About 2.5km further along, flanked by sewage-saturated fields, is the Sterkwater wastewater treatment works, one of Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality’s main sewage pl

  5. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · By Steve Kretzmann

    Cape Town desalination plans delayed while water demand soars (opens the original)

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    Theewaterskloof Dam in April 2018 during the last drought in the Western Cape. Archive photos: Ashraf Hendricks The City of Cape Town’s plan to build a desalination plant at Paarden Eiland has been scuttled by Transnet’s intention to expand the port. Tabling the latest Water Outlook report on 21 August, mayco member for water and sanitation Zahid Badroodien told council that the search is on for “alternative locations” for the permanent desalination plant. Besides possible cost implications, the

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