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R1-billion to fix North West’s failed housing projects (opens the original)
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This poorly built RDP home had its roof blown off during recent high winds in the township of Agisanang near Sannieshof in Tswaing Local Municipality, North West province. Agnes Maropeng has lived in a corrugated iron shack for over 35 years in the informal settlement of Skierlek in Delareyville in the North West province. Maropeng said her family and dozens of her neighbours in the beleaguered Tswaing Local Municipality have been promised housing, water and sanitation for decades. Her street is
How Matlosana went from gold-mining boom to municipal bust (opens the original)
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City of Matlosana Local Municipality in North West is under a financial recovery plan after years of mismanagement. âForgottenâ by the municipality is how Gideon Matseke describes his community in the township of Khuma, east of Stilfontein in the North West City of Matlosana. Its untarred roads were flooded when we visited. Stormwater pipes have been left for two years on the roadside and never installed. But according to Matlosanaâs 2024/25 annual report, the stormwater project is complet
Elections 2026: How this North West town went from boom to bust (opens the original)
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An empty fountain inside the precinct which hosts the City of Matlosana Local Municipality council and city hall in Klerksdorp. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee “Forgotten” by the municipality is how Gideon Matseke describes his community in the township of Khuma, east of Stilfontein in the North West City of Matlosana. Its untarred roads were flooded when we visited. Stormwater pipes have been left for two years on the roadside and never installed. But according to Matlosana’s 2024/25 annual report, the
Elections 2026: This failing town is knee-deep in sewage (opens the original)
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An elderly woman is helped across a stream of sewage in Letsopa near Ottosdal in the North West province. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee Abraham Moreo lives on a street flooded with raw sewage. The leak has been going on for so long in Letsopa in Ottosdal in the North West, that the sewage has carved out a riverbed. Now the provincial government is taking steps against the failing Tswaing Local Municipality, which has consistently failed to obey instructions. Moreo has lived in the township for 30 year
Bidvest packaging workers on strike (opens the original)
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Workers strike at Masterpack in Johannesburg. Photo: Seth Thorne Workers at Masterpack have been on strike since Monday. They are demanding a 9% wage increase and bonuses. About three dozen workers picketed outside the company’s Johannesburg offices and factory on Friday. Wage negotiations reached a deadlock on 21 August. The striking workers consist of approximately 30 members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) and 21 from the Allied Workers Union of South Africa (
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