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The five-storey building that caught fire and claimed the lives of 77 people in Marshalltown was leased to the provincial development department for a shelter for abused women and children before it was “hijacked”
COJ

Joburg building engulfed by fire, killing 74, was a ‘hijacked’ shelter for women and children

The fire that gutted the building might have been caused by illegal electricity connections, officials said

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
The City of Johannesburg’s request to be exempted from load-shedding for three days following the devastating floods that affected parts of the city has been approved by Eskom. (Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

City of Johannesburg welcomes Eskom’s three-day exemption from load-shedding

City Power and Eskom identify hardest-hit areas by the floods which have caused widespread and escalating damage to power infrastructure

  • Mandisa Makgakga
3 min read
Small- and medium-sized enterprises need and deserve a more predictable load-shedding to be in control of their destiny. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images
ANDRE DE RUYTER

Blackout: Municipalities brace for the worst

A total blackout is unlikely, but South Africa’s municipalities say they won’t be caught off guard

  • Sarah Smit
  • Mandisa Makgakga
6 min read
Gauteng’s top police brass are leading an operation near the Goudkoppies landfill site where bodies have been piling up, with nine murders in the past two weeks
ELDORADO PARK

Nine dead: Police descend on lawless ‘Lapland’ at Goudkoppies landfill

The police operation coincided with the discovery of another four bodies near the site on Johannesburg’s Golden Highway on Wednesday morning

  • Tunicia Phillips
5 min read
Gauteng’s top police brass are leading an operation near the Goudkoppies landfill site where bodies have been piling up, with nine murders in the past two weeks
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG

Residents warned City of Joburg about deadly Goudkoppies landfill years before murders

The residents live less than 500 metres from the landfill and have, for several years, complained to the city’s various entities.

  • Tunicia Phillips
3 min read