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Recycle rather than expand or build more landfills.

Ubuntu can help achieve the dream of zero landfill

Our waste-management sites are filling up fast, with serious health and environmental consequences

Pindrop: Johannesburg’s libraries in the suburbs are in various stages of disrepair. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Joburg libraries are a place where books go to die

The closure of the city’s biggest library is a loss to the public, and some of the other libraries are also battling to keep the culture of books alive

File photo: Khaya Koko

No work done — but City Power blew R93.7m

The state claims that employees colluded in widespread fraud involving a substation project

Councillor Juwairiya Kaldine. Photo: Facebook

PA councillor accused of ‘fraudulent’ Joburg land transfer

The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation

HEINEKEN steps up sustainability drive, moving to 65% returnable glass for beer portfolio in 2024

Along with the Star Bottle, the company will be opening Green Zones across the country

Nathaniel Julies’s parents look on during the bail hearing of the three accused of killing him in 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Tombstone and wall of remembrance unveiled for slain teenager Nathaniel Julies

He was shot near his home in Eldorado Park, allegedly by police, during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Bulelani Mabutyana (left) and Siphenathi Mayekiso in ‘ImbiliniPhotos: Fahiem Stellenboom, Nicole Laxton Photography and Instagram

Visibility and inclusion matters

Well-known people with albinism are changing the way society sees those with this skin condition

The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court
(Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Police officers accused of Nathaniel Julies’ murder expected to plead when new trial starts

The trial has had to start afresh because the presiding judge died.

Nathaniel Julies’ mother feels it’s unfair to be subjected to the description of her son’s death for a second time in court. (Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Nathaniel Julies’ mother frustrated that murder trial has to start over

Bridgette Harris says it’s unfair to relive her son’s death for a second time in court

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

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

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

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.

Between the fields of illegally dumped waste and a contaminated Kliprivier stream passing through the area is a greening project.

Eldorado Park garden brings hope and heals volunteers

Between the fields of illegally dumped waste and a contaminated Kliprivier stream passing through the area is a greening project

Simon Scorpion Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Voster Netshiongolo appear at Palm Ridge Magistrate?s Court on October 06, 2021 in Palm Ridge, South Africa. The police officers  are implicated in the murder case of Nathaniel Julies (16) and face several charges including murder, perjury, defeating the ends of justice and unlawful possession of ammunition. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Police were told to stop using shotguns before Julies murder

In both Marikana and the 2014 Brits protests, the police claimed ignorance about the use of banned birdshot ammunition

Nathaniel Julies’s parents look on during the bail hearing of the three accused of killing him in 2021. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Police murder trial: 189 metal pellets killed Nathaniel ‘Lokkies’ Julies

At least 65% of the pellets in the cartridge hit the 16-year-old when he was gunned down in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, allegedly by in-training constable, Caylene Whiteboy

Simon Scorpion Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Voster Netshiongolo appear at Palm Ridge Magistrate?s Court on October 06, 2021 in Palm Ridge, South Africa. The police officers  are implicated in the murder case of Nathaniel Julies (16) and face several charges including murder, perjury, defeating the ends of justice and unlawful possession of ammunition. (Photo by OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Eyewitness in Nathaniel Julies murder trial fails to identify shooter

‘He was eating something. Then we heard a gunshot go off.’ This is what Tahira Kaldine testified in court on Wednesday at the Nathaniel Julies murder trial

Simon ‘Scorpion’ Nyalvane, Caylene Whiteboy and Vorster Netshiongolo appear at Palm Ridge Magistrates Court. (Photo by Gallo Images/OJ Koloti)

Nathaniel Julies trial: New evidence against senior in command, ‘Scorpion’

State witness Mandla Sithole’s testimony has again unveiled the scant regard for protocol or the rule of law by police officers

SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA – SEPTEMBER 28: The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Protea Magistrate’s Court for bail ruling on September 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

High court admits damning recording of alleged police cover-up in Julies murder case

Brutality trend emerges in trial against Eldorado Park police trio facing charges relating to the murder of Nathaniel Julies

The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court
(Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Recording of police accused in Julies’ murder reveals booze, cover-up

‘I need something stronger’: secret recording played in court reveals police may have consumed alcohol after killing Nathaniel Julies

The three police officers accused of killing 16 year old Nathaneil Julies appears at Protea Magistrate’s Court for bail ruling on September 28, 2020 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the trio accused in the Nathaniel Julies murder case was denied bail. The matter was postponed to 6 November for further investigation. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

One state witness is a no-show as Julies killer cops’ trial resumes

Nathaniel Julies’ murder accused Caylene Whiteboy was a junior reservist who graduated from college less than a year before the incident

No upgrade yet: Work has
been ongoing to upgrade
the Eldorado Park substation
since 2015, yet the project
remains marred by apparent
corruption and extortion.
(Andy Mkosi)

Eldos building mafia: Community anger amid extortion and ex-cons

Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation