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Prof Khaled Abou-El-Hossein the Executive Dean of Engineering and Technology at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) at the Green Hydrogen Centre of Excellence at the Southern Gauteng Science and Technology Park in Sebokeng. Picture: Ihsaan Haffejee

Vaal Hydrogen Hub’s hollow promises

A flagship green hydrogen project is positioned to support industrial development in the Vaal — but there’s no sign of it and little awareness among the communities it is meant…

In Boipatong, Phuthulla Primary School has struggled for at least eight years with the flow of sewage from broken pipes into the school yard when it rains. Photo supplied

Health hazards plague Emfuleni townships

The air and water pollution caused mainly by industry are compounded by crisis management

Free at last: The period from1994 to 2008 was an era of rethinking and reimagining South Africa, and constructing practical programmes to dismantle apartheid architecture.  Photo: David Turnley/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images

Effective governance crucial for sustaining South Africa’s democracy

The nation is in a far better place than it was when apartheid ended. But what is also true is multiple spheres of government struggle to deal with societal problems and service…

Desperate: Polluted water accumulates where rubbish blocks a stormwater drain in Bophelong township. Photos: James Puttick

Sewage still flowing into the Vaal River destroys homes, livelihoods

The Vaal River intervention project has shown some progress but most of the treatment plants are still not working

Gushing: Water flows from the Vaal Dam after sluice gates were opened by the department of water and sanitation when levels reached more than 100%. Photo: Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images/Beeld

Sluice gates opened as Vaal Dam reaches maximum capacity

Farmers have been warned to move equipment and to avoid crossing flooded low lying bridges.

The full election picture is almost complete.  (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Big party failures crystalise as vote count enters final stretch

With at least 66 hung councils so far, coalitions are on the agenda as ANC and DA majorities tumble

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Editorial: No urgency to fix Vaal sewage crisis

As far back as 2007, a local nonprofit met with government officials to deal with the pollution crisis in Emfuleni. Residents are still waiting

Ramaphosa told those in attendance in Alexandra that he understands their grievances. “We must respond to the pain and the suffering that our people are going through.” (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Ramaphosa addresses Alexandra, says he thought Mashaba would have come first

Speaking at Alexandra Stadium on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa told residents the area “is not a dumping ground”

Beyond a crisis: Raw waste, which is now abundant in the Vaal River system, was raised as a problem in at least 2002. (Delwyn Verasamy)

The Vaal remains up shit creek

Budgetary constraints have resulted in a plan that won’t cope with Sedibeng’s sewage flow

‘We want children to imagine themselves differently and to engage in dialogue that is essential to their health and wellbeing.’

We’ll pay Eskom, not municipality

Businesses are hard hit by blackouts because local government owes the power utility billions of rand

“There was an offer from Saudi to invest in Denel, not buy a stake. At some point we did consider it, but we did not come [to] any conclusion,” Sisulu said. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Do the right thing’

The ANC’s Gauteng secretary says ‘revolutionary morality’ demands that the controversial leaders must put people first

(David Harrison)

Makhura confirms cash-strapped Emfuleni municipality placed under administration.

Makhura said the province will have financial control over the struggling municipality ― which includes the towns of Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark

Jacob Khawe is the second provincial leader to speak out against the presence of their seniors at provincial conferences.

ANC says Emfuleni mayor back on the job

​Jacob Khawe is back in his position as mayor of Emfuleni after resigning earlier this week after just six months on the job

Jacob Khawe is the second provincial leader to speak out against the presence of their seniors at provincial conferences.

Emfuleni mayor resigns after municipality placed under administration

After only holding the position for three months, Jacob Khawe has resigned with immediate effect

Gauteng will expand with the addition of another metro. (Gallo)

Gauteng municipal landscape set to change

Gauteng is set to get a new metro with the merger of Emfuleni and Midvaal local municipalities and Sedibeng district municipality.