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Fort Hare University, along with the Centre University of Technology, Free State, has been subjected to xenophobia accusations spread on social media. Photo: Supplied
CENTRE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Fort Hare University: Lies and xenophobia distract from the jobs crisis

State disinvestment in public services, infrastructure and manufacturing ensured that millions would remain trapped in cycles of poverty, with or without immigration

  • Leroy Maisiri
8 min read
Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero at the official handover of the Southern Farms Housing Project. (X)
ABANDONED BUILDINGS EXPROPRIATION

Johannesburg will expropriate property, but ‘not just for the fun of it’

Mayor Dada Morero said abandoned buildings will be seized to address the 1996 to 1997 RDP waiting list

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
Samaria Ndhove, 54, says she has ‘given up’ on receiving a house
ANC

Failed promises: The long and ‘hopeless’ wait for RDP houses

One resident said that if he could speak to the government, he would ‘plead’ for a safe house

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
South Africa’s macroeconomic policies have not worked, yet President Cyril Ramaphosa was mute on viable alternatives at the State of the Nation address. (Jairus Mmutle/GCIS)
ANC

The ANC fails to define its own economic policy

Its position has shifted from social democracy to neoliberalism over two decades. But what is it now?

  • Zama Ndlovu
8 min read
Neighbours without homes: Zoliswa Mabena (above), Richard Maphaho and Somsy Matso are part of a community grouping in Ekurhuleni who have taken their struggle for the RDP houses they were assigned but never received to the Constitutional Court. Photos: Andy Mkosi
EKURHULENI MUNICIPALITY

‘We can’t stop fighting for our dignity’: ConCourt hears RDP housing saga

One community’s 25-year battle has roped in the president, the Special Investigating Unit, public protector’s office and the highest court for an RDP house that means more than a…

  • Athandiwe Saba
10 min read