Articles for Bongane Motaung

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Disabled man’s bucket urinal system keeps Joburg streets clean

Thabo Khumalo makes R70 a day renting out his buckets to passers-by

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Photo Essay | 28 March 2025

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KZN activist shot dead

Vusi Banda – Mondlo Township Civic Organisation chairperson – was murdered on Thursday

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Brief | 21 February 2025

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Mondlo residents want to leave their municipality

Hundreds of people marched to the Abaqulusi Municipality offices to demand services

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Brief | 20 February 2025

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Waste management project is changing lives in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Kenneth Shelembe says he makes a living wage through the Nquthu Waste Management Project

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Brief | 20 February 2025

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Pensioners queue for hours to replace expiring SASSA cards

“If I don’t change my card there will be no income in my house,” says 84-year-old KZN pensioner

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News | 14 February 2025

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Storms damage hundreds of homes and schools in northern KZN

Homes damaged across Msinga and Abaqulusi municipalities

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Brief | 5 February 2025

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Villagers block roads in northern KwaZulu-Natal

Silonjane villagers say they’ve been sidelined

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Brief | 29 January 2025

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Video: Zulu victory over British commemorated

Mayor says the Isandlwana battlefield will be used to develop the local economy

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Video | 24 January 2025

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“Many women are going to starve with their families” says widow as CWP contracts end

Update: COGTA extends Community Works Programme contracts terminated for workers aged 55 and older late on Thursday night

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News | 16 January 2025

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Life is tough in Tin Town

“When it is raining, we spend our nights standing up”

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Brief | 2 December 2024

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Five years of water shortages in KZN township

Residents take legal action

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Brief | 20 November 2024

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Over a thousand RDP homes built in 2019 still without tap water

Human Rights Commission found significant backlogs in water supply at uMzinyathi District municipality, KwaZulu-Natal

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Brief | 19 November 2024

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Sewage flows in streets as KZN township faces water crisis

For six months Sithembile township in Glencoe has been struggling with water shortages

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Brief | 7 November 2024

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Broken promises and neglect: the struggle for clean tap water in rural KZN

“Sometimes we fight over water”

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News | 1 November 2024

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KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps

Ndatshana residents say they were without running water for seven years

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Brief | 17 October 2024

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In this village some people say they drink just one cup of water a day

Water infrastructure was installed in uMsinga in KwaZulu-Natal years ago but has never worked

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News | 9 October 2024