Children compete in a go-karting tournament in Gugulethu, Cape Town. Two large wheelchair wheels and two dustbin wheels. Wooden planks, bearings, rods and nails. These are the materials children have used in Gugulethu to build go-karts to race through the township streets. They did so as part of a two-day competition, New Race Go-Kart Tournament, which ran in Gugulethu over the … [Read more...] about Gugulethu goes gaga for go-karts
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A victory for PRASA’s corruption-busters
Graphic: Lisa Nelson Today, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal by Siyangena Technologies, a corrupt contractor for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). R5.5-billion of public money was on the line. Siyangena was shameless in its corruption. The company circumvented procurement rules, tailored PRASA contracts to their specifications, and infiltrated … [Read more...] about A victory for PRASA’s corruption-busters
Dismissed guards ask UCT to insource them
Dismissed security guards, supported by civil society groups, picket outside the University of Cape Town’s Bremner Building on Tuesday. They have asked the university’s COO to be insourced. Photos: Tariro Washinyira About 40 people picketed outside the University of Cape Town (UCT)’s Bremner Building on Tuesday in support of security guards who were sacked after they disrupted … [Read more...] about Dismissed guards ask UCT to insource them
Appeal court trashes Siyangena’s R5.5-billion appeal bid
The SCA on Tuesday rejected Siyangena Technologies’ appeal bid. Archive photo of Siyangena’s so-called ‘speed gates’ at Cape Town Station. Photo: Kim Reynolds The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed with costs a bid by Siyangena Technologies Pty Ltd to overturn a finding by the Pretoria High Court that it was complicit in corruption when it scored contracts valued at … [Read more...] about Appeal court trashes Siyangena’s R5.5-billion appeal bid
Municipalities are failing to provide clean water. Citizens are stepping in to fix the problem
In Kgetlengrivier municipality in the North West, the 510 households of the community of Mazista have to fetch water from boreholes on neighbouring farms such as this one. Although nine boreholes were drilled by the municipality and water tanks were built, no water flows through the taps of the government-supplied houses. The municipal boreholes have either been vandalised or … [Read more...] about Municipalities are failing to provide clean water. Citizens are stepping in to fix the problem
