The Gauteng provincial government says it will spare no effort in its drive to provide housing for millions who are currently living in informal settlements and backyards. Human settlements MEC Tasneem Motara handed over 140 newly built RDP houses to beneficiaries in Tembisa that include families that all along had to share apartheid 4 roomed houses with other families leading to protracted Text: The apartheid government allocated a single 4 room house to two black families, an arrangement that created…

University of South Africa (UNISA) Correctional Management expert Professor Thabiso Matshaba has said that the Department of Correctional Services is sitting on a ticking time bomb by failing to expeditiously resolve the crisis of untraceable parolees and escaped inmates who are roaming the streets unrestricted by the law and remain unaccounted for. Matshaba was speaking on YOU FM’s Newshour following the appearance of the Department’s Minister, Dr Pieter Groenewald, before the Portfolio Committee in Parliament, where he conceded that the…

Twelve people have been killed and several others injured following a mass shooting at the Jumpers Informal Settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, on Tuesday night. According to police, the shooting happened at about 23:10 when members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) responded to reports of gunfire in the area. On arrival, officers found multiple victims with gunshot wounds scattered across the informal settlement. Emergency medical personnel were called to the scene to assist the injured. Police said 11 victims …