Ekurhuleni

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You knew, Ekurhuleni! Community waste collectors ‘ripped off’

The City of Ekurhuleni repeatedly dodged claims by amaBhungane that a waste collection programme to empower the city’s poorest instead short-changed them. But city officials knew all along. Their own investigation, now obtained by amaBhungane, had told them the same thing.

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Hushed up: Mayor Masina’s high speed crash in ‘borrowed’ blue light car

City of Ekurhuleni mayor Mzwandile Masina was in a high-speed, midnight crash at the wheel of a luxury municipal car he allegedly had no permission to drive. A witness told police he behaved as if drunk. Thirteen months later, it is clear that the embarrassing incident has been hushed up.

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Ekurhuleni: High hopes trashed as millions promised to community contractors evaporate

A R1.2-billion Ekurhuleni waste management project to upgrade small-scale community operators into viable businesses has ended in acrimony over broken promises, dashed hopes – and a puzzle over where much of the money went.

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Cashing in on Ekurhuleni’s money for the poor?

A City of Ekurhuleni aid programme to benefit the poor was generously expanded – but the beneficiaries were often commercial companies, raising questions about misplaced priorities and political favours.

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Millions out, billions in part II: Company that paid millions to the ANC and Malema scored big in Ekurhuleni

Micah Reddy and Stefaans Brümmer
May 4, 2021

Some days Thulani Majola gave generously to the ANC; some days he gave to EFF leader Julius Malema. This even-handedness might help explain the hoard of government contracts Majola accumulated over the years. The second in our two-part series looks at how Majola’s company accumulated lucrative tenders in Ekurhuleni.

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Superheroes need help too: health workers in plea for protective gear

Health and emergency workers are on the front line of the Covid-19 war, but there have been reports that many go into battle with inadequate personal protective equipment. Nationally, hundreds have been infected. We investigated the situation on the ground in Ekurhuleni.

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Covid-19 exposes sanitation failures

Grandstanding about a Cuban Covid-19 “vaccine” allowed mayor Mzwandile Masina to avoid hard questions about getting his water and sanitation house in order.