Most informal businesses in SA run without any permit or license
The sixth Survey of Employers and the Self-employed shows some interesting trends…
WATCH: City Power removes illegal connections at informal settlement in Roodepoort
City Power said the illegal connections damage its infrastructure. Technicians from City…
PICS: Over 120 displaced as fire ravages KZN informal settlement
No injuries have been reported so far, but officials are still on…
Spaza shops: State urged to intensify policing of informal food outlets
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi urges stricter enforcement of food bylaws to combat…
WATCH: Inside burnt Joburg CBD building ‘being used as informal settlement’
After extinguishing the blaze, emergency services inspected the building and found it…
R140m Rea Vaya depot stalls as informal settlement blocks progress
The informal settlement is on land earmarked for a Rea Vaya bus…
Residents left out in cold after Marikana informal settlement evictions
Recent evictions from the Marikana informal settlement near Centurion’s Gautrain station have…
Government benefits from us being here, say informal settlement residents
A strong stench of sewage running between shacks, illegal electricity connections, the…
Patsing informal settlement residents live in fear amid heavy rainfall
Residents in the Patsing informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg are…
Informal settlements ‘stealing’ electricity costs Joburg millions
City Power said informal settlements that are “stealing” electricity by tapping illegally…
