Gauteng Department of Housing

Media Coverage 2009

Title	Date
BRT revs up	August	view
Top municipal officials ake stand in sex pest hearing	August	view
Top Cop	August	view
People	August	view
Sexwale to spend more nights with urban poor	August	view
It was difficult to sleep	August	view
Mc Bride in bid to keep his job	August	view
Rich Tokyo spends night among poor	August	view
Power Back In Joburg CBD	August	view
Black costs Joburg millions	August	view
Lights back on parts of Diepkloof	August	view
Refugees thrown out	August	view
Power restored to Joburg CBD	August	view
Joburg volunteers get down and dirty	August	view
Wage agreement angers workers	July	view
Party loyalty	July	view
Manipulating housing process is illegal	July	view
Seasoned bureaucrat faces uphill battle	July	view
RDP conman Ntuli vanishes into thin air	July	view
Merafong mayor says he was not forced out	July	view
Nationwide strike now threatened	July	view
Ray of hope for Johannesburg CBD	July	view
Thokoza boils over again as residents protest over lack of service delivery	July	view
Taxpayers to foot the bill for the wage demands of municipality workers	July	view
Thokoza violence erupts again	July	view
Thokoza still angry	July	view
Protest won	July	view
Municipal worker unions to decide on new offer	July	view
Call to intesify strike	July	view
People are demanding public service	July	view
Squatters sue council	July	view
Services a right	July	view
Long wait for Joburg power	July	view
Chaos as strike fever grips	July	view
Striking Municipal workers cripple services	July	view
Mobilise communities instead of providing houses of cards	July	view
Battle for power	July	view
Farm raided	July	view
Councillors are Novices	July	view
Delivery protest growing more political	July	view
How much longer must we live like this?	July	view
Workers Demand R200000	July	view
WE NEED IDEAS FOR BETTER LIFE, 21 July 2009	July	view
COUNCILS ,21 July 2009	July	view
WINTER FIRES WARNING	July	view
PEOPLE WILL PROTEST UNTIL ANC HONOURS ITS ELECTION PROMISES,17 July	July	view
No bonuses for civil servants,17 July	July	view
DAMNING REPORT ON PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGERS,17 July	July	view
MANY OF THE 2, 6 MILLION LOW COST HOUSES THE GOVERNMENT BUILT FOR THE POOR SINCE 1994 WERE OF INFERIOR QUALITY AND WILL NOW COST BILLIONS TO FIX ,16 July	July	view
Unlocked tenders peed delivery,16 July	July	view
Church now haven for thugs,16 July	July	view
Mr Eviction strikes again	July	view
Ekurhuleni municipality a rudderless ship after firings,14 July	July	view
Bleak prospects for shack dwellers, 14 July	July	view
Eradication of shacks not possible by 2014, 14 July	July	view
Diepsloot calm after weekend of mob trouble,14 July	July	view
IGNORE WAGE INCREASE,13 July	July	view
Municipalities must get audits in order,13 July	July	view
Ekurhuleni on R170 mn power upgrade drive	July	view
R2billion	July	view
We are poor but we did not deserve such small houses	July	view
MEC warns RDP fraudsters	July	view
ALL SERVICES RESTORED AS EMS STRIKE ENDS	July	view
GOTCHA	July	view
Lies set Diepsloot on fire	July	view
Emergency workers back to the rescue	July	view
Homes for 2000 Zimbabweans	July	view
Empty promises spark protest	July	view
Diepsloot in flames	July	view
Eight held during Diepsloot protests	July	view
Salga wage negotiations under way	June	view
New library brings locals up to speed	June	view
Illegal EMS strike continues	June	view
Beggars	June	view
Public Service Week to enhance service delivery	June	view
Municipal offices torched	June	view
Tardy councils face financial paralysis	June	view
Eskom gets 31.3 percent tariff hike	June	view
Threats to make Midvaal ungovernable	June	view
Ekurhuleni has the best water	June	view
City manager	June	view
Joburg to spend R600m to fight poverty	June	view
EMS STRIKE ON UNTIL TALKS END	June	view
Power tariffs cannot rise rapidly	June	view
REDUCE RESIDENTIAL FIRE RISK	June	view
MADIBA STATUE GETS ITS OWN SPOT	June	view
STAIRWAY HELL	June	view
OWNERS CAN CONTEST VALUATIONS	June	view
NO END IN SIGHT FOR EMS STRIKE	June	view
Alex Chamber says it will cripple mall	June	view
Housing case postponed in court	June	view
Water system in crisis	June	view
20 000 Joburg volunteers get down and dirty	June	view
Residents defy order to vacate Pretoria flats	June	view
Not safe as houses	June	view
Minister of Human Settlements Tokyo Sexwale	May	view
Newtown families face eviction from their homes	May	view
Mr Eviction - Officials can't explain how Bindela was able to rent out his RDP house and evict two families from other houses	May	view
Zuma declares 'ekasi' mall open	May	view
Lack of services lead Orange Farm residents to rebel	May	view
Anger over RDPs	May	view
Council gets rid of apartheid hostels	May	view
Joburg residents in court for invading RDP flats	May	view
Alex flats 'vacant but not empty' - Legitimate occupiers are waiting to move in	May	view
And these houses stand empty	May	view
46 held for illegal occupying RDP houses	May	view
Housing official nabbed for corruption	April	view
New housing project launched on East Rand	April	view
Alex protest: We will not vote for anyone	April	view
Police shoot on protesters in Kagiso	April	view
Angry residents resist evictions	March	view
Soweto housing protest turns nasty	March	view
Govt employees nabbed for housing fraud	March	view
Housing provision a race against time	March	view
Wanted : More Houses	March	view
Family units rising from hostel ashes	March	view
R36 - billion project aims to house masses	March	view
Residents protests over orphanage	March	view
Title deeds to make owners feel secure	March	view
Housing Agency set up to tacklebacklogs	March	view
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	March	view
MEC upbeat about Gauteng growth	Feb	view
THOUSANDS OF NEW HOUSES FOR KHUTSONG	Feb	view
Housing Minister sends team to assist storm victims	Feb	view
Durban high court delivers a land mark ruling on Eradication of Informal settlement in SA	Feb	view
Bad planning causes houses to fall apart	Feb	view
Fed-up hostel women	Feb	view