Guest: NOMZAMO ZONDO, Executive Director · Socio-economic Rights Institute of South Africa

Johannesburg Emergency Services personnel suspect illegal electricity connections may have led to the blaze that gutted an abandoned building in Jeppestown in Johannesburg.

Four people have died, with three others being treated for their wounds, after  fire gutted a building in Jeppestown, Johannesburg on Sunday morning. 


What's happening in the City of Joburg? (I know it's an open needed question but it's one of those 'kwenzakalani' asked out of frustration)
It's been 11 months since the fire at the Usindiso Building - has government been laxed with improving services, law enforcement and putting pressure on the Usindiso Inquiry commission?

Guest: NOMZAMO ZONDO, Executive Director · Socio-economic Rights Institute of South Africa
Johannesburg Emergency Services personnel suspect illegal electricity connections may have led to the blaze that gutted an abandoned building in Jeppestown in Johannesburg.
Four people have died, with three others being treated for their wounds, after  fire gutted a building in Jeppestown, Johannesburg on Sunday morning. 
 
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<li>What's happening in the City of Joburg? (I know it's an open needed question but it's one of those 'kwenzakalani' asked out of frustration)</li>
<li>It's been 11 months since the fire at the Usindiso Building - has government been laxed with improving services, law enforcement and putting pressure on the Usindiso Inquiry commission?</li>
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YET ANOTHER HIJACKED BUILDING IN FIRE IN THE JOHANNESBURG CBD, JEPPESTOWN

Joburg has a new mayor and same old problems. Another building burning this past weekend, infrastructure collapsing and the Bree Street (the street that blew up) still not fixed. Apparently, Joburg needs about R200bn to fix its infrastructure. 

Guest: Brian McKechnie, Joburg architect and heritage consultant

Bree Street repairs delayed to 2026 after 'non-compliant' contractor fired

Lillian Ngoyi Street, which exploded on 19 July 2023, will only be completed on 30 June 2026 – if all goes according to plan.

The road, formerly named Bree Street, is one of the main arterial routes in Johannesburg's inner city.

It has endured traffic chaos since the 450-metre road was closed after being destroyed in a methane gas explosion.

According to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), two phases still need to be completed.

When reconstruction began on 11 January 2024, the former mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, said the repairs would be completed by 15 December 2024.

Joburg has a new mayor and same old problems. Another building burning this past weekend, infrastructure collapsing and the Bree Street (the street that blew up) still not fixed. Apparently, Joburg needs about R200bn to fix its infrastructure. 
Guest: Brian McKechnie, Joburg architect and heritage consultant
Bree Street repairs delayed to 2026 after 'non-compliant' contractor fired
Lillian Ngoyi Street, which exploded on 19 July 2023, will only be completed on 30 June 2026 – if all goes according to plan.
The road, formerly named Bree Street, is one of the main arterial routes in Johannesburg's inner city.
It has endured traffic chaos since the 450-metre road was closed after being destroyed in a methane gas explosion.
According to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), two phases still need to be completed.
When reconstruction began on 11 January 2024, the former mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, said the repairs would be completed by 15 December 2024.

Reviving Joburg: Can Joburg still be fixed?

Capitec Bank says the surge in sports betting in SA is something that the country has to have a conversation about…saying sports betting had taken root in SA with more people looking to lay their hands on extra money.

Guest: Ms Sibongile Simelane-Quntana, Executive director of the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation.

Capitec flags surge in sports betting

As a nation we should definitely think about the issue, says the bank’s Francois Viviers

The surge in sports betting in SA is something that the country has to have a conversation about, says Capitec, the country’s biggest bank by customers.

Capitec Bank says the surge in sports betting in SA is something that the country has to have a conversation about…saying sports betting had taken root in SA with more people looking to lay their hands on extra money.
Guest: Ms Sibongile Simelane-Quntana, Executive director of the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation.
Capitec flags surge in sports betting
As a nation we should definitely think about the issue, says the bank’s Francois Viviers
The surge in sports betting in SA is something that the country has to have a conversation about, says Capitec, the country’s biggest bank by customers.

SA Gambling addiction

Guest: VICTOR MAVHIDULA, Limpopo Provincial Manager · South African Human Rights Commission

Police have arrested a Limpopo pig farmer, his farm supervisor and a worker after they allegedly shot dead two women scavenging for expired food and then threw their bodies in a pigsty. 



Official accounts and eye witnesses said the pigs had already started feeding on the upper parts of one of the corpses by the time police arrived on the scene a few days later last week.



Families of the women – mother of four, Maria Makgato (47) and Kudyai Lucia Ndlovu (34), were still reeling in shock at the weekend over the incident.

Guest: VICTOR MAVHIDULA, Limpopo Provincial Manager · South African Human Rights Commission
Police have arrested a Limpopo pig farmer, his farm supervisor and a worker after they allegedly shot dead two women scavenging for expired food and then threw their bodies in a pigsty. 
 
Official accounts and eye witnesses said the pigs had already started feeding on the upper parts of one of the corpses by the time police arrived on the scene a few days later last week.
 
Families of the women – mother of four, Maria Makgato (47) and Kudyai Lucia Ndlovu (34), were still reeling in shock at the weekend over the incident.

YET ANOTHER HIJACKED BUILDING IN FIRE IN THE JOHANNESBURG CBD, JEPPESTOWN

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