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Cape Town's construction sector is booming — and increasingly under threat.
CONSTRUCTION MAFIA

Zero arrests, R1.5bn hit, engineers leaving: Cape Town's construction extortion crisis

Skilled engineers are leaving the country. SAPOA says construction-site extortion is why.

  • Given Majola
  • Vivian Warby
4 min read
Businessman Lawrence Chamurwa Mudzinganyama is facing a criminal case after a video emerged on social media showing him allegedly threatening women during an altercation at a Sandton restaurant.
PROCUREMENT

Mudzinganyama case triggers government contract probe

eThekwini says Moriel Infrastructure Group’s R16.1m North Park Sewer Project is 95% complete, as investigations continue into contracts linked to businessman Lawrence Mudzinganyama

  • Rapula Moatshe
6 min read
The body of the ninth women believed to be in her early 20's was discovered by a jogger in Dawnpark, Ekurhuleni, on Thursday, 17 September 2026, following a gruesome discovery of 8 other women found in different parts of Ekurhuleni in the past two weeks.
EKURHULENI

Inside Ekurhuleni: Deaths, corruption cases and an election

Ekurhuleni is facing a reckoning on several fronts.

  • Vivian Warby
7 min read
UMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) president Jacob Zuma arriving at a hotel in uMhlanga on Friday for the party's media briefing.
ANC

MKP banks on Zuma's popularity over high-profile mayor candidates

The MK Party has named former Midvaal mayor Bongani Baloyi as its Johannesburg mayoral candidate and announced candidates for five other major metros.

  • Willem Phungula
3 min read