Articles for Steve Kretzmann

Court declares Cape Town’s new fixed charges unconstitutional

Fixed charges for water, sanitation, and cleaning be set aside from 30 June

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Law | 30 April 2026

Cape Town’s bid to manage Metrorail gets the go-ahead in R1.9-trillion national plan

Mayor welcomes plan to rejuvenate country’s freight and passenger rail

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News | 30 April 2026

The mystery of the Chinese trawlers arrested at sea

Four offences seem to have been committed but only one fine was imposed by the fisheries department

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News | 28 April 2026

Mpumalanga’s Emakhazeni fails to bill residents as its towns crumble

The municipality ran up a deficit of R21-million in the 2024/25 financial year

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Feature | 7 April 2026

Water corruption: hundreds of cases referred for prosecution, but no arrests

MPs concerned that criminals are getting away with large-scale fraud and corruption over water and sanitation projects

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News | 1 April 2026

Arts festival inspires Mpumalanga towns

My Body My Space arts festival provides a much-needed injection of money and opportunities for residents of Emakhazeni Local Municipality

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Feature | 17 March 2026

Central Karoo lags behind Western Cape’s progress

Teenage pregnancy, low birth weights, and high neonatal mortality plague the areas around Beaufort West and Laingsburg

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News | 6 March 2026

How a company is making affordable housing possible

And what municipalities can do to help

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Interview | 3 March 2026

What Cape Town can still do to address its housing crisis

With a backlog of 600,000 housing units and the state only providing 2,500 a year, there is a role for the private sector to play

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Explainer | 25 February 2026