Draft Integrated Development Plan News Today

The deaths of at least 76 occupants of the Johannesburg Metro-owned death trap and former “Albert Street Pass Office” has become the latest in a long line of events that largely reflect similar patterns.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Maluti-a-Phofung expresses shock at the lack of any contingency plans for backup power at the four major water treatment plants in the latest Draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for 2023/2024. The DA has been calling for such plans for the continuous pumping of water during loadshedding schedules. The Constitution and The Water Service Act require municipalities and their water entities to supply basic water to communities and take steps to realise this ...