Penwell Dlamini

Nov 21, 2024 | sowetanlive.co.za | Luphert Chilwane |Penwell Dlamini

Makeshift tents that are used by illegal miners in Soul City informal settlements in Krugersdorp. File Picture Mining companies who act irresponsibly and failed to close and seal mine shafts should be held directly responsible for illegal mining operations. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) issued several warnings about the big disaster that illegal mining poses but those warnings were ignored. The illegal mining activities have been left unattended for so long, it is a national crisis.

Sep 26, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Penwell Dlamini |Gill Gifford |Hendrik Hancke

‘It is a tough job but the best we can get’: restaurant workers Restaurant workers detail the difficult conditions they work under just to take care of their families 26 September 2024 - 21:18 By PENWELL DLAMINI, GILL GIFFORD and HENDRIK HANCKE “It is the only job that a woman like me can get easily, and it has been able to take care of me and my family. It is not fancy, but it pays the bills.” ..

Sep 19, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Penwell Dlamini

Bribery and lazy staff at Gauteng Liquor Board, says liquor traders The liquor industry lays bare the problems they face to get licences from the Gauteng Liquor Board 19 September 2024 - 21:46 Officials of the Gauteng Liquor Board (GLB) are allegedly asking for bribes from people needing services. Staff at their offices do not answer calls or respond to emails and sometimes do not show up for work, leaving the public with no-one to help them get the correct documentation to sell alcohol. ..

Sep 15, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Penwell Dlamini

'Jewel of Soweto' ripped apart as Walter Sisulu Square becomes 'ghost town' A tour guide laments he used to have about 60 visits from tourists each month, now he gets only three 16 September 2024 - 04:48 Thulani Mhambi used to welcome tourists from the US, Haiti and Jamaica to Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto...

Sep 14, 2024 | timeslive.co.za | Penwell Dlamini

Patients detail Gauteng hospital horrors Complaints of rude and lazy night nurses, dirty toilets and stinking wards 15 September 2024 - 00:00 By Penwell Dlamini Soiled underwear shoved into empty toilet paper dispensers, patients tied to beds with bandages, TB patients sharing wards with psychiatric patients — these are some of the complaints made this week by patients at state hospitals in Gauteng...