Seth Thorne

Just a journalist with a passion for what he does. Work has appeared on GroundUp, Daily Maverick, News24, Newsday, BusinessTech and Wits Vuvuzela.

[Seth Thorne @thorneseth]

Water is so close, yet so far for this Joburg neighbourhood https://t.co/O3i7kRqw4u

[Seth Thorne @thorneseth]

Officials allegedly targeted elderly residents and bereaved families or families in dispute. Wills were fabricated and title deeds altered to enable the fraudulent sale and transfer of properties. https://t.co/dIj5Y43pcR

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The North West municipality has ignored an MEC’s instruction to “initiate a process of revocation” of the appointment of three senior officials. https://t.co/JQOcI19uhq

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@Mentallyillnpc @CityPowerJhb Just visited - nobody attending to it.

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“All we are asking for is dignity,” community development forum chair tells government https://t.co/WBz3Y2KLgw

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The Department of Water and Sanitation has given the City 60 days from 31 March to come up with a plan https://t.co/Rm0nOXM01v

[Wayne Duvenage @wayneduv]

A well articulated piece by @thorneseth . Very concerning. This CoJ bunch personify incompetence on a grand scale. Systems collapse gradually at first, then with speed. We are in a dangerous situation in Joburg. Leadership change can’t come soon enough.

[Seth Thorne @thorneseth]

Take me to the river: baptisms in Joburg’s polluted water
https://t.co/9pjYzffsq9

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Memorials honouring the victims of the 1960 massacre are falling into ruin, but local activists are stepping up to improve the township https://t.co/YxsPEdsPbH

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[Daily Maverick @dailymaverick]

Sewage, waste and failing infrastructure push Gauteng’s rivers toward ecological collapse https://t.co/QR78rsT9QU

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Failing sewage systems, rapid urbanisation and industrial pollution have turned Gauteng’s rivers into an environmental and public health problem
https://t.co/IbOju3YDUF

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The Newville swimming pool in Newlands’ Region B, Johannesburg, was once a popular communal space where families gathered on weekends and children learned to swim. But after years of neglect, the pool is beyond repair.
https://t.co/LWr29Wcc9j

[Seth Thorne @thorneseth]

Families across Johannesburg, from Brixton to Westbury, Melville, Coronationville and Midrand, have been facing dry taps for weeks, reeling from the impact of an ailing water distribution network.
https://t.co/g3MumKSOLy

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“I fought for freedom, and now I am going to die without water” says Mpumalanga pensioner https://t.co/O8m4kJDDpB

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For the residents of Krugersdorp, the silence at the Bob Van Reenen Stadium is louder than the cheers that once filled it.
https://t.co/lO5Xvn4s6w

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[Seth Thorne @thorneseth]

The City of Matlosana’s council has voted to reinstate former Chief Financial Officer Mercy Phetla, reigniting a politically charged corruption saga that previously led to her dismissal earlier this year.
https://t.co/7e2s10xwkK

[Newsday @NewsdayZA]

The CBD of Krugersdorp in Gauteng's West Rand is in a state of deep decline.
https://t.co/T5PQWWo7y9

[Newsday @NewsdayZA]

Newsday visited the Plastic View informal settlement on the outskirts of the crumbling Krugersdorp CBD, where residents seek to be self-reliant but remain marred by violence, unsafe mines, and scarce government support.
https://t.co/HNaibqKKnT