March 06
South Africa: Wits Students Stage 'Sleepover' Protests
The university says its made 530 emergency beds available and has reopened applications to on-campus residences Read more »
Ghana: Picket Outside Ghana High Commission Over Homophobic Bill
Treatment Action Campaign calls on Ghana's president to reject bill that will criminalise LGBTQ+ people Read more »
South Africa: Mbombela Warned to Fix Water Crisis As Taps in Several Villages Run Dry
"The last time we saw a drop of water coming out of the tap was about 15 years ago," says villager Read more »
South Africa: New Limpopo Clinic Has No Running Water
Municipality says Department of Health never applied for a connection Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Three People in Hospital With Serious Burns After Dunoon Shack Fires
At least 200 people were left homeless after two fires at the weekend Read more »
South Africa: Anti-Vaxxers Thrashed in Court
Application to stop Covid vaccine slammed as "manifestly unfair", fatally defective and dismissed with costs by Pretoria High Court Read more »
South Africa: Public Works to Investigate Mismanagement of Police Headquarters
"It's unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of state" says head of property management Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Residents March Over Water Outages and Unreliable Electricity
The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets Read more »
South Africa: Firefighters Battled to Extinguish Fatal Factory Fire Because Verulam Has No Water
Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing Read more »
South Africa: At Least 22 People Arrested During Student Protests in Bloemfontein
Central University of Technology students blame NSFAS for delays in funding Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Cape Town Pride Celebrates Equality in South Africa, Condemns Ghana's New Anti-Gay Law
"I am a proudly gay man," city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd Read more »
South Africa: Yoliswa Dwane, Education Activist Who Condemned John Hlophe, Is Remembered At UCT Event
She "dedicated her life to advancing social justice" but died "too young, too early" Read more »
South Africa: After 25 Years, 81-Year-Old Mthatha Widow Finally Gets an RDP House
"I don't have much but I'm happy for a decent house," says Ndenzeni Njwenene Read more »
March 01
South Africa: Gugulethu School for Adults Abandoned By Government, Say Residents
St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity Read more »
South Africa: Auditor General Gives Damning Report On Police Headquarters
This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use Read more »
South Africa: Komani's Unusable R20-Million 'Sport Facility'
"What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised," says resident Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa Suspends Dipuo Peters
But only for a month Read more »
February 29
South Africa: Doctor in Lottery Circumcision Scandal Fails to Challenge Probe
A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into National Lottery Commission (NLC) funding for a dodgy circumcision project is back on track. Pretoria Doctor John Marite has… Read more »
South Africa: Rescue On the Beach - Easy-to-Use Devices Placed On Popular Beaches Could Save Lives
Automated External Defibrillators and simple airway devices can be used by bystanders to help victims of cardiac arrest and drowning Read more »
South Africa: Photographing an Eviction in Cape Town
I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what's happening from a photographer's perspective Read more »
South Africa: NUMSA Protests in Support of Suspended Putco Workers
Putco concerned by how long CCMA process is taking Read more »
South Africa: Judges Grapple With Use of 'Ma Se P...'
Court considers nuances of grammar in decision to acquit man Read more »
February 28
South Africa: Soweto Households Without Electricity for Seven Months
Premier blames Eskom for delays Read more »
South Africa: Echoes of District Six Evictions in Case Before the Constitutional Court
Judges question City of Cape Town about eviction of Bromwell Street tenants Read more »
South Africa: Prasa Relocation of Railway Line Occupiers Was Illegal, Claims City of Cape Town
Parliament hears that City issued a contravention notice to rail agency, despite being part of relocation discussions Read more »