September 26, 2022
South Africa: Here's Why Cape Town Is Clearing Invasive Plants
The project is expected to save billions of litres of water a year Read more »
September 24, 2022
South Africa: Hundreds March to Parliament, Calling for Action Against Climate Change #AfricaClimateCrisis
This Heritage Day event was part of global protests against climate change Read more »
September 23, 2022
South Africa: Wits to Name Landmark After a Mining Company. Students Are Demanding That It Rather Be Named After Marikana
Protesters say Sibanye-Stillwater is responsible for the "exploitation and destruction of communities and the murder of mine workers" Read more »
South Africa: Where Have All the Chameleons Gone?
And what you can do to encourage them to live in your garden Read more »
September 22, 2022
South Africa: No Explanation for Why a Judge Has Taken 19 Months to Rule in Vital Court Matter
Judge Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi of the Gauteng High Court reserved judgment in February 2021 Read more »
South Africa: Emalahleni Is Failing to Provide Clean Drinking Water to 500,000 People
People have to use their social grants to buy electricity to boil dirty water Read more »
September 21, 2022
South Africa: We Want More Toilets and Better Access to Water, Say Centurion Shack Dwellers
But City of Tshwane says it has already provided what it can with its budget Read more »
September 20, 2022
South Africa: Yet Again No Trains Operating in Eastern Cape
Commuter costs have doubled and tripled on major routes as a result Read more »
September 19, 2022
South Africa: Government Needs to Speed Up Cannabis Law Reform, Say Protesters
"We've been given the constitutional right to grow and consume it, but we haven't been given the right to trade with it," says Linda Siboto Read more »
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Say They Cannot Afford Solar Power Company's Monthly Fees
Empowerment project stumbles in Khayelitsha, showing the complexity of providing solutions to informal settlements Read more »
South Africa: Zimbabweans Trying to Leave SA Not Being Turned Back - Home Affairs Explains
The department says people without valid documents are being referred to documentation counters but choose not to go Read more »
September 16, 2022
South Africa: Traditional Court Condemns 19-Year-Old to Grisly Death
Accused of stock theft in 2020, Abulele Kwindana was killed. More than two years later, no-one has been charged with his murder. Read more »
South Africa: The Media Has Failed to Warn Society About Climate Collapse, Says Science Writer
Climate reporting guide for South African media launches Read more »
September 15, 2022
South Africa: Zimbabweans Trying to Leave South Africa Turned Back at Beitbridge Border
Home Affairs fails to explain Read more »
South Africa: New Copyright Bill Will Take South Africa Into the 21st Century At Last
The bill will give South Africans artists and creators benefits and rights already enjoyed in many countries Read more »
South Africa: Immigrants' Homes Torched in Plettenberg Bay Township
Landlords and community members protest against xenophobic attacks Read more »
South Africa: Closure of Sassa Pay Points 'Catastrophic' for Pensioners in Rural Areas
Elderly people in rural Eastern Cape are paying R120 to go and collect their grants Read more »
September 14, 2022
South Africa: Auditor-General Issues Damning Report On Lottery Finances
R23-million in irregular expenditure; R36-million in accounting errors Read more »
South Africa: Delivery Truck Torched By Protesters Furious With Municipality
Westville shack dwellers blame Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for housing delays Read more »
South Africa: Protesters Camp Outside Soweto Police Station After a Surge in Gun Deaths
Eldorado Park residents demand better policing Read more »
South Africa: Here's Who Qualifies for Cape Town's Indigent Support and Lower Rates
The City says it helps more than 40% of households with free basic services Read more »
South Africa: Restoring Dignity to Our Courts - the Duties of Legal Practitioners
Insulting, inappropriate, vulgar, and disparaging language have no place in litigation Read more »
South Africa: A Small Patch of Carpet Is All That's Left of His Home
Dean Phiri was one of those who lost their shacks in Randburg demolition Read more »
South Africa: Evicted 'Park Dwellers' Seek Damages From City of Johannesburg
"I was treated as a nuisance and not a human being" Read more »
September 13, 2022
South Africa: Police Accused of Extorting Money From Immigrants During Raids in Johannesburg
SAPS says anyone who is asked for a bribe must come forward Read more »