August 30
South Africa: Blackout in Eastern Free State After Substation Vandalised
Thousands of litres of oil stolen, says municipality Read more »
August 29
South Africa: Hundreds March to Tshwane Mayor's Office Demanding Debt Write-Off
"Please accommodate our motion to write off our debts" Read more »
August 27
South Africa: Thousands of Teaching Posts to Be Cut in the Western Cape
Schools are expected to receive their 2025 staff allocations on Friday Read more »
August 23
South Africa: Canadians Challenge New Naspers CEO Over Work Conditions
Fabricio Bloisi assured shareholders that protection for workers was important to him and the group Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Electricity Protest Brings Traffic to a Halt
"We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity" Read more »
August 20
South Africa: Households Left Without Electricity As Eskom Implements Load Reduction
Power utility says this is necessary to protect transformers overloaded by illegal connections Read more »
August 19
South Africa: Trains Now Run to Khayelitsha, but the Central Line Is Still Not Fully Operational
Metrorail says work on remaining stations was delayed by rains Read more »
August 16
South Africa: Stop New Mining On West Coast, Say Fishers
"We depend on the ocean" Read more »
August 15
South Africa: My Three-Month Battle With the Unemployment Insurance Fund
Appeal to the new Minister of Labour to fix the problems with the fund Read more »
August 14
South Africa: Security Guard Strike Hits Western Cape Sassa Offices
Several offices closed on Tuesday Read more »
South Africa: Cost of Taxi Rank Balloons From R5.8-Million to More Than R20-Million
It's been a long wait for commuters in Tsomo Read more »
August 12
South Africa: Rail Theft Accused Using 'Stalingrad Tactics', Court Hears
Decision on the High Court review brought by Syed Mohiudeen postponed Read more »
August 07
South Africa: Hundreds of Waste Pickers March in Joburg Demanding Compensation
They also oppose the City's plans to burn waste in incinerators, saying it threatens the livelihoods of thousands of waste collectors Read more »
August 05
South Africa: Power Restored to Diepsloot Welfare Organisations At Last
Lawyers against Abuse director says they are now able to provide counselling sessions without the constant noise of the generator Read more »
August 01
South Africa: Hundreds March in Khayelitsha to Demand That Eskom Re-Open Its Service Centre
Protesters say they were not consulted Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Community Plays Cat-and-Mouse With City Power Over Illegal Connections
City Power technicians removed over 18,000 kilogrammes of illegal wiring on Wednesday. But minutes after they left, people were seen making new electricity connections Read more »
July 31
South Africa: We Asked Cape Town's Transport Boss About the Future of Passenger Rail in the City
"Our objective is simple: to get passenger rail back up and running in the quickest possible way" says Roberto Quintas Read more »
July 26
South Africa: Churches Join Call for Basic Income Grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Read more »
July 25
South Africa: Spectre of New Hotel Looms Over SA's Oldest Mosque
Bo-Kaap residents appeal City's decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb Read more »
July 23
South Africa: Government Contractor Misses Yet Another Deadline On R123-Million Gauteng School
Construction of the project started in 2022 to accommodate the school's 1,200 learners Read more »
July 22
South Africa: Farmers Fear Loss of Land to Motsepe Foundation Citrus Project
Phalaborwa farming associations sound the alarm Read more »
July 19
South Africa: Joburg Families Plead With City Officials to End Power Cuts
City of Johannesburg losing between R5-million and R10-million monthly due to illegal connections, says City Power Read more »
July 15
South Africa: No Electricity for Diepsloot Welfare Organisations
Eskom says broken transformer can't be fixed again because the area is high risk Read more »
South Africa: The Little Charcoal Business Run By a Group of Young People in Matatiele
Morumotsho Charcoal has been going for eight years Read more »
July 11
South Africa: Buffalo City Ratepayers March to City Hall, Rejecting Electricity Fee
A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July Read more »