August 23, 2022
South Africa: Prasa Whistleblower Speaks Out
It's not just the masters of corruption that need to be brought to justice but the consultants and bureaucrats who helped them Read more »
August 16, 2022
South Africa: Mining Affected Communities Protest Outside Parliament
Activists demand mines develop and help the communities that host them Read more »
South Africa: Saftu and Numsa Clash As Shutdown Looms
Metalworkers union forbids its federation from discussing congress contempt case, but SAFTU says no Read more »
August 18, 2022
South Africa: Uber, Bolt Drivers Strike for Two Days
Drivers want more money and an end to the freeze on new licences Read more »
South Africa: NUMSA Spokesperson in Defamation Row
Phakamile Hlubi-Majola claims Ruth Ntlokotse "wants to destroy NUMSA" Read more »
August 12, 2022
South Africa: This Is Why Tembisa Residents Started Deadly Riots
Electricity was at the root of dissatisfaction Read more »
August 15, 2022
South Africa: Small Scale Fishers Call for Halt to Gas and Oil Exploration #AfricaClimateCrisis
"When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die" Read more »
South Africa: Durban Residents Repair Flood Damage, Give Up On Govt
Some suburban associations have ambitions to get "off the municipal grid" Read more »
August 11, 2022
South Africa: In Drought-Stricken Mandela Bay, Leaking Taps Are Wasting Precious Water #AfricaClimateCrisis
We reported a leaking standpipe 18 months ago. It is still leaking Read more »
August 10, 2022
South Africa: Vital Court Case On Numsa's Future Postponed
A full day has been set aside for the Labour Court in Johannesburg to hear the case next week Read more »
August 08, 2022
South Africa: City of Joburg Demolished Mama Fifi's Urban Farm, but She's Determined to Start Again
June demolition of Bertrams Urban Farm, running for 16 years, disrupted dozens of feeding schemes Read more »
South Africa: Judge Slams Bank and Its Lawyers for Shoddy Work
The bank took a "cut and paste" approach against a home owner Read more »
August 05, 2022
South Africa: Most Applicants for Social Relief of Distress Grants Are Young
Approximately 600,000 SRD grant applicants hold tertiary qualifications Read more »
South Africa: Seasonal Farm Workers Struggle for Months to Get Unemployment Insurance Money
Long queues at De Doorns labour office where the system is often offline Read more »
South Africa: Numsa - It's Ruth Ntlokotse Versus Irvin Jim in Court
Labour Court to hear Ntlokotse's arguments that the union's elections were invalid and that Jim should be arrested Read more »
August 03, 2022
South Africa: Free State Drinking Water Polluted By Sewage
Winburg one of many towns in the province with unsafe drinking water Read more »
South Africa: Lotteries Chief Paid 'Performance Bonus' When He Wasn't Even at Work
Phillemon Letwaba earned nearly R4-million and Lotteries boss Thabang Mampane more than R4.5-million in the 2020/21 year Read more »
August 02, 2022
South Africa: Education Department Misses Court Deadline to Pay Educators
Eastern Cape education department has now promised to pay staff at a Makhanda school by the end of August Read more »
South Africa: High Court Victory for Former Farm Worker From Wellington
Drakenstein Municipality failed in its duty to provide emergency housing, Western Cape High Court finds Read more »
July 28, 2022
South Africa: Electricity Poles Uprooted By Shack Dwellers Demanding Power
Kariega protesters are threatening to intensify their action if City fails to meet their demand Read more »
South Africa: River Club Contempt of Court Hearing Pushed Back Another Week
And a move to depose Tauriq Jenkins as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council is struck from the urgent roll by High Court Read more »
July 27, 2022
South Africa: Relocation 'On Track' - Train Line Occupiers Assured By Minister, Cape Town Officials
Metrorail line in Langa to be vacated in November Read more »
July 26, 2022
South Africa: Villagers Raise R135,000 to Build Bridge Across Deadly River
Vondo villagers have been asking the Thulamela Municipality for a footbridge for over 20 years Read more »
May 26, 2016
South Africa: Uber and Out - Drivers in Cape Town Are Working 24-Hour Shifts for Low Pay
"You must be prepared to sleep on the road" Read more »