May 02
South Africa: Millions Owed to Scholar Transport Providers in Eastern Cape
Total shutdown avoided after transport department promises to pay by 15 May, but disruptions reported in some areas Read more »
South Africa: 'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers
Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without… Read more »
South Africa: Workers Hold Vigil Outside Gauteng Health Department, Demanding Permanent Jobs
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) says workers will protest daily Read more »
South Africa: Mineworkers Disrupt Cosatu May Day Rally in Soweto
"What are we celebrating, when we are losing our jobs?" Read more »
May 01
South Africa: Village Activists Take Marikana Mining Company to Court
Tharisa Mines is trying to gag us, say Oridile Kgatea and Rodney Kotsedi Read more »
April 30
South Africa: Public Sector Hard Hit By Strike Action
In 2023 and again in 2024, about half the strikes have been in the public sector, says report Read more »
April 26
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Renewable Energy
We asked the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
South Africa: Can South Africa Afford a Basic Income Grant? or Can We Afford Not To?
GroundUp and Black Sash hosted a debate on the feasibility of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) on Thursday Read more »
South Africa: Solar Lights Mean Shack Dwellers Can Walk to the Toilet At Night
About 75 households in Khayelitsha were given solar street lights in a move to make the area safer Read more »
April 25
South Africa: It Took a Year but Tafelsig's Streetlights Are Back On
1,000 residents needing help with service inquiries also went to a pop-up service hub hosted by the City Read more »
April 24
South Africa: Agricultural Hubs Create Work and Hope for Hundreds
But Industrial Development Corporation funding for the project in KwaZulu-Natal is coming to an end Read more »
April 22
South Africa: Scrap Electricity Tariff Hikes, Demand Durban Residents
Public comment on increases for ratepayers in eThekwini closed on Friday Read more »
April 19
South Africa: Power Outage Sparks Days of Protest in Joburg
Protests started on Tuesday, culminating with major roads to Orlando East, Pennyville, and Noordgesig being blocked on Thursday Read more »
April 17
South Africa: Thousands of School Children Stuck Without Transport Months Into School Year
Eastern Cape transport and education departments are being taken to court Read more »
South Africa: Sasol Makes the World Co2 Emissions Blacklist
The company is among 57 companies in the world responsible for 80% of carbon dioxide emissions Read more »
April 15
South Africa: Macassar Residents 'Will Fight Tooth and Nail' Against Prasa's Plan to Relocate Shack Dwellers
Hundreds marched on Saturday to protest against PRASA's plan to move shack dwellers occupying the Central Line to Macassar Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Elections 2024 - What the Major Political Parties Say About Public Transport
We sent questions to the ANC, DA, EFF, IFP, FF Plus, ActionSA, PA, MK Party and RISE Mzansi Read more »
March 27
South Africa: Hundreds of Security Guards Sent Home Without Wages After Eastern Cape Health Department Fails to Pay Contractors
Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year Read more »
South Africa: Homeowners Protest After City Power Tackles Illegal Connections
700 houses targeted in sting operation Read more »
March 25
South Africa: Cape Town School in the Dark Because It Owes Thousands to Eskom
A teacher at Vergenoegd Primary in Delft, Cape Town, says they discovered that the bursar office missed payments from August 2023 Read more »
March 20
South Africa: Mpumalanga Protesters Reject Government's Latest Energy Plan
Marches for cleaner, safer, and more affordable energy took place across the country on Wednesday Read more »
South Africa: NPA to Seize Property Belonging to Prasa Fraudster
Former engineering head Daniel Mtimkulu had his salary more than doubled after fraudulently claiming a doctorate and a job offer from a German firm Read more »
South Africa: We Must Reject the Government's Dirty Energy Plans
This year's Integrated Resources Plan is horrifying Read more »
March 15
South Africa: How to Spend 12 Years Building a Police Station
Minister Sihle Zikalala has promised the Vuwani police station will be completed in 2025. Work on it started in 2012. Read more »
March 14
South Africa: The European Company That Profited From Corruption At Passenger Rail Agency
This article is the first in a series of articles on corruption in PRASA's dealings with a front company called Swifambo Rail Leasing. It focuses on Vossloh, a European rail… Read more »