December 07, 2023
South Africa: The EU Protects Its Companies From Big Pharma. South Africa Needs to Do the Same
Critical work being done by local scientists is at risk Read more »
December 06, 2023
South Africa: Criminals Terrorise Old Gold Mining Area
Four years after notorious gang leader was shot by police, Roodepoort families still live in fear Read more »
December 05, 2023
South Africa: Large Part of Johannesburg Without Electricity Since Saturday
City Power predicts seven days to restore power after fire gutted Observatory substation Read more »
South Africa: South African Primary School Team Takes Top Place in Coding Tournament
The #Coding4Mandela World Championship was held virtually on Tuesday Read more »
South Africa: Trains to Return to Stellenbosch By Year End, Says Metrorail
Residents struggling to pay for alternative transport look forward to the return of rail services Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: Labour Appeal Court Rules Numsa Suspension of Ntlokotse Unlawful
Accreditation of delegates at the union's national congress last year also found invalid Read more »
November 28, 2023
South Africa: Activists Want Government to Do More to Register Domestic Workers
Three years after the landmark Concourt ruling, very little has changed with their access to compensation Read more »
November 24, 2023
South Africa: Gold Mining in the Overberg - Fears Relieved for Now
Mining company has not met the first deadline for an Environmental Impact Assessment Read more »
November 23, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds of Early Childhood Development Sector Workers March in Manguang
They are frustrated by "failures" in the Free State education system Read more »
November 22, 2023
South Africa: Vaalpark Suburb Without Power for 10 Days
Vandalism of substation blamed Read more »
South Africa: Aussie Mining Company 'SLAPP Suit' Partly Settled Out of Court
Six South African defendants have reached an agreement with Mineral Commodities Ltd Read more »
November 21, 2023
South Africa: Health Workers Picket for Palestine Outside Red Cross Children's Hospital
Organisers call for immediate ceasefire Read more »
South Africa: Small Farmers Celebrate Victory Outside Cape High Court
Housing Development Agency agrees to drop eviction proceedings Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: Farm Worker Family Evicted, Belongings Dumped On the Side of the Road
"I am broken" says Jan Marthinus, in tears after his family was left homeless Read more »
November 16, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds March to the City Hall in Durban Demanding Jobs
Retrenched Public Employment Programme (PEP) workers want to be reinstated by eThekwini municipality Read more »
November 15, 2023
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Want Sand Mining Halted
They say the sand is damaging their shacks. The City of Cape Town says the affected households will only be relocated in 2024 Read more »
South Africa: Khayelitsha Schools Battle Illegal Electricity Connections
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880 Read more »
November 10, 2023
South Africa: Expelled NUMSA Members Start Rival Union
Metal Mining and Allied Workers Unions of South Africa (MMAWUSA) holds inaugural press briefing Read more »
November 07, 2023
South Africa: It's 'Toad Versus Road' in the Western Cape High Court
Environmentalists challenge road extension that threatens endangered Western Leopard Toads Read more »
November 06, 2023
South Africa: Union Demands Suspension of Municipal Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment
Ekurhuleni municipality initially suspended the manager in June following an internal investigation into the complaint. He was allowed to return three months later Read more »
South Africa: Court Issues Scathing Order Against Prasa Over Train Security
The passenger rail agency has until end of November to report back on the status of a new tender process for security contracts Read more »
November 04, 2023
South Africa: Activists Demand End to TotalEnergies Offshore Drilling
The French multinational company wants to drill for oil and gas along the South African coastline near Cape Town, the West Coast and the Garden Route Read more »
November 01, 2023
South Africa: AMCU Vs NUM - Workers to Vote At 'Hostage' Mine
Gold One will organise ballot of miners Read more »
October 31, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds March in the Rain in Durban to Demand Municipal Jobs
The workers also want the eThekwini municipality to pay them on a higher salary scale Read more »
South Africa: Budget Cuts - Why Doesn't the Govt Use Some of the Money in This R459-Billion Account?
The reasons for not using money from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are political, not legal or economic Read more »