September 22, 2022
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: 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 »
September 14, 2022
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: Auditor-General Issues Damning Report On Lottery Finances
R23-million in irregular expenditure; R36-million in accounting errors 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: Minister Creecy Washes Hands of Grabouw Occupation
The Knoflokskraal community still face eviction from the 1,800ha land earmarked for forestation Read more »
September 12, 2022
South Africa: Khoisan Settlement Faces Eviction From Prime Forestry Land
Some Knoflokskraal residents want to negotiate with government for the land to be given to them Read more »
South Africa: It's Time to Flip the Housing Delivery Model On Its Head
The future of affordable housing is about the enabling state Read more »
September 15, 2022
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 »
September 14, 2022
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 »
September 13, 2022
South Africa: Court Orders Eastern Cape Health MEC to Reinstate Whistleblower
A woman has been compensated for the "punishment" she received for reporting attempted nepotism in the department Read more »
September 07, 2022
South Africa: Civil Society Criticises Gender Commission Box-Ticking Exercise
Organisations say the period for public comment on selection of commissioners is inadequate Read more »
September 05, 2022
Africa: Debunking the Myth That Africa Responded Well to Covid-19
We should not let governments that failed to even count their dead off the hook Read more »
September 01, 2022
South Africa: Seismic Judgment - Court Overturns Exploration Rights Granted to Shell
The court has put a stop to the seismic survey along the Wild Coast Read more »
South Africa: No Light At the End of the Tender for Eastern Cape Villages
Millions have been spent on the Sivumela project and eight years later, hundreds of households are still without electricity Read more »
South Africa: National Lotteries Commission Ignored Warnings About Corruption
For years, the Lottery avoided, dismissed or suppressed recommendations by at least three reports urging it to take action Read more »
South Africa: Government Says Makhado Water Scheme Will Be Finished Next Year. but Residents Have Heard This Before
The project is five years overdue while the water crisis in Louis Trichardt and surrounding villages is urgent Read more »
August 22, 2022
South Africa: Decades Into Democracy Pietermaritzburg Can't Blame Ageing Infrastructure for Water Woes, Says Sahrc
Hearings into the province's water crisis concluded on Friday Read more »
South Africa: Samwu Wants Tshwane Metro to Increase Wages By 3.5%
Mayco member Kingsley Wakelin says the City is "struggling with finances" Read more »
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 18, 2022
South Africa: The President Came, the President Went, and Nothing Changed
15 months after the Harrismith N3 protests, the people of Intabazwe say they remain forgotten Read more »
South Africa: Makhanda to Provide Serviced Sites Instead of Houses
City unable to cope with rise in housing needs Read more »