July 04, 2023
South Africa: Taxi Operators Handed 'Incomplete' Multi-Million Rand Rank By Eastern Cape Municipality
The contractor for the Xhora taxi rank has been in a dispute with Mbhashe Local Municipality for over eight years Read more »
June 30, 2023
South Africa: Home Affairs Minister to Appeal Zimbabwe Exemption Permits Ruling
Over 178,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa have the special permit allowing them to live and work in the country Read more »
June 28, 2023
South Africa: Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Declared Unlawful, Unconstitutional and Invalid
Full bench of Pretoria High Court directs Home Affairs minister to conduct a fair process in reconsidering the end of the permits Read more »
June 27, 2023
South Africa: Free State Municipality's R15-Million Unused Sport Stadium
The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised Read more »
June 15, 2023
South Africa: Former Transport Minister Should Be Suspended Says Parliament's Ethics Committee
Joe Maswanganyi "failed to understand his role as the Minister of Transport" Read more »
South Africa: Funds Shortage Leads Eastern Cape Education Department to Investigate Mthatha School Principal
Learners have protested over a lack of desks and textbooks Read more »
June 12, 2023
South Africa: Row Over Human Settlement Minister's 'Lift' Dismissal
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi's efforts to "clarify" what she called "misleading media reports", sees her accused of "deliberately lying" Read more »
June 08, 2023
South Africa: Justice Department Fund Loses Millions Through 'Fraudulent Transactions'
Payouts from the fund have been suspended leaving people unable to access their money Read more »
South Africa: Exhibition Imagines an Alternative Future for an Inclusive Cape Town
Residents of Cissie Gool House have co-designed an exhibit at the Cape Institute for Architecture Read more »
South Africa: Home Affairs Extends Validity of Zimbabwean Permits By Another Six Months
Zimbabwe Extension Permits will now expire in December Read more »
June 02, 2023
South Africa: Court Dismisses MEC's Attempt to Quash Inquiry Into Her 'Killing My Health System' Remark
"The holding of political office and remaining registered as a medical practitioner are not mutually exclusive" says judge Read more »
May 29, 2023
South Africa: Concourt Challenge to Electoral Act
The Independent Candidate Association of South Africa says independents have to get more votes for a seat than political party candidates Read more »
May 25, 2023
South Africa: Shack Dwellers Protest in Support of Nelson Mandela Bay's Democratic Alliance Mayor
Mayor delivered over 300 chemical toilets that are cleaned every second day, a protester tells ANC representatives. "All you want to do is loot," says another. Read more »
May 23, 2023
South Africa: Govt Criticised for Blaming Covid-19 for Country's Literacy Crisis
Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for "devastating" literacy rates, say opposition and civil society Read more »
May 17, 2023
South Africa: Minister Says 'No' to City of Cape Town Bid to Take Over the Trains
City must just move people off the lines, says Sindiswe Chikunga Read more »
May 16, 2023
South Africa: Court Bid to Reform Political Party Funding
"We simply do not know if the ANC or the DA obtains the majority of its funds from small donors or the big corporates" says My Vote Counts Read more »
South Africa: Flooding in Eastern Cape - Municipality Blames Residents, Residents Blame Municipality
1,200 people evacuated in Nelson Mandela Bay after heavy rains Read more »
May 10, 2023
South Africa: Revealed - How Angie Motshekga's Reading Plan Failed SA's Children
President Ramaphosa announced a "massive reading campaign" in 2019. It never got off the ground. Read more »
May 02, 2023
South Africa: New National Lotteries Commission Board Appointed
Three new board members named Read more »
April 26, 2023
South Africa: Langa Centenary Celebrations to Kick Off on Freedom Day
10km run to honour Makhosonke Fika, Langa's legendary long-distance runner Read more »
South Africa: 'Freedom Day is for Rich People.' Shackdwellers Protest in Durban
Residents of informal settlements march to city hall Read more »
April 25, 2023
South Africa: Drakenstein Municipality Heads to Supreme Court of Appeal Over Emergency Housing
The municipality says its housing policy for poor rural and farm dwellers "is more generous than other municipalities in the Western Cape" Read more »
April 19, 2023
South Africa: Thabo Bester Escape - Popcru Urges Government to Do Away With Private Prisons
Bester saga is an embarrassment, says union president after visit to Mangaung Correctional Centre Read more »
April 18, 2023
South Africa: Khoisan Occupation in Grabouw Is No Longer Our Problem, Says Forestry Department
The settlement called Knoflokskraal is to be managed by departments of Public Works and COGTA Read more »
South Africa: When You Have to Borrow R100 to Get to a Post Office to Draw Your R800 Salary
Closure of the Paterson Post Office in the Eastern Cape forces workers and pensioners to go to other towns Read more »