March 29, 2023
South Africa: Terry Pheto's House Paid for With Lottery Money Finally Sold
A R3.9-million bid was accepted Read more »
March 24, 2023
South Africa: Thabo Bester Ran a Glamorous Media Company From Prison
Joburg high society attended the luxurious launch of Bester's company Read more »
March 23, 2023
South Africa: Workers Demand Harsher Penalties for Farms Violating Labour Laws
New study finds poor working conditions even on some Fairtrade-certified farms Read more »
South Africa: Thabo Bester Saga - Nandipha Magudumana Abandons Her Rented Mansion
Landlord tried to stop associates of Magudumana from removing some of the household contents Read more »
South Africa: Key Legal Files Involving Lottery's Multimillion-Rand Litigation Have Vanished
Minister suspects collaboration between former National Lotteries Commission and lawyers Read more »
March 22, 2023
South Africa: Bail Conditions That Restrict the Right to Protest Are Unjust
Nine activists were left in limbo for three years because of their bail conditions, says the writer Read more »
March 20, 2023
South Africa: Old Apartheid Police Station is a Place of Hope in Sharpeville
On 21 March 1960, apartheid police opened fire on people protesting against the pass laws in Sharpeville, south of Gauteng. Today, the old Sharpeville police station is a place of… Read more »
March 18, 2023
South Africa: Thabo Bester Saga - Prison Department Denies It Has Autopsy Report. Here It Is!
The autopsy was completed a day after the fire and found that the man was dead before his body was burnt Read more »
March 17, 2023
South Africa: More Evidence Links Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana
"If these reports are found to be true, this would prove to be the most sensational escape in the history of our nation" says ministerial spokesperson Read more »
March 16, 2023
South Africa: Man Resembling Thabo Bester Spotted in Sandton, Nearly Two Months After His Supposed Death in Prison Fire
Woman in photo could be celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana Read more »
South Africa: After Decades Living in Council Flats, Tenants Want Title Deeds
Elderly residents of Nigel's Alra Park say they were on the housing list but were allocated rental flats. Now they want ownership Read more »
March 15, 2023
South Africa: Did the Facebook Rapist Die in His Cell? or Did He Escape From Prison?
Extraordinary evidence raises doubts about the claim that Thabo Bester died in a fire at Mangaung prison in May 2022 Read more »
South Africa: Social Justice Coalition Battling to Stay Afloat
No money for staff as funders suspend payments during investigation into fraud by former manager Xolani Klaas Read more »
March 13, 2023
South Africa: NEHAWU Strike Appeal Succeeds in Part
Labour Appeal Court has harsh words for the union, the government and the police Read more »
South Africa: Limpopo Policy on Pregnant Learners Needing to be Accompanied a Violation of Pupil's Rights - Watchdog
Limpopo and Gauteng basic education departments contradict each other on pregnant learner policy Read more »
March 09, 2023
South Africa: Police Stood By While Two Men Were Killed, Says Witness
Malawians in Lingelethu township in Malmesbury, Western Cape, are accusing police of turning a blind eye when two Malawian men were murdered by a crowd in October 2022. According… Read more »
March 06, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds of Public Service Workers Down Tools in Defiance of Court Interdict
"We have nothing to lose now because we are earning peanuts anyway" says striking worker Read more »
March 03, 2023
South Africa: School Amends Policy That Excluded Pregnant Learners
We previously reported that the school in Mamelodi required pregnant learners to stay home until they gave birth Read more »
South Africa: Evicted in the Morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP Occupiers Move Back in By Evening
High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street Read more »
South Africa: Evicted Waste Pickers Win in Court
Company must rebuild homes of the "Airfield Community" on land near Waterkloof base Read more »
March 02, 2023
South Africa: Taxis Interdicted From Interfering With School Transport in Khayelitsha
"The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia," says education MEC Read more »
February 28, 2023
South Africa: Rubber Bullets Fired As Over 2,000 People Evicted From Nigel Housing Occupation
Lawyers for the occupiers have subsequently secured a stay of the eviction order in the Gauteng High Court Read more »
South Africa: Women March Through Dunoon Against Gender-Based Violence
"Men who are not embarrassed and have sexual intercourse with our children must leave Dunoon" Read more »
March 01, 2023
South Africa: Court Orders Former Lottery Boss to Pay Punitive Legal Costs to Journalist
Raymond Joseph is suing former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission Phillemon Letwaba for defamation Read more »
February 20, 2023
South Africa: My Friend Reported She'd Been Sexually Assaulted. Then the Justice System Failed Her
Rude, uncaring police, slow magistrates and even loadshedding have meant that her assailant of 18 months ago is still free Read more »