August 27
South Africa: Alarming Auditor-General Report On Municipalities
Only 34 out of 257 municipalities receive clean audits for 2022/23 Read more »
South Africa: Thousands of Teaching Posts to Be Cut in the Western Cape
Schools are expected to receive their 2025 staff allocations on Friday Read more »
South Africa: Farm Workers March in Rain and Wind to Call for Ban On Pesticides
They want an end to exports of harmful pesticides from Germany Read more »
August 28
South Africa: Gayton Mckenzie Silent On Basketball Fiasco
The sports minister promised to report back last Friday after chaos of U18 African Championship tournament came to light Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town's Hidden Informal Settlement
Flamingo Heights is home to 400 people Read more »
South Africa: Gugulethu Sports Tournament Keeps Learners Off the Street and On the Field
Learners from township schools participate in the sports league on Fridays Read more »
August 27
South Africa: Key Law On Prisons Watchdog Stuck in the Pipeline
Judicial Inspectorate of prisons is still accountable to the very department over which it is meant to have oversight, says lawyer Read more »
South Africa: Hijacked Building Fire Survivors Say Their New Living Conditions Are Unbearable
Four people died and more than 200 people were displaced when a fire broke out at yet another hijacked building in Jeppestown Read more »
South Africa: Water Woes Leave Joburg Residents At Wits' End
Water pressure in Bertrams is too low to fill geysers Read more »
South Africa: New School for Blind Learners Is Nearly Ready At Last
Construction of new Rivoni School for the Blind started in 2021 Read more »
August 26
South Africa: Lottery Corruption - Two Men Arrested in Soweto
Hawks finally appear to be taking action against some of the fraudsters who ripped off the National Lotteries Commission Read more »
South Africa: Top Free State Municipal Officials Arrested for Fraud
The former municipal manager and department director in the Dihlabeng Local Municipality appeared in court on Friday Read more »
South Africa: Marshalltown Fire Survivors to Launch Class Action Against City of Johannesburg
A year after the tragedy, survivors and families of those who died in the Usindiso building want compensation Read more »
South Africa: Can You Spell the Word That Decided This Joburg Spelling Bee Competition?
Dozens of learners from inner-city schools competed in the 2nd Windybrow Arts Centre Spelling Bee competition Read more »
South Africa: Social Development Scandal - Last Three Suspended Officials Return to Work
They were suspended during the term of MEC Mbali Hlophe when the department was in chaos Read more »
South Africa: Ten Years On and Households Still Rely On Water Trucks
Communal standpipes used to supply water to semi-rural areas of northern KZN Read more »
August 23
South Africa: Taxi Bosses Demand Children Use Their Services to Get to School
But taxi association denies the letter is from them Read more »
South Africa: Canadians Challenge New Naspers CEO Over Work Conditions
Fabricio Bloisi assured shareholders that protection for workers was important to him and the group Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Electricity Protest Brings Traffic to a Halt
"We are eating less food because we have to pay more for electricity" Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Government Calls for Harsher Penalties for Attacks On Social Workers
There has been one attack a week on social workers since the beginning of the year Read more »
South Africa: Researchers Raise Alarm About Access to Child Support Grant
Poverty rates are rising but fewer babies are getting the grant, a UCT study finds Read more »
South Africa: In These Free State Villages You Must Share Water With the Pigs
2,000 households short of water in Maluti-a-Phofung, says ward councillor Read more »
August 22
South Africa: Future of the Nearly 900 People Living in Woodstock Hospital Hangs in the Balance
Cape Town Mayor commits to social housing but residents believe they will be kicked out Read more »
Africa: Basketball South Africa Bungles Hosting of African Championships
National teams, venues, still unannounced two weeks from U18 African Basketball Championship Read more »
South Africa: Philippi Community Welcomes Temporary Police Station
This comes two years after the previous Browns Farm satellite police station was decommissioned due to severe vandalism and safety concerns Read more »