June 10
South Africa: Backyarders Vs City of Cape Town in Court
Judgment reserved in Belhar occupation case Read more »
June 07
South Africa: State Completes Investigation Into Three SAPS Officers Charged With Torturing Cape Town Barber
No response from SAPS on whether the three are still employed or on duty Read more »
South Africa: People in Kariega Queue for Hours to Collect Water After Devastating Storm
Gift of the Givers has been delivering hundreds of litres of water daily and set up 12 soup kitchens in the township of KwaNobuhle. Read more »
South Africa: After Five Years Only 26 State Houses Built in Inanda
Families relocated to make way for housing project have been living in a poorly serviced transit camp Read more »
June 06
South Africa: Gauteng Government Funds New Drug Rehab While Defunding Existing Ones
Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks Read more »
South Africa: Over 1,000 Shack Dwellers Displaced By Tongaat Tornado
People are being housed in three large tents Read more »
South Africa: Children's Book On Palestine Occupation Pulled From Exclusive Books' Shelves
"It is sad when a book like this gets pulled from the biggest retailer in the country" Read more »
South Africa: First Sitting of New Parliament Will Be At the Cape Town International Convention Centre
The new National Assembly will not be complete until February 2026 Read more »
South Africa: Sibanye-Stillwater Miners Who Staged Underground Protest Resurface in Rustenburg
They staged a sit-in strike over unpaid employee share ownership scheme funds. But the company says they do not qualify yet. Read more »
June 05
South Africa: Further Delay in 'Facebook Rapist' Thabo Bester Trial
Bester complains that his rights to a fair trial are being infringed Read more »
South Africa: Almost Half of State-Funded Drug Rehab Beds in Gauteng Under Threat
Organisations "under investigation" have not been told why Read more »
South Africa: Thousands of Special Needs Learners Still Not Placed At Schools
Parents of children with disabilities protested in May, demanding that government do more to help their children Read more »
June 04
South Africa: Deadly Storm Creates Havoc From Gqeberha to Tongaat
At least nine people killed by severe weather affecting almost half the country Read more »
South Africa: Public Protector Releases Damning Report On the Handling of Gender-Based Violence Complaints
Report says the departments of Justice, Police and Social Development are falling short Read more »
South Africa: Stun Grenades Thrown At Farm Women Outside Parliament
200 women were marching to call for a ban of pesticides Read more »
South Africa: Bid to Save Legendary Lovedale Press
The 200-year-old Eastern Cape press is in a shambles, but there is a plan Read more »
South Africa: Boksburg Families Refuse to Move to Serviced Sites
Give us houses, Ekurhuleni municipality told Read more »
June 03
South Africa: Environmental Activists Win Against Shell in Appeal Court
Shell still has one more shot at seismic exploration authorisation Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2024 - Low Voter Turnout Must Be Fixed
Glitches and slow queues need to be seen in light of IEC's budget cuts Read more »
South Africa: Seven Die in Floods in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro
Seven people died and more than a thousand people had to be evacuated to safety after flooding in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro on the weekend. Read more »
South Africa: 'Tightrope' Walk for Villagers Fetching Water
In Richmond Farm residents have to do a balancing act to fetch water from a municipal ablution block Read more »
May 31
South Africa: Court Orders Gauteng Government to Pay Children's Homes Subsidies By Friday Afternoon
The order gives Epworth Children's Homes and Bethany House Trust a "lifeline" until the end of September Read more »
South Africa: TotalEnergies Will Destroy Our Livelihoods Say Small Scale Fishers
South African fishers joined a picket outside the company's AGM in France last week Read more »
South Africa: New Proposal Puts Kruger National Park's Environmental Safeguards 'At Risk'
Experts alarmed by government move to drop statutory requirements for some developments in the park Read more »
May 30
South Africa: Hold Officials Personally Liable to Strengthen Our Democracy
Accountability through the ballot box is not enough Read more »