May 21
South Africa: Tshwane Abandons Marry Me Settlement - Broken Promises Leave 450 Families in Limbo
City says the land is private and is not in the process of being formalised Read more »
South Africa: State Neglect of Young Children Leads to Lifelong Damage
Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019 Read more »
May 20
South Africa: Joburg Protesters Demand Library Opens Immediately
"There is no democracy without books" says Wits professor who joins calls for an end to the City library's four-year closure Read more »
South Africa: SA Bank Executives Coined It During Covid
Banks paid out hefty bonuses, though performance targets were not met Read more »
South Africa: 'Silent Disease' Outed At African Hepatitis Convention
Many South Africans with hepatitis go undiagnosed Read more »
South Africa: Rainbow Flags Fill the Streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu
In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime Read more »
May 21
South Africa: Last Four Traders At Salt River Market to Fight Their Eviction
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units Read more »
May 20
South Africa: Not Enough Places in Children's Centres After Budget Cuts
Children in KZN are being placed in foster care instead of care centres Read more »
May 17
South Africa: Prasa Has Failed to Fix East Rand Train Stations
From Boksburg to Springs, stations remain in ruins Read more »
South Africa: New Police Station Finally Opens in Khayelitsha, Ending a Nearly 20-Year Wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele Read more »
May 16
South Africa: Large Fishing Companies Oppose Squid Quotas in Court
The commercial industry is being "greedy" say Eastern Cape small-scale fisher Read more »
South Africa: UCT Students Set Up Camp in Solidarity With Palestinians
A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps Read more »
South Africa: Premier Steps in to Resolve Funding Crisis At Gauteng Social Development Department
Non-profit organisations starved of funds Read more »
May 15
South Africa: Victims of 2022 Kwazulu-Natal Floods March to Demand Housing
Hundreds come to central Durban to hand over memo to Premier's office Read more »
South Africa: The Traffic Department That Hasn't Issued a Ticket for Years
"We used to have ticket books, but they were stolen" says a traffic officer in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape Read more »
South Africa: Unpaid Contractors Block Central Gqeberha With Garbage Trucks and Water Tankers
The municipality agreed to pay service providers by next week Read more »
South Africa: Blow for Woodstock Social Housing Plans
Tribunal overturns Heritage Western Cape's decision to allow development at the Earl Street site Read more »
May 14
South Africa: Dozens of Shacks Demolished in Midrand
Shackdwellers say they'll keep rebuilding because they have nowhere else to go Read more »
May 15
South Africa: Sewage Seeps Into Kwazulu-Natal's Popular South Coast Lagoons
None of the 19 sewage treatment plants managed by the Ugu District Municipality is properly treating sewage released into rivers and lagoons Read more »
May 14
South Africa: Wits Students Set Up Palestinian Solidarity Encampment
University senate expected to meet this week Read more »
South Africa: Soup Kitchen Serves Eastern Cape Children the Only Meal They'll Eat That Day
The Human Rights Commission has recommended that child malnutrition in the province be declared a disaster Read more »
South Africa: Thousands of People Abandoned As the Gauteng Social Development Department Implodes
Vulnerable people are being failed by an inefficient and corrupt department Read more »
May 13
South Africa: Electoral Court Fines ANC, ATM, COPE, PAC, NFP and AIC
They failed to provide audited financial statements Read more »
South Africa: Workers March Against Looming Retrenchments At Sibanye-Stillwater
Unions call for resignation of top management and the CEO Neal Froneman Read more »
South Africa: Universal Basic Income Grant - What Should a Payment System Look Like?
South Africa can learn from Brazil Read more »