October 26, 2023
South Africa: Health Dept Has Not Fully Implemented Court Order Affirming Immigrant Rights - Lawyers
The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care… Read more »
South Africa: Embattled Municipality Yet to Pay Thousands of Workers' Salaries
Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately Read more »
South Africa: Richmond Land Occupiers Given Refuge in Preschool
The eThekwini municipality repeatedly demolishes their shacks located near a river Read more »
South Africa: Any Parent Is Entitled to Four Months Parental Leave, Rules High Court
Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts declared unconstitutional Read more »
South Africa: Sand Mining Company Appeals Against Refusal of Water Licence in Philippi
A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer Read more »
October 25, 2023
South Africa: Farmers Warned to Get Ready for El Niño
The South African Weather Service warns of possibly hot and dry summer ahead Read more »
South Africa: Sewage Still Seeps Through Kariega Streets and the Mayor Is Nowhere to Be Seen
Promises made in July have not been kept Read more »
South Africa: Prosecuting Authority Under Pressure to Bring Lottery Looters to Court
R2-billion in grants under investigation, but only one looter in jail Read more »
South Africa: Police Open Kidnapping Case As Miners Return to the Surface
Police open kidnapping case after events at Gold One mine Read more »
October 24, 2023
South Africa: Hostage Drama - Tension Mounts At Mine As Police Mobilise
AMCU claims that miners are voluntarily protesting underground at Gold One but there are definitely people being held hostage Read more »
South Africa: Government Flats Falling Apart, Say Wentworth Residents
EThekwini municipality to assess buildings' conditions next week Read more »
South Africa: Microplastics Are a Danger to Our Health. Here's How to Reduce Our Exposure to Them
Some well-intentioned initiatives make the situation worse Read more »
South Africa: Children's Parks Turned Into Rubbish Dumps
Intimidation has prevented repairs to parks in Delft, Cape Town Read more »
October 23, 2023
South Africa: Almost a Third of Limpopo Residents Have No Access to Piped Water
Human Rights Commission report slams failure of water supply in Limpopo Read more »
South Africa: Picketers Demand Justice for Pro-Palestine Protester Assaulted During Marathon
Woodstock police say they are investigating Read more »
South Africa: Cable Theft and Shootings Force Cape Town Library Closures
But the people who work at the libraries in Hanover Park and Bellville are determined to continue creating safe spaces for their communities Read more »
South Africa: Here's How the Western Cape Can Prepare Better for Weather Like We Had in September #AfricaClimateHope
Climate change may bring more variable weather but we can reduce the risk of disasters Read more »
October 20, 2023
South Africa: This Is Where People Are Occupying Metrorail's Central Line in Cape Town
There are about 4,000 households occupying the line between Nyanga and Philippi, according to the Housing Development Agency Read more »
South Africa: Eastern Cape Commuters Can Now Catch One Train a Day
Since Monday you can now leave Kariega for Gqeberha by train at 6:15am and take the return trip at 5:15pm Read more »
South Africa: Right to Read Campaign Launches in Makhanda
Civil society and teachers join forces to make early-grade literacy a national priority Read more »
South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Finally Get Vital Bridge - No Thanks to Government
The Vondo community raised their own funds and finished the job with the help of a state owned forestry company and a private enterprise Read more »
October 19, 2023
South Africa: 'Activist' Ordered to Remove Defamatory Social Media Posts
"Believing that one pursues a worthy cause in the public interest does not justify publishing false statements about another party" Read more »
October 22, 2023
South Africa: Thousands March in Cape Town, Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
Protesters demand that South Africans who join Israeli Defence Force be prosecuted Read more »
October 19, 2023
South Africa: The Lottery - a South African Good News Story
Will there also be a good news story about Metrorail? Read more »
South Africa: It's Tough to Be Old and Without Water in Joburg
"I've fallen down carrying a bucket of water with no one here to help me" Read more »