August 01, 2023
South Africa: R78-Million Sebokeng License Centre Left to Rot
R91-million needed to fix it, according to opposition MPL Read more »
July 31, 2023
South Africa: A Month's Worth of Garbage Piles Up On Dunoon Streets
City waste removal contract ended on 30 June, with no waste collected since Read more »
July 28, 2023
South Africa: Who Will Be Our Next Public Protector? Here Are the Candidates
At least one may face conflicts of interest, a Corruption Watch study shows Read more »
South Africa: Piketberg Landowners Block Mining Company's Access
New salvo fired in decades-old opencast tungsten mine proposal Read more »
South Africa: Our Prisons Are Falling Apart, Says Inspector
Lack of maintenance and disintegrating infrastructure put prisoners and staff at risk Read more »
July 27, 2023
South Africa: UK Professor Elected Chair of the IPCC, South Africa's Debra Roberts Misses Out
Jim Skea of the United Kingdom was elected chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Nairobi on Wednesday night. The IPCC is one of the most important bodies… Read more »
South Africa: Conditions for R350-a-Month Grant to Be Challenged in Court
Department of Social Development is "deliberately excluding" eligible recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant, says economist Read more »
South Africa: G4S in Last-Ditch Bid to Keep Mangaung Prison Contract
Employees uncertain if they will still have jobs at the prison where Thabo Bester escaped Read more »
South Africa: Law Firm's Directors Suspended After R25-Million Went Missing From Trust Fund
Directors of Chueu Incorporated Attorneys may not practice for six months while the Legal Practice Council investigates Read more »
South Africa: Census - Here's Where Things Stand
It was delayed by Covid, but it is scheduled to be released within months Read more »
South Africa: Ten Years After Groundup Revealed Her Plight, a Disabled Woman and Her Autistic Son Are Still Living in a Tiny Shack With No Electricity or Sanitation
Musa Pani is now 17 and nothing has changed for the better Read more »
South Africa: Fired for Getting Stuck in Lift Case - No Prospect of Success but Minister Fights On
Minister Kubayi has lost her bid for leave to appeal a Labour Court ruling that she reinstate a deputy director she fired Read more »
July 26, 2023
South Africa: Samwu March in Tshwane Marred By Violence Over 'Internal Problems'
Thousands of South African Municipal Workers' Union members marched in Pretoria on Wednesday to demand higher salaries Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Govy to Decide On Homeless Shelter in District Six
Public submission process has closed Read more »
South Africa: Wayne Deck - an Exemplary Civil Servant
Cape High Court clerk's legendary work ethic should inspire others Read more »
South Africa: Road Accident Fund Fails to Respond to Whistleblower Allegations
GroundUp experiences first hand the RAF's dysfunction Read more »
South Africa: Evicted Families Take 'Eco-Friendly' Property Developer to Court
MaxxLiving claims to "create jobs, profit, culture and prosperity" - but it may be in contempt of court for not housing 15 families after a court order Read more »
South Africa: Two Years After Phoenix Violence, Anger At Government Inaction
This comes as two brothers are set to be sentenced in August Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Africa: Families Rally to Help Bury Three Children Who Died After Playing On Dump Site
City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths Read more »
South Africa: New Hope for West Coast Wetland After Seven Year Drought
But the future of this West Coast jewel is not yet assured, despite record rains this year Read more »
South Africa: Lawyers' Damning Memorandum On Road Accident Fund
Attorneys for accident victims demand sweeping changes Read more »
South Africa: PRASA Blocks Corruption-Buster From Returning to Work
Martha Ngoye still suspended pending Labour Court appeal Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds Protest in Madibeng Over Water and Electricity
The ward councillor took refuge in a house and refused to come out, fearing for his life. Read more »
July 24, 2023
South Africa: Supporters of Gay Rights and EFF Members Go Head to Head At UCT
Tensions ahead of lecture by controversial Kenyan professor Read more »
South Africa: MP Threatens to Sue Zackie Achmat and #UniteBehind for Defamation
Achmat accused Sfiso Buthelezi of benefitting from corruption at PRASA Read more »