June 30, 2023
South Africa: Most Recipients Unpaid After Millions Stolen From Guardian's Fund
Justice Department has suspended officials allegedly involved in theft Read more »
June 29, 2023
South Africa: Striking Durban Factory Workers Take Frimax Foods to CCMA
The company dismissed workers who downed tools earlier this month Read more »
South Africa: Nelson Mandela Bay Residents Protest High Water Bills
Water Crisis Committee leader says the municipal billing system is flawed Read more »
South Africa: Health Workers Protest At Lentegeur Hospital
Unhappiness over payments and workers left jobless Read more »
South Africa: Woman Allocated an RDP House Years Ago Still Lives in a Shack
Bomkazi Sitela's RDP house in Mandela Park was illegally occupied Read more »
South Africa: Video - Diepsloot Community Has Lost Confidence in Police
Police Minister Bheki Cele says a task team will meet residents, but they've "lost faith" says Kelsey Tlhosane Read more »
South Africa: 25-Year-Old Eastern Cape Informal Settlement Still Lacks Basic Services
GPO residents voted ANC because they believed their relocation would be delayed if they didn't, says resident Thozama Nyathela. "We were only being fed empty promises." Read more »
South Africa: Makana Suspends Official Over 'Irregular' Water Pump Payment
This comes as Makhanda battles crippling water crisis Read more »
June 28, 2023
South Africa: An Officer Shot a Homeless Man. Two Very Different Versions of What Happened Are Being Argued in Court
Dumisani Joxo was shot "without warning", witness tells the court Read more »
South Africa: Dozens of Homes Destroyed By Tornado in Inanda
Human Settlements Minister promises that professional engineers will properly assess the damaged homes Read more »
South Africa: Farm Worker Unfairly Dismissed After Swedish Magazine Interview
The Cape Town Labour Court has sent Claudine van Wyk's case back to the CCMA Read more »
South Africa: Three More G4s Prison Officials in Court for Aiding Thabo Bester's Escape
All 12 suspects are expected back in court in August for start of the main criminal trial Read more »
South Africa: Minister Promises New Lease of Life for Hout Bay Harbour
Fishers to get their fishing rights and a new production and packaging facility Read more »
South Africa: Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Declared Unlawful, Unconstitutional and Invalid
Full bench of Pretoria High Court directs Home Affairs minister to conduct a fair process in reconsidering the end of the permits Read more »
June 27, 2023
South Africa: Blind SA Leads March, Demands Government Ratifies Treaty
It has been ten years since the Marrakesh Treaty was concluded to allow blind people access to published works in accessible formats Read more »
South Africa: Moti Group Are Bullies, Says Lawyer for Investigative Journalism Unit
AmaBhungane investigations agency is in court to overturn a "gagging" order limiting their reporting on the Moti Group Read more »
South Africa: Ruling Party Secretary General in Row Over Frozen Luxury House
Affidavits claim he borrowed R3-million from Lottery bigwig's wife Read more »
South Africa: Kariega Clinics Closed After Staff Robbed At Gunpoint
Eastern Cape health department says five incidents at different clinics have left staff and patients traumatised Read more »
South Africa: Free State Municipality's R15-Million Unused Sport Stadium
The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised Read more »
South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year Read more »
June 26, 2023
South Africa: Western Cape Numsa Secretary Must Be Reinstated, CCMA Rules
Vuyo Lufele was suspended after raising concerns about 3Sixty Life, a funeral insurance company owned by the union Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Informal Settlement Under Water for Two Weeks
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water Read more »
South Africa: Durban Community Fears Life in the Dark Without Streetlights
The City has hired private security after losing millions of rand annually to cable theft and vandalism Read more »
South Africa: Here People Collect Coal Dust to Cook and Stay Warm
"What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us" Read more »
South Africa: Labour Court Fires Dishonest National Lotteries Commission Employee
The client liaison officer was originally given a suspended dismissal for ten years for gross dishonesty on condition she did not re-offend Read more »