November 21, 2022
South Africa: Matrics, Commuters Hit By Cape Town Taxi Strike
Taxi council wants the Blue Dot incentive programme to continue in the Western Cape Read more »
South Africa: Stopping People From Letting Their Cattle Graze Amounts to Eviction, Says Judge
Land Claims Court says the Constitution requires that ESTA be given a "generous interpretation" Read more »
South Africa: Innovative Double-Storey Housing Project for Khayelitsha
Former shack dwellers move into new model houses Read more »
November 18, 2022
South Africa: 500 Refugees Living in Wretched Conditions in Cape Town Camp
Three years after the UNHCR protests, Bellville camp asylum seekers cling to dream of resettlement Read more »
South Africa: Very Few South Africans Can Swim, Says the Nsri. It Aims to Change This
Drowning is one of the biggest causes of unnatural death in the world Read more »
South Africa: How an Honest Prasa Worker Turned Down Corrupt Money and Helped Uncover Fraud
Over R9-million worth of bogus claims processed in just six months - in a scheme that could run back to 2014 Read more »
South Africa: Why Is Government Taking So Long to Finalise Water Standards?
Much needed legislation has not moved since 2017. It's up to us, the public, to put pressure on our elected leaders to finish the job. Read more »
South Africa: African Women Demand Voice At Climate Change Summits
"We need concrete solutions for climate change now" Read more »
November 17, 2022
South Africa: Unpaid for Months - Ekurhuleni Workers Protest
The City of Ekurhuleni only deals with the contractor, not its employees, says City spokesperson Read more »
South Africa: This Judge Has Not Delivered His Judgment After Ten Years. No Action Has Been Taken Against Him
Office of the Chief Justice says the matter was referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee. But the Judicial Service Commission says it has not received any complaints. Read more »
South Africa: Get-Rich-Quick Solar Energy Scheme Looks Way Too Good to Be True
Gollong Investment looks very much like a Ponzi operation Read more »
November 16, 2022
South Africa: Woodstock Residents Rattled By Police Raid
The City of Cape Town says Cissie Gool House has been "hijacked" and that Reclaim the City has lost control Read more »
November 15, 2022
South Africa: Cape Town Mother Has to Beg for Money to Buy Nappies for Her Disabled Son
15-year-old Donnel, who has hydrocephalus, wants to go to school Read more »
South Africa: Protesters Sleep Outside Constitutional Court, Demanding Apartheid Reparations
More than 150 people have been braving the weather for weeks Read more »
South Africa: Woman Who Survived Mountain Fall Must Wait Six Weeks for Operation
Makemiso Ramabitle is in severe pain but her nearest hospital in rural Eastern Cape does not have capacity to perform the necessary surgery Read more »
November 14, 2022
South Africa: Disabled Dunoon Residents Roll Up Their Sleeves to Clean a School
"Our pupils accept them as members of our society who are capable of doing things" says principal of Sophakama Primary Read more »
South Africa: ConCourt Hands Critics of Australian Mine Partial Victory - but Defamation Battle Is Not Over
It is up to Parliament to develop more comprehensive SLAPP suit defence, says court Read more »
South Africa: What Happened to Cape Town's Promised Affordable Housing Policy?
Activists launch report on urgent need for "inclusive" housing policy Read more »
South Africa: Kariega School Opens Five Years After Construction Started
Eastern Cape Department of Education blames delays on protests Read more »
South Africa: Covid - Vaccine Drive Is Running Out of Steam and People Are Dying
Vaccination still helps prevent serious illness and death Read more »
November 11, 2022
South Africa: End Solitary Confinement, Edwin Cameron Tells Parliament
Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services calls for extensive reforms to prison system Read more »
South Africa: Ethekwini Flooded With Sewage Due to Treatment Plant Failures
Experts and political parties have accused the municipality of minimising the enormity of the sewage pollution Read more »
South Africa: About 300 Durban Climate Activists Picket Against Oil and Gas Exploration
"We are not going to do oil mining to exacerbate our climate change" says environmental activist Read more »
South Africa: Mother Makes Over 200 Calls to Post Offices in Desperate Bid to Get Her Social Grant
Postbank says it is working to resolve the system glitch for all recipients Read more »
South Africa: 'We Begged Them Not to Take Our Belongings'
Homeless community removed from Gqeberha's Grahamstown Bridge Read more »