August 05
South Africa: Power Restored to Diepsloot Welfare Organisations At Last
Lawyers against Abuse director says they are now able to provide counselling sessions without the constant noise of the generator Read more »
August 02
South Africa: Marine Protected Areas - Protection From Whom?
Subsistence fishers battle for permission to fish while illegal fishing boats plunder our oceans Read more »
Zimbabwe: Anger At Huge Jump in Zimbabwean Passport Price
Petition gathers over 1,100 signatures Read more »
August 01
South Africa: Hundreds March in Khayelitsha to Demand That Eskom Re-Open Its Service Centre
Protesters say they were not consulted Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Community Plays Cat-and-Mouse With City Power Over Illegal Connections
City Power technicians removed over 18,000 kilogrammes of illegal wiring on Wednesday. But minutes after they left, people were seen making new electricity connections Read more »
South Africa: Khayelitsha Parents Desperate to Find Special Needs Schools for Their Children
Some children are on a waiting list for years Read more »
South Africa: Big Old Fat Fecund Females - Celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day
In spite of illegal fishing, our MPAs do work Read more »
South Africa: How We Know a New Medicine Is So Effective At Preventing HIV Transmission
There was not a single HIV transmission in a clinical trial in which women volunteers used the twice-yearly injectable drug lenacapavir Read more »
South Africa: SIU Starts Its Probe Into Street Lights Tender in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
Some streets in the metro have been dark for years Read more »
July 31
South Africa: Date Set for Thabo Bester Trial
Court proceedings so far this year have dealt with ironing out pre-trial matters Read more »
South Africa: Joburg Fire Survivor Pleads for Help to Recover His Baby's Body
Marshalltown Fire Justice Campaign calls for City to compensate victims and release remaining bodies at the morgue Read more »
South Africa: We Asked Cape Town's Transport Boss About the Future of Passenger Rail in the City
"Our objective is simple: to get passenger rail back up and running in the quickest possible way" says Roberto Quintas Read more »
July 30
South Africa: Nurses Stop Work After Finding Human Waste At Clinic Door
Mabandla Clinic in Kariega still has no fence or wall Read more »
July 31
South Africa: Suspended Gauteng Department of Social Development Officials Return to Work
With no disciplinary hearing held, ten of the 13 officials have had their suspensions lifted Read more »
July 30
South Africa: Sassa's Fraud Management System Is Fraught With Danger
It is irrational to expect people who can't afford food to have a smartphone and internet access Read more »
South Africa: Farming Co-Op Appeals Against Fine Imposed for Illegal Dam
Ja well, no fine ... R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte Read more »
South Africa: Beneficiaries Are Still Battling With Sassa's New Biometric System
Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity Read more »
July 29
South Africa: New Shelter for Hundreds of Homeless People Opens in Green Point
This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town Read more »
South Africa: Mpondoland Dagga Growers Left Out to Dry
Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa's "cowboy" cannabis industry Read more »
South Africa: Boksburg School Hosts Massive International Marimba Festival
This year's International Marimba and Steelpan Festival featured a record 2,300 musicians from across South Africa and neighbouring countries Read more »
South Africa: Pressure Mounts for Gwamanda to Be Removed As Joburg Mayor
Hundreds protest in Braamfontein Read more »
July 26
South Africa: The Right to Protest Is Being Blocked By Administrative Barriers
Municipal officials often misinterpret the law Read more »
South Africa: Apartheid-Era Hostel Causing a Stink in Eastern Cape Town
More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours Read more »
South Africa: Churches Join Call for Basic Income Grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba Read more »
South Africa: Makhado Municipality Finally Complies With Court Order to Appoint Top Official
Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer Read more »