South Africa: Small-Scale Farmers Demand Access to Land

"Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us" Read more »

South Africa: Army Protects Eskom Workers in Khayelitsha

About a month ago, the South African National Defence Force was deployed to various areas on the Cape Flats to assist police with their battle against gangs. But on Tuesday, the… Read more »

South Africa: Tensions Between Communities Reach 'Boiling Point' Over Electricity in Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Mongameli Bobani has promised that the electrification of several informal settlements will resume next week after the project stalled. Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Village Fights for Its School

The Lower Sitholeni community in Ngcobo is frustrated with the Eastern Cape Department of Education as they watch their village school fall apart. Read more »

South Africa: Court Upholds Right of Farm Residents to Bury Their Loved Ones

Farm workers, who have lived on Montina farms in Groblershoop, Northern Cape, for generations, have always treated the farms as a single piece of property. But legally speaking,… Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds Stranded By Roadside After Massive Farm Eviction in Kraaifontein

Hundreds of people including dozens of children have been dumped beside the Botfontein Road after they were evicted from Klein Akker Farm in Kraaifontein on Monday. Read more »

South Africa: Concourt Ruling On Labour Tenants Sends Message On Government Inefficiency

Labour tenants scored a major victory in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. A majority of judges in the court upheld the Land Claims Court's (LCC) order to appoint a special… Read more »

South Africa: Mdantsane Community Divided Over Suspended Ward Councillor

Embattled Mdantsane Ward 20 Councillor Ntombizodwa Gamnca (ANC) called a general meeting on Sunday, last week. But residents disrupted the meeting at NU7 community hall, throwing… Read more »

South Africa: Constitutional Court Rules That Interim Divorce Orders May Not Be Appealed

But the door has been left open for future litigation on interim orders Read more »

South Africa: Union Marches Against Mbalula's Plans for North West Bus Service

About 300 employees of North West Transport Investment (NTI), a provincial government owned transport service, marched to the Department of Transport in central Pretoria on Monday… Read more »

South Africa: Women Are Being Evicted From Shelters Onto the Street

Victims of violence are rendered homeless or forced to return to abusive homes Read more »

South Africa: Commuters Left Stranded By Metrorail in Cape Town

"Every day when I arrive at work I am already exhausted because of the shoving and standing inside the overcrowded trains." Read more »

South Africa: New Land Occupiers Say They Are Flood Victims

People relocating to Mpukwini from Island informal settlement had their shacks demolished on the weekend Read more »

South Africa: Call for Maritzburg Factory to Set Up Disaster Fund Following River Spill

1,6 million litres of fatty oils and caustic soda poured out of Willowton Oil into the Msundusi River on Tuesday leaving a trail of destruction Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Municipality Knew Site B Could Be Sold for More but Chose to Sell Quickly Instead

Forensic investigation clears City of wrongdoing but nevertheless raises troubling questions Read more »

South Africa: Traffic Information Employees Unpaid for Eight Months

Department of Transport's Road Traffic Management Corporation in legal wrangle with private company Tasima over insourcing employees Read more »

South Africa: A Lifetime Without an ID Document

Thoko Nzimande is 63 and she has never had an identity document Read more »

South Africa: Myciti Suspension On N2 Hits Commuters Hard

Khayelitsha commuters are battling with transport costs Read more »

South Africa: South African Players On International Draughts Stage

Landikhaya Makeleni of KwaNobuhle hopes to challenge world champion Lubabalo Kondlo of New Brighton Read more »

South Africa: Grade R Learners Told to Avoid the School Toilets and Use the Field

Eastern Cape Education Department says Mangelengele Primary School is too small to invest in Read more »

South Africa: Prayer Meeting Held for Shot Teenager

About thirty people in Port Elizabeth held a prayer meeting on Thursday at the site where Sinazo Kleinbooi was shot and killed on 30 July. Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Villagers Demand Municipality Fix Their Roads

Residents of Magwala have given the Intsika Yethu Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape two weeks to fix their gravel road. On Wednesday, about 200 residents from villages near… Read more »

South Africa: DTI Washes Its Hands of Lottery Scandal

Over the last two weeks GroundUp has revealed evidence of dodgy dealings at the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) implicating senior management. To date there has been little… Read more »

South Africa: Evicted Nigel Families Fear Separation From Their Children

Families living in a dilapidated church in Nigel fear that their children will be taken from them by social workers who have declared their living conditions unsafe. Read more »

South Africa: I Queue for a Living

Standing in snaking queues - whether at Home Affairs, collecting a social grant, or a visit to a congested clinic - is a boring and time consuming task many South Africans find… Read more »