South Africa: Zimbabweans Stock Up to Beat Inflation At Home

But the cost of taking goods back rises over Christmas Read more »

South Africa: Serving Hungry People for Over 80 Years

Almost everyday, hundreds of homeless people gather at the Service Dining Rooms for a warm cooked meal and cooldrink. Situated in Cape Town's city centre, this charity has been… Read more »

South Africa: New Social Grant for Families

The Department of Social Development (DSD) is fast approaching a February 2019 deadline to amend the foster care system so that families no longer have to go to court every two… Read more »

South Africa: Backyarders Complain of City's Incomplete Toilet Installation

Four years ago, the City of Cape Town launched a project to bring services, such as sanitation and electricity, to backyard dwellers living on council-owned properties. The project… Read more »

South Africa: City Gives Green Light to Salt River Social Housing Project

A full sitting of Council at the Cape Town Civic Centre on Thursday agreed "in-principle" that the City sell the Salt River Market site to Communicare, a non-profit housing… Read more »

South Africa: The Lawyer, the Lottery and Millions in Dodgy Grants

The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has launched an investigation into a multimillion rand grant made to a dormant and non-compliant, non-profit organisation. Read more »

South Africa: Questions & Answers About the National Minimum Wage

On 27 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Minimum Wage Act. This was a significant moment for workers, because while certain vulnerable employees in, for… Read more »

South Africa: Slight Improvement in Backlog At Western Cape High Court

The backlog of late judgements at Western Cape High Court has slightly improved since our last update, though 16 cases have been awaiting judgment for six months or more. Read more »

South Africa: Why Are the Lights Off At Prasa?

R53 million worth of solar lighting equipment was purchased four years ago to improve security at Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) depots. Yet it still appears to be… Read more »

South Africa: School Principal Charged After Sexual Harassment Case

Western Cape Education Department takes action Read more »

South Africa: We Hope It Won't Just Be a Decoration, Says Resident As Temporary Nyanga Police Station Opened

Minister of police Bheki Cele opened the new temporary police station in Samora Machel in Nyanga on Tuesday, but was tight-lipped about on the permanent police station he had… Read more »

Africa: 'Tell Us How You Get High'

World's largest drug survey wants to hear from drug users across the planet Read more »

South Africa: Shack Dwellers Ask City to Share Cost of Janitors

Toilets donated to community of Siyangena are kept clean by residents Read more »

South Africa: Mortuary Employees Arrested for Defying Court Order to End Go-Slow

NEHAWU commits to supporting workers, who will appear in court on Tuesday Read more »

South Africa: Award-Winning Children's Book Author Diane Case Stabbed 14 Times

On Monday, about 15 people gathered outside the Wynberg Magistrate Court to protest the bail hearing of the man accused of attacking 63-year-old Diane Case. Read more »

South Africa: Parkwood Residents 'Losing Hope' of Receiving Social Housing

Four months have passed since a team of experts visited several sites where social and affordable housing could be built for backyarders in Parkwood and surrounding areas. Read more »

South Africa: Housing Allocation 'Chaos' in Umlazi

Shack dwellers want an explanation from the eThekwini Municipality as to why they did not benefit from a housing project which has accommodated 50 families already and is underway… Read more »

South Africa: 69-Year-Old Woman Scrap Collector Sleeps By the Roadside

On the busy R61 road, between Lusikisiki and Port Saint Johns, Nomvalo village has become home to a number of women who sleep out in the open. They wait for a truck to take them to… Read more »

South Africa: Prasa Ordered to Cough Up After Commuter Pushed Out of Train

The Western Cape High Court on Thursday rejected an appeal application by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), maintaining its original judgment that the agency is… Read more »

South Africa: Strikers Barricade Mortuary

Striking workers barricaded the gates of the Fort Napier Medico Legal Mortuary in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday. The striking forensic staff were joined by other NEHAWU members from… Read more »

South Africa: People Robbed of ARVs Because of Whoonga Myth

Rose* says she has been held up at knifepoint three times since August and each time robbed of her antiretroviral (ARV) medication. Read more »

South Africa: Farm Community Demands Homes Promised Over a Decade Ago

Former farm workers and their families on Longlands Farm near Stellenbosch are fighting for housing in the face of the development of a luxury estate on the land. Read more »

South Africa: Court Ruling Provides Some Relief for Borrowers

Borrowers with more than one debt outstanding were given some protection last week when the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the interest rate on short-term loans after the first… Read more »

South Africa: Condemning Israel Is Not Hate Speech, Appeal Court Finds

The Supreme Court of Appeal ( SCA) this week delivered a judgment that provided much needed clarity about the meaning of "hate speech" as prohibited in the Equality Act.… Read more »

South Africa: People Guilty of Serious Crimes Will Not Qualify for Refugee Status

However, extradition law still protects their fundamental rights Read more »