South Africa: Are Judges Crossing the Line When They Speak Out?

Some are perilously close to breaking the Code of Judicial Conduct Read more »

South Africa: Vital Court Case On Numsa's Future Postponed

A full day has been set aside for the Labour Court in Johannesburg to hear the case next week Read more »

South Africa: Occupiers Facing Eviction Refuse to Move Until Their Demands Are Met

About 31 households at Backstage in Khayelitsha want the City to relocate them to serviced sites. Read more »

South Africa: Activists Launch #PatrickMustFall Campaign

Dozens of women from the Cape Flats protested in Constantia on Monday Read more »

South Africa: City of Joburg Demolished Mama Fifi's Urban Farm, but She's Determined to Start Again

June demolition of Bertrams Urban Farm, running for 16 years, disrupted dozens of feeding schemes Read more »

South Africa: Bodies Are Still Missing After Durban's Devastating April Floods

Months after floods devastated KwaZulu-Natal, some families have lost hope that the bodies of their relatives will ever be found. Read more »

South Africa: Judge Slams Bank and Its Lawyers for Shoddy Work

The bank took a "cut and paste" approach against a home owner Read more »

South Africa: Seasonal Farm Workers Struggle for Months to Get Unemployment Insurance Money

Long queues at De Doorns labour office where the system is often offline Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Boss Suspended for the Third Time for Suspected Corruption

Phillemon Letwaba is accused of abusing his position to enrich himself and his family Read more »

South Africa: IPID Probes Ekurhuleni Cops After Four People Died During Protests

Mayor promises Tembisa residents free basic electricity, debt relief to qualifying households and bins Read more »

South Africa: Most Applicants for Social Relief of Distress Grants Are Young

Approximately 600,000 SRD grant applicants hold tertiary qualifications Read more »

South Africa: Numsa - It's Ruth Ntlokotse Versus Irvin Jim in Court

Labour Court to hear Ntlokotse's arguments that the union's elections were invalid and that Jim should be arrested Read more »

South Africa: Lotteries Chief Paid 'Performance Bonus' When He Wasn't Even at Work

Phillemon Letwaba earned nearly R4-million and Lotteries boss Thabang Mampane more than R4.5-million in the 2020/21 year Read more »

South Africa: Free State Drinking Water Polluted By Sewage

Winburg one of many towns in the province with unsafe drinking water Read more »

South Africa: Only South Africans and Permanent Residents May Be Lawyers, Concourt Rules

Foreign law graduates who have lived, studied and completed articles and pupilage in South Africa do not qualify Read more »

South Africa: High Court Victory for Former Farm Worker From Wellington

Drakenstein Municipality failed in its duty to provide emergency housing, Western Cape High Court finds Read more »

South Africa: 'It's Survival of the Fittest,' Says Blind Homeless Woman

No homeless shelters or "safe spaces" in Mitchells Plain Read more »

South Africa: Education Department Misses Court Deadline to Pay Educators

Eastern Cape education department has now promised to pay staff at a Makhanda school by the end of August Read more »

South Africa: We'll Fight Eviction, Say Families Living On Joburg Railway Land

Some people have been living on the Braamfontein site for over two decades Read more »

South Africa: 12 Toilets for 3,000 People, So Elderly Couple Use the Bushes

600,000 are people waiting for housing opportunities in the Western Cape Read more »

South Africa: Court Orders Public Apologies to Chinese Community

Posts on Facebook found to be hate speech Read more »

South Africa: Horses Work 'Magic' for Children With Disabilities

The South African Riding for the Disabled Association runs free lessons for 50 children a week near Durban Read more »

South Africa: Boys Play Soccer in Neglected Gugulethu Cemetery

Petition launched to get City of Cape Town to fix the graveyard Read more »

South Africa: Amathole Municipality and Department of Water Blame Each Other for Leaving Villages Dry

Workers oppose the mayor's plan to bring in a new company and cut their wages. Mayor blames the Department - but the municipality has not released funds to the contractor. Read more »

South Africa: Gqeberha Refugee Office Is a Nightmare for Somali Immigrants

Staff shortages at Home Affairs leave asylum seekers in the lurch Read more »