South Africa: Opponent of Coal Mine Extension Murdered in Her Home

Fikile Ntshangase, a vocal opponent of plans to extend the Somkhele coal mine, was murdered in her home on Thursday night. Read more »

South Africa: Court Order Has Big Implications for Land Expropriation

Municipality must return land to 84-year-old pensioner because it didn't obtain his consent, suggesting that parts of the Expropriation Act are unconstitutional Read more »

South Africa: These Domestic Workers Lost Their Jobs During Lockdown. Now They Have to Beg On the Streets With Their Babies

When a car stops, all the women compete to get there first. Read more »

South Africa: Butterworth Water Protests Politically Motivated Says Municipality

"Officials live in East London ... When they take a bath they spend an hour because they have enough water" responds protester Read more »

South Africa: Rural Eastern Cape School, Built With Donations, Battles to Survive

Provincial education department blames contractor and dwindling budget for dilapidated state Read more »

South Africa: No Housing On Rondebosch Golf Club for Now

City says the land is unsuitable, but Ndifuna Ukwazi says the decision is "blindingly shortsighted" Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 - Getting the Messaging Right

There is little appetite, economically or psychologically, for another strict national lockdown. Covid-19 will be with us for a while. We have to learn to live with it. Read more »

South Africa: Snaking Queue for Covid-19 Grants in Soweto

"I heard the government extended the grant for three months, but I am still waiting for my first payment to be approved" Read more »

South Africa: After Years of Missing Deadlines Government Wants 18 More Months to Solve Foster Grant Crisis

Tens of thousands of children yet again at risk of losing their grants Read more »

South Africa: Housing Protest After Gauteng 'Delivers Nothing' On 2018 Promise

Over 100 people from various Gauteng communities marched to Premier David Makhura's office. Read more »

South Africa: 92 Cases Struck From Court Roll in Three Months Due to Police Inefficiency

Western Cape Minister for Community Safety released the latest Court Watching Brief report on Wednesday. Read more »

South Africa: MPs Give Home Affairs and City a Tongue Lashing Over Refugee Camps

Members of Parliament are to conduct oversight visit to two refugee camps in Cape Town. Read more »

South Africa: Childcarers Paid At Last By Social Development

Hundreds of Early Childhood Development (ECD) staff who had not been paid since grants were stopped at the start of the Covid lockdown in March, have at last been paid by the… Read more »

South Africa: Port Elizabeth Family Lose 'Breadwinner' in Taxi Shooting

A Port Elizabeth man was shot at a local taxi rank on 5 October and died in hospital three days later. Read more »

South Africa: 'Massive' Oil Spill in Umbilo River

There has been a massive spill of oil into the Umbilo River, Durban, from a Transnet pipeline. Read more »

South Africa: 22 Years Later, Families Displaced By Dam to Be Compensated, Promises Minister

On Tuesday Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo met families affected by the construction of the Nandoni Dam in Limpopo which started in 1998. Read more »

South Africa: Sassa Determined to Get Back 'Every Cent' Owed By Cash Paymaster Services

The North Gauteng High Court has ordered the liquidation of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) which used to pay out social grants under contract to the SA Social Security Agency… Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Man Claims He Was Shot By Police After a Car Chase

The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is investigating allegations that Ngcobo police in the Eastern Cape used live ammunition to shoot 25-year-old Luyolo Mdaka. Read more »

South Africa: Shack Dwellers Want a Share of Toilet Building Tender

A group of shack dwellers from Area 11 in Gunguluza, Uitenhage intend to submit tenders on several multi-million rand projects in the community. Read more »

South Africa: Henley Dam Community Protest Over Lack of Water

Residents of Mbizane and Henley Dam blocked roads in protests on Monday and last week Friday. Read more »

South Africa: Without the Right to Public Transport, Most People Can't Access Their Other Rights

Regulating and subsidising minibus taxis would allow citizens to access their rights Read more »

South Africa: Abahlali Leads Hundreds in March Against Corruption in Durban

Shack dweller movement Abahlali BaseMjondolo (ABM) led several grassroots organisations in a protest march through Durban's streets. Read more »

South Africa: Four Big Victories Show What Political Activism Can Achieve

Commuter and housing activists have set important examples Read more »

South Africa: Musina Residents Demand Jobs Held By Immigrants

Residents marched to private companies and the local shopping mall Read more »

South Africa: Neighbouring Towns At War Over Jobs

Cookhouse residents demand inclusion in R28-million industrial park construction in Somerset East Read more »