South Africa: Lottery Throws Millions More At Dodgy Projects

The National Lotteries Commission has refused to disclose its beneficiaries. But we found them Read more »

South Africa: Strandfontein Homeless Site Closes

City says Culemborg site will accommodate 96 of the estimated 180 homeless people now living under the overpass Read more »

South Africa: Court Challenge to Govt's 'Peanut Butter Sandwich Ban'

A house with a yellow "flag" put up to indicate the residents need food assistance. Photo taken from court application by Cradle of Hope. Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - Lockdown Makes Access to Justice for Prisoners Even More Difficult

Leeuwkop trial inmates "subjected daily to the control of the people they are suing for torture" Read more »

South Africa: Electricity Protests After RDP Homeowners Disconnect Informal Settlement

"Our electricity boxes trip and only start to work the following day" says RDP homeowner in Mfuleni Read more »

South Africa: Evictions - When Is a Shack Occupied and When Is It Not?

The battle to find out which criteria are used by the City of Cape Town Read more »

South Africa: 'The Only Time They Flock Here Is When They Want Our Votes' Says Pietermaritzburg Resident

Residents of Sakha informal settlement in Mkhondeni, Pietermaritzburg, are pleading with the City to collect mounds of rubbish and provide them with ablution facilities. Photo:… Read more »

South Africa: 150 People Use One Woman's Toilet

"I feel for her. If it was someone else, they would never accept what we are doing." Read more »

South Africa: 'There Can Be No Justification for Torture, Ever'- Top Brass Tell Police

Police who refuse to comply with internal directive may be held personally liable Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - Groote Schuur On the Brink

The number of Covid-19 patients at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town is doubling every five days, according to a doctor, one of several at the hospital that we spoke to. The… Read more »

South Africa: Dunoon Leaders Say They Were Not Consulted On De-Densification Plans

Provincial government says stakeholder engagement will take place on Thursday Read more »

South Africa: Court Orders City of Cape Town to Leave Obs Occupiers Alone

Interim interdict can be challenged on 3 June Read more »

South Africa: Court Victory for 'Invisible, Undocumented Children'

In a victory for "invisible, undocumented children", unwed fathers will soon be able to register the births of their children without the mother being present or giving consent.… Read more »

South Africa: Immigrant Spaza Shop Owners Asked for 'Donations' to Protect Them From Criminals

Immigrant spaza shop owners in Nelson Mandela Bay have asked the police to protect them. Archive photo of police closing spaza shops at the start of the lockdown by Mkhuseli Sizani Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - Durban Workers Without Pay As Company Fails to Declare Them With UIF

Over R14 billion paid to about 2.5 million workers during lockdown, says labour department Read more »

South Africa: School Children Sell Cigarettes to Help Parents Make Ends Meet

Two school friends, aged 11 and 12, are among many who have joined the illicit cigarette trade that has taken off during the Covid-19 lockdown with schools closed and families… Read more »

South Africa: Patients At Mfuleni Day Hospital Get Medication Through the Fence

Patients are being given their medication through the fence at Mfuleni Day Hospital in Cape Town. Read more »

South Africa: Protesters Bring Road Project to a Halt in Kwanobuhle

They believe unemployed youths from their ward are being sidelined Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - Making Sense of 'R'

It's a useful but much misunderstood concept for explaining the course of the epidemic Read more »

South Africa: Water Tanks Run Dry in Motherwell Informal Settlements

"Residents spend time in long queues waiting to fetch water" says community leader Read more »

South Africa: COVID-19 - Sanitation Is a Struggle in Kleinbegin in the Winelands

Living conditions at the informal settlement have only got worse over the years, says a resident who has lived in Kleinbegin for seven years. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Read more »

South Africa: Glebelands Eight Trial Postponed to October

The trial of the "Glebelands Eight" has been postponed in the Pietermaritzburg High Court until October. Archive photo: Nompendulo Ngubane Read more »

South Africa: Homemade Alcoholic Brew Finds a Market As Prices Soar

With the sale of alcohol banned for over seven weeks, the illegal booze trade has mushroomed and prices rocketed. People who used to frequent shebeens in the southern Cape, say… Read more »

South Africa: Sassa's Big Test - When Will the Emergency COVID-19 Social Grant Be Paid?

President Ramaphosa announced on 21 April that the government would pay temporary supplements to recipients of social grants and would also introduce a temporary 'Covid-19 Social… Read more »

South Africa: Alcohol Ban Has Taken Us Back to the Dark Days of Apartheid, Says Shebeen Owner

Homemade brew finds a market as prices rocket for liquor sold illegally Read more »