May 26
South Africa: The 'Housewife', the Driver, the Pensioner and the Dodgy Lottery Grant
What we know about the deal that caused the Sunday Times editor to be placed on "special leave" Read more »
South Africa: Yonela Mnana - 'Music Education Should Not Be a Luxury'
The jazz pianist has built a career challenging the perception of blindness through music Read more »
May 25
Africa: 'An African Cannot Be a Foreigner in Africa'
In St George's Cathedral on Africa Day activists called out Afrophobia, saying immigrants are fighting for the same dignity as marginalised South Africans Read more »
Lesotho: Court Halts Solar Company From Seizing Lesotho's Assets
The Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa has overturned a High Court ruling that allowed a German solar company to attach Lesotho state assets Read more »
South Africa: Khayelitsha Streets Fill With Rainbow Flags for Queer Rights Pride March
This year's Khumbulani Pride honoured those killed in hate crimes, including 16-year-old Kwakhanya Mhlanganisi, murdered in December Read more »
South Africa: Cops Caught On CCTV Beating Man Are Back in Court
Their case, which has been dragging on for over two years, had previously been withdrawn Read more »
South Africa: Blind Soccer Coach Keeps Motherwell Teens Out of Crime
Lundi Potelwa started the Mfengu Nation sports organisation in 2024 and now coaches 50 soccer players Read more »
May 22
South Africa: More Than 57,000 People Were Deported From South Africa Last Year
The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration Read more »
South Africa: The Australian Crayfish Invading Our Rivers
Researcher warns of threat to the Okavango Delta Read more »
South Africa: Human Rights Commission Blasts 'Uncaring' Gauteng Municipalities for Water Crisis
The commission said mismanagement, infrastructure neglect and systemic corruption to blame Read more »
South Africa: Legally in SA but Scared to Go Home - 150 Immigrants Camping At Durban Home Affairs
People driven from their neighbourhoods by anti-immigrant groups have spent five days moving between a police station, a church centre and Home Affairs Read more »
May 21
South Africa: A New R486-Million Water System, but the Taps Are Still Dry in These Limpopo Villages
Makhado municipality insists families will have water soon Read more »
South Africa: Judge Tells Minister to Get Water to Eastern Cape Families
Centane residents win court victory Read more »
South Africa: Kouga Flood Victims Accuse Municipality of Abandoning Them
The municipality estimates the cost of the storm damage to be about R170-million Read more »
South Africa: Elim School Building Was Declared Unsafe Almost Five Years Ago - Learners Are Still in It
"What if the ceiling or pillars collapse?" asks grade 11 learner Read more »
South Africa: Fraudster Lawyer Practised in Court for Years After Disbarment
The Mthatha High Court has referred Kenneth Ntila for criminal investigation Read more »
May 20
South Africa: Explainer - What Last Week's Storm Says About Climate Change
Models suggest winter storms will become less frequent but more severe Read more »
South Africa: Elections 2026 - Langeberg Municipality Accused of Hiding Details of R60-Million Contract
The municipality has also failed to obey an order to release a report on a 2022 water crisis Read more »
South Africa: You May Be Sending Your UIF Claim to a Dead Website
The Unemployment Insurance Fund's old online claims system is still accepting applications which go nowhere Read more »
South Africa: Gauteng Water Crisis in the Spotlight At SAHRC Inquiry
Auditor-General and civil society organisations made submissions on Tuesday Read more »
South Africa: De Doorns Farm Workers' Homes Destroyed in Floods
"I almost lost my grandchild. I almost lost my life," says Abraham Douglas, a farm worker at Kleinberg farm in De Doorns. Read more »
May 19
South Africa: SRD Grant Recipients Queue All Day At Benoni Sassa Office - Only to Be Turned Away
Beneficiaries trying to update their details or reinstate payments say they have to make multiple trips because the system of often down and queues are very long and slow Read more »
South Africa: Schools Built By Eastern Cape Families in the 1980s Have Been Left to Ruin
All the parents asked is that the state maintain and upgrade the schools Read more »
South Africa: The Constitutional Court Is Battling. Here's What Can Be Done to Fix It
Freedom Under Law has proposed several solutions to help the overburdened apex court Read more »
South Africa: Pensioners Queue From 2am At Sassa Office in Tshwane
Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office Read more »
