South Africa: Govt Stepped in At Eleventh Hour to Save Basketball Tournament

The tournament, which started later than scheduled, is underway in Pretoria and ends on Saturday Read more »

South Africa: Cars Destroyed By Fire in Free State Government Pound

Owners find their cars burned to cinders Read more »

South Africa: Health Department Misses Another Deadline to Provide Nurses With Uniforms

The department has committed to paying nurses a once-off allowance by the end of November Read more »

South Africa: City of Cape Town Pushes for Plan From Prasa to Manage Commuter Rail

Legal correspondence over finalisation of rail agreement exchanged Read more »

South Africa: Prasa Accused of Contempt of Court

The rail agency was ordered to restore shelter to people it evicted from Cape Town Foreshore in August Read more »

South Africa: At Least 116 Children Died From Malnutrition in the Eastern Cape in One Year

Conference on hunger hears there's more than enough food. Policy failures by both government and corporations are causing hunger. Read more »

South Africa: Small West Coast Town Is the World Capital of This Delicacy

Known as the "bokkom capital" of the world, Velddrif is a small fishing town on the West Coast where a type of fish biltong called "bokkoms" (a salted and dried harder fish) is… Read more »

South Africa: Only Nine of 55 Villages Get Water From Controversial Multi-Billion Rand Project

Deputy President Paul Mashatile promises that by November a dozen more villages would get tap water via the Giyani Water Project Read more »

South Africa: Woman in Wheelchair Narrowly Escapes Death in Dunoon Shack Fire

Nearly 50 people left homeless Read more »

South Africa: Province Tells City of Cape Town to Clean Up Dunoon

Warning on pollution and health hazards in informal settlement Read more »

South Africa: Villagers Use Contaminated River Water While R100-Million Sewage Project Delayed

Tsomo waste water treatment works were meant to be completed two years ago Read more »

South Africa: Premier Group Goes to Court to End Mister Sweet Strike

Strike at Germiston factory enters fourth week Read more »

South Africa: Mike Ngulube's Desperate Search for His Baby's Body

A year after the Marshalltown fire which killed Memory and her mother Joyce, the child's body has not been returned to her father Read more »

South Africa: Women in Limpopo Village Had to Dig Their Own Water Well

Vhembe District Municipality says repairs to faulty boreholes across Elim will be done by end September Read more »

South Africa: Durban Flood Victims Told to Vacate Emergency Housing

eThekwini Municipality says its planning to rehouse the affected families but can't assist those who had previously benefitted from RDP projects Read more »

South Africa: Eskom Office Closure in Mpumalanga Leaves Customers Frustrated

Residents still turning up to report electricity supply problems months after Kwagga Mall customer hub closed Read more »

South Africa: UIF Online Services Frozen in Court Battle

Interim interdict stopped the UIF's new service provider from rendering IT services Read more »

South Africa: Half a Billion in Unspent Funds Returned to Treasury By Gauteng Department

Auditor-General flags irregular expenditure and insufficient controls in 2023/24 report Read more »

South Africa: The Three Businessmen and the Gauteng Social Development Department's Millions

The department says the Hawks are investigating the sustainable livelihoods programme but will not provide details Read more »

South Africa: There Are 90 Learners to a Class in This Limpopo School

Such classes are uncontrollable, says a teacher Read more »

South Africa: Seven Years of Promises but Still No Stadium

Waterval Stadium in Limpopo is still incomplete though at least R28-million has been spent Read more »

South Africa: Basketball Tournament Gets Off to Rocky Start After Bungling

SA boys' team only had three days with their coach Read more »

South Africa: Rhodes University Plans Water Independence From Municipality

"Our students and staff can no longer depend on a dying municipality" says vice-chancellor Read more »

South Africa: More Security Guards Picket At Western Cape Hospital Over Unpaid Salaries

Security guards employed by Golden Security Services in Heideveld downed tools on Tuesday Read more »

South Africa: Rules for R370-a-Month Social Grant to Be Challenged in Court in October

#PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say regulations exclude many people who are eligible; government disagrees Read more »