South Africa: Judgment Reserved in Stellenbosch Luxury Estate Legal Battle

Stellenbosch Interest Group faces damage claims for halting the Botmaskop development Read more »

South Africa: Public Works to Evict Three Former MK MPs From State Subsidised Housing

The former MPs have refused to vacate the parliamentary village since they were removed from Parliament in August 2024 Read more »

South Africa: Philippi Mass Murder Accused Abandons Bail

The matter will return to court on 16 April Read more »

South Africa: Most Social Grant Fraud Involves Officials, Not Beneficiaries, Report Says

The Institute for Economic Justice says 75% of reported fraud cases have involved government employees, contractors or officials Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Say They're Still Waiting for the Borehole They Were Promised Before the 2024 Elections

They say they haven't seen a municipal water tanker since last October Read more »

South Africa: Nkandla Villagers Block Roads Demanding Permanent Repairs

KZN transport department has a road maintenance backlog of R20-billion Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Pensioner's Epic Journey to Renew Her Social Grant

Macharles Mahlekele, 86, spent a night in a stuck taxi and two days sheltering with strangers after a flooded river blocked her route home Read more »

South Africa: Social Workers Refuse to Work in Stutterheim Office After Labour Department Finds It Unsafe

Labour department says the building is closed but Eastern Cape Department of Social Development says it's been cleaned and is open Read more »

South Africa: Joburg Residents Line the Streets and Cheer Army Deployment

A convoy of South African National Defence Force, military police and SAPS move through Eldorado Park, Riverlea and Westbury Read more »

South Africa: This Durban Swimming Pool Has Been in Ruins for 10 Years

The eThekwini municipality says renovations to the Newlands swimming pool will be completed by December 2026 Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Pensioners Must Give Back the Road Grader They Seized, Court Rules

Ugie villagers took control of the vehicle to protest against the municipality's failure to fix roads Read more »

South Africa: Volunteers Turn Derelict Historic Building Into a Thriving Community Centre

A 19th-century Cape Dutch homestead in Cape Town has been revived through a partnership between SAHRA and volunteers Read more »

South Africa: Pollution Is Killing Gauteng's Fresh Water Sources

Failing sewage systems, rapid urbanisation and industrial pollution have turned Gauteng's rivers into an environmental and public health problem Read more »

South Africa: Work On Eastern Cape Clinic Stalled Because Health Department Didn't Pay the Builder

Patients have to queue in the rain outside a temporary clinic Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Village Without Water After Heavy Floods Wash Away Pipes

Residents have struggled to access water for almost two months Read more »

South Africa: City Power Billing Changes Leave Jhb Residents With Sky-High Bills

Johannesburg's power utility says credits of R136-million have been issued to 86 customers who were overcharged Read more »

South Africa: This May Be As Good As a Master's Office Gets in South Africa

Sources close to the Bloemfontein Master's Office rate it higher than Master's offices in other major centres - GroundUp has investigated Read more »

South Africa: Shacks Demolished While Eviction Case Drags On for Durban's Piedmont Park

The municipality says it will only be able to provide alternative accommodation in 2027 Read more »

South Africa: South Africa Is Bleeding to Death - and It's Because of Guns

It's time to treat gun violence as a public health crisis Read more »

South Africa: Madagascan-Inspired Dance Festival in Soweto Confronts Social Issues

The fourth ITROTRA-MAP Dance Festival was held last week with artists coming from Madagascar, Mozambique, Sweden, France and Germany Read more »

South Africa: Taxi Drivers March to Nyanga SAPS to Demand Better Policing

They gave Nyanga police seven days to respond to their demands Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds Gather to Remember Children Killed in Shack Blaze

A fire in Shaka's Head near KwaDukuza killed five people on 28 February Read more »

South Africa: Nine Taxis Torched in Nyanga

Driver and commuters concerned about resurgence of violent taxi feud Read more »

South Africa: Canegrowers Warn Tongaat Liquidation Will Devastate Economy

Minister Parks Tau opposes liquidation, says it will cause a "jobs bloodbath" Read more »

South Africa: Central Karoo Lags Behind Western Cape's Progress

Teenage pregnancy, low birth weights, and high neonatal mortality plague the areas around Beaufort West and Laingsburg Read more »