March 06
South Africa: Rural Eastern Cape Children Left to Hitchhike to School
About 80 learners from the Enon farming community have been without scholar transport this year Read more »
South Africa: SA's Harbours Are Slowly Recovering
Cape Town port hit record numbers in 2024 Read more »
South Africa: Activists Criticise Social Grant 'Savings'
The Universal Basic Income Coalition says tighter controls risk excluding eligible beneficiaries Read more »
March 05
South Africa: Arms Committee Fails to Explain SA's Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE
National Conventional Arms Control Committee has not filed record of decisions despite being ordered to do so by the High Court in 2021 Read more »
South Africa: Minister Increases Quotas for Small-Scale Fishers
More licenses for linefish vessels and the crayfish season extended Read more »
South Africa: Observatory Land Occupiers Wait to Hear Their Fate
The City of Cape Town has offered to move families living on Main Road to a site in Gugulethu Read more »
South Africa: Our Pool Is a Dumping Site, Say Joburg Residents
Only 32 of the city's 57 public pools are open this summer Read more »
South Africa: R66-Million Lottery Grant for Netball Courts Halted After Investigation
Special Investigating Unit has launched a probe into a grant to Netball SA for a World Cup 2023 legacy project Read more »
March 04
South Africa: Lottery Fraudsters Must Personally Pay Back R14-Million
Judge Margaret Victor ruled that brothers Tshimangadzo and Ndoweni Mukutu acted in concert to defraud the National Lotteries Commission Read more »
South Africa: Volunteers Raise Alarm Over Animal Abuse in Clanwilliam
The Clanwilliam Animal Welfare Society say they are "overburdened" and are without support from the Cederberg municipality Read more »
South Africa: Train to Mitchell's Plain Finally Gets Going
But equipment failures are already causing delays Read more »
South Africa: 'Abysmal' Service At Pretoria Master's Office
The Department of Justice says it is addressing backlogs Read more »
South Africa: A R24-Million Sports Centre and Nowhere to Train
Kokstad's pool is empty and the soccer field is too hard Read more »
March 03
South Africa: Judge Makhubele Fights to Keep Her Job
Suspended Gauteng High Court Judge seeks to stop Parliament from proceeding with impeachment Read more »
South Africa: UCT Staff Strike Ends As Agreement Is Reached
Unions accept 3.5% increase as progress made on other issues Read more »
South Africa: How a Company Is Making Affordable Housing Possible
And what municipalities can do to help Read more »
South Africa: Woman With Throat Cancer Waits 11 Years for House
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof Read more »
South Africa: Phillipi East Massacre - Second Suspect Appears in Court
A third suspect is still at large Read more »
South Africa: I Was Shot in the Head in 1986. I'm Still Paying the Price
Why gun violence is a public health crisis Read more »
South Africa: Fix Our Park, Frustrated Residents Tell City of Cape Town
The municipality says the park in Driftsands is earmarked for repairs this financial year Read more »
March 02
South Africa: How Cape Town Is Converting Waste Into Electricity
The City has invested R93-million at the Coastal Park Landfill site where methane is converted into electricity Read more »
South Africa: Johannesburg - Where Water Runs in the Streets, but Not in the Taps
Nearly half of the city's water is lost to leaks Read more »
South Africa: Learners Stand On Bus Steps With Doors Open to Get to School
Government-contracted buses are chronically overloaded Read more »
South Africa: Activists Demand Government Improve Maternal Health Care
More than 50 mothers and activists picketed outside the National Department of Health in Pretoria to demand better maternity healthcare Read more »
South Africa: Clothing Company Implicated in Sweatshop Scandal Cries Foul
Drake Clothing says bargaining council's liquidation bid was done in bad faith Read more »
