October 31, 2023
South Africa: Disability Group Battles to Keep Going After Robbery
The cash-strapped organisation in Musina has 250 members who rely on it Read more »
South Africa: Municipality Which Is 'Swimming in Trouble' Finally Pays Its Workers
Matjhabeng Local Municipality employees have been on strike since 25 October because they were not paid Read more »
South Africa: Budget Cuts - Why Doesn't the Govt Use Some of the Money in This R459-Billion Account?
The reasons for not using money from the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account are political, not legal or economic Read more »
October 30, 2023
South Africa: South African Lawyers Apply to Join Ugandan Court Case On Anti-Homosexuality Act
Centre for Applied Legal Studies argues that the Ugandan Parliament violated its own rules of procedure to pass the law Read more »
South Africa: Communal Toilets Overflowing With Faeces Due to Extortion
About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand Read more »
South Africa: Constitutional Court Slaps Home Affairs Minister With Personal Cost Order
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights Read more »
South Africa: Children Play Among Rubbish and Rodents At This Dunoon Park
City official says a developer is waiting for approval to fund the repairs of Thandabantu Park but suggest moving the equipment to a different place Read more »
South Africa: Parents Fear for Children's Safety At Dilapidated School
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s Read more »
South Africa: Rural Women Shed Light On Food Insecurity
"Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity" says activist Read more »
South Africa: Two Die and Hundreds Left Homeless By Khayelitsha Fire
Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby Read more »
October 27, 2023
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Permits - Foundation Goes to Court Again to 'Avert Human Catastrophe'
The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders Read more »
South Africa: Disability Grant Applicants Sleep Outside This Sassa Office
SASSA admitted that there had been "technical challenges with the online system" but that these had since been resolved Read more »
South Africa: Life-Saving TB Drug Is Now Cheaper - But Not As Cheap As It Could Be
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40% Read more »
South Africa: Welkom Municipal Workers React Angrily After Learning They Won't Be Paid
A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries Read more »
South Africa: Criminal Case Against Former Prasa Director Kicked Down the Tracks - Again
Former PRASA acting CEO and a Cape Town businessman were arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019 Read more »
South Africa: Over 100 Women March in Durban to Demand Better Healthcare and Housing
This follows a three-day conference that brought together grandmothers from across the country Read more »
October 26, 2023
South Africa: Any Parent Is Entitled to Four Months Parental Leave, Rules High Court
Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts declared unconstitutional Read more »
South Africa: Landmark Decision for Housing in Cape Town
City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing Read more »
South Africa: Health Dept Has Not Fully Implemented Court Order Affirming Immigrant Rights - Lawyers
The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care… Read more »
South Africa: Sand Mining Company Appeals Against Refusal of Water Licence in Philippi
A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer Read more »
South Africa: Backyarders Demolish Shacks in Cape Town
Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha Read more »
South Africa: Embattled Municipality Yet to Pay Thousands of Workers' Salaries
Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately Read more »
South Africa: Richmond Land Occupiers Given Refuge in Preschool
The eThekwini municipality repeatedly demolishes their shacks located near a river Read more »
October 25, 2023
South Africa: Police Open Kidnapping Case As Miners Return to the Surface
Police open kidnapping case after events at Gold One mine Read more »
South Africa: Farmers Warned to Get Ready for El Niño
The South African Weather Service warns of possibly hot and dry summer ahead Read more »