South Africa: Worker 'Picket' May Have Been a Wedding Rehearsal, Says Court

Labour Court orders company to reinstate fired workers Read more »

South Africa: Minister Promises Shorter SASSA Queues and R1.5-Billion in Savings

More workers, extended office operating hours, and 350,000 beneficiaries targeted for review Read more »

South Africa: Has the Army Deployment in Cape Town Made Communities Safer?

Parliament gears up for inquiry into gang violence next month Read more »

South Africa: Xenophobia - What the Government Should Have Done - and Can Still Do

State response to the covid emergency was much better Read more »

South Africa: Former Prasa Board Members Challenge Law On Suing Judges

Ex-board members in bid to overturn Zondo findings on state capture Read more »

South Africa: Mitchells Plain Families Desperate for Housing Left in Limbo

City of Cape Town blames Beacon Valley construction delays on extortion and crime Read more »

South Africa: Unpaid Contractors Block Water Services Depot in Durban

The water and sanitation contractors say they are ignored by eThekwini Municipality Read more »

South Africa: Five Gambling Myths That May Bankrupt You

Social media posts, often by paid influencers, are coercing people into giving up even more of their money to betting companies Read more »

South Africa: Not a Single House Has Been Built for Land Claimants After 26 Years

About 2,000 beneficiaries in Buffalo City are still waiting after restituted land earmarked for housing was illegally occupied Read more »

South Africa: Lesotho's Only Snake Park - One Man's 30-Year Battle Against Witchcraft Accusations and Government Dithering

Nkhooa Molahlehi has built a snake conservation park under a sandstone cliff in Qacha's Nek Read more »

South Africa: Police Struggle to Stop Vigilantes From Targeting Immigrants in Alexandra

"I think these people want to kill us," says Malawian street vendor. Read more »

South Africa: As Climate Change Intensifies, Animals Need the Freedom to Move

A desert elephant's 600km journey reveals why conservationists and governments need to rethink the use of fences Read more »

South Africa: Time to Pay Up - a Look At Municipal Debt

More than R161-billion owed for electricity, water and taxes Read more »

South Africa: Ethekwini Municipality Owes Durban Plumbers Hundreds of Thousands of Rands

One contractor claims the municipality owes for five outstanding invoices totalling R250,000 Read more »

South Africa: Six Refugees Beaten in Xenophobic Attack

African refugees working in salons around Durban's Warwick Street Market were attacked and beaten by men with sticks. Two of them were hospitalised. Read more »

South Africa: Children of Immigrants Forced to Leave South African Schools

Repatriation process interrupts schooling Read more »

South Africa: Community That Lived Decades in Harmony Shattered By Anti-Immigration Vigilantes

Thembelihle informal settlement near Johannesburg was celebrated in 2008 for standing up against xenophobia, now people are fleeing Read more »

South Africa: Judge Who Has Not Worked Since 2018 to Face Tribunal

Judge Lepona Joshua Lekale, who is reportedly visually impaired, has refused early retirement Read more »

South Africa: We Tried to Take the Train With a Wheelchair User. Here's What Happened

PRASA has promised to make trains accessible but it is taking a long time Read more »

South Africa: NSFAS Students Battle to Keep Up With Inflation

Living allowance runs out mid-month, students say Read more »

South Africa: Farmworkers Fear Eviction From Paarl Wine Estate

Fourteen families are at risk of losing the homes they have lived in for decades Read more »

South Africa: Union and Hostel Residents Quarrel Over R3-Million Electricity Bill

Food and Allied Workers' Union claims its hostel was "hijacked", but residents say they are descendants of bread factory workers who lived there Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of People Still Stranded Outside Malawian Consulate

A psychologist working with the MSF team identified people requiring mental health support due to trauma Read more »

South Africa: Giant Data Centres Get the First Green Light From Cape Town Tribunal

Two massive water-hungry and energy-hungry data centres are proposed next to the airport Read more »

South Africa: Labour Court Rules Against Racist Owner of a Dog Called 'Hitler'

Cape Town court finds that his comments justified dismissal Read more »