South Africa: Artists and Activists Take Over Joburg Skyline Ahead of G20 Summit

They projected a series of illustrations, demanding urgent action on the global debt crisis and climate accountability Read more »

South Africa: Writing Exams in Leaking Classrooms With No Electricity

The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027 Read more »

South Africa: Criminal Courts in Cape Town Are Near to Collapse

We need a total revamp of the criminal justice system Read more »

South Africa: Unfenced Army Base Outside Makhanda Claims Another Life

At least six people have been killed or injured by explosives from the largely unfenced 6 SA Infantry Battalion training area Read more »

Lesotho: U.S. and Lesotho Strike 5-Year Health Funding Pact

Abrupt US aid cuts earlier this year caused havoc in the nation's health system Read more »

South Africa: How a Group of Landowners Brought the Agulhas Plain Back to Life

The Nuwejaars Wetlands Special Management Area was established in 2008 Read more »

South Africa: Child Literacy - We Can Change How the Story Ends

The Funda Uphumelele National Survey shows us what must be done Read more »

South Africa: Unsentenced Detainees Spending Years in Prison

New legal amendments seek to address prison overcrowding crisis Read more »

South Africa: Bo-Kaap Residents Call for Airbnb to Be Regulated

Long-standing residents say they are being pushed out by short-term rentals Read more »

South Africa: Bid to Evict District Six Pensioner Dismissed

Court rules an eviction would be unjust given Noor-Banu Allie's age, limited income and deep ties to District Six Read more »

South Africa: Inner City Cape Town - No Room for Locals

Short-term letting through various platforms, including Airbnb, locks up 70% of residential units in the central city Read more »

South Africa: We're Taking Government to Court for Failing to Provide Clean Water

Eastern Cape municipalities fail to realise Section 27 of the Constitution Read more »

South Africa: MPs Condemn Unsafe Living Conditions At Occupied Cape Town Building

Helen Bowden Nurses Home, near the V&A Waterfront, was occupied in 2017 Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of Incomplete Homes Stand Empty in Kwazulu-Natal Housing Project

Provincial government has spent more than R101-million Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Needs Rent Control. Here Are Six Ways We Could Do It

Renting a home close to the city has become unaffordable even for many middle-class households Read more »

South Africa: Millions in Jozi FM Lottery Grants Have Gone Missing

Board chair of holding company says funds were spent on documentaries, but the station CEO says there is no proper accounting for the money Read more »

South Africa: Why Magistrates Are Protesting

Judicial Officers Association of South Africa complains of "economic abuse" Read more »

South Africa: All They Ask Is Access to Books - South Africa Is Failing the Blind

South Africa has still not ratified the Marrakesh Treaty it adopted in 2013 Read more »

South Africa: Pensioners Forced to Make Repeat Trips to Apply for Old Age Grants

To deal with the high demand in Bellville, SASSA will operate until 6pm Read more »

South Africa: When Giving Evidence in Court Could Cost You Your Life

Witnesses tell stories of intimidation and threats Read more »

South Africa: How South Africa's Job Market Has Changed

There are 2.6-million more jobs than in 2008, but 10.4-million more people who need them Read more »

Africa: How Common Are Same-Sex Unions in South Africa? We Found Out

Our data repudiate the idea that same-sex relationships are a reflection of modernity or a Western cultural import Read more »

South Africa: 'I Can Run, I Feel Free' - How Government-Funded Hormones Changed Lilita Singata's Life

Gender-affirming healthcare can be life-saving, but access is limited Read more »

South Africa: Chief Justice's Office Publishes 'Gag' Order

A "gagging" court order against Open Secrets -- under which the organisation claimed it could not reveal any details of the dispute or even which judge or which court heard the… Read more »

South Africa: Government Slammed for Failed Farm Ownership Plans

Parliament asked to investigate worker equity schemes Read more »