South Africa: Asylum Seekers Face Arrest While They Battle Broken System

Refugees without valid visas are blocked from applying for asylum Read more »

South Africa: Court Limits Fishing to Protect African Penguins

By agreement between all parties pelagic fishing permits must be amended within 14 days to protect six key penguin breeding areas Read more »

South Africa: Only One Million Grantees Have So Far Switched to Postbank's New Card

Postbank says it's issuing over 30,000 per day to get as many people swapped before the 20 March deadline Read more »

South Africa: Families Charged R5 to Use Mobile Toilets in Dunoon

Residents of informal settlement say they are forced to pay to use stolen toilets Read more »

South Africa: Value of African Penguins Should Not Be Ignored

Island closures are painted as an economic cost to the fishing industry, but losing African Penguins will cost us dearly Read more »

South Africa: Coming Soon - Fund to Help People Pay Bail

Bail Fund will address the "injustice of being detained simply because of poverty" Read more »

South Africa: Arts Festival Transforms the Streets of Mpumalanga Town

The My Body My Space festival celebrates ten years of free access to the arts Read more »

South Africa: Here's How We Can Move to Renewable Energy in a Just Way

Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects Read more »

South Africa: Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool's Speech That Made Him 'No Longer Welcome' in the U.S.

The South African ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, is no longer welcome in the US, several news publications reported on Saturday. Read more »

South Africa: Prasa Rail Theft Case - Defence Seeks to Discredit State Witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later Read more »

South Africa: SASSA's Plans to Shorten Queues and Improve Grant Payment System

About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday Read more »

South Africa: Two More Lottery Officials Dismissed After Appeals Fail

Former acting chief operating officer and a Durban-based client liaison officer were summarily dismissed last year Read more »

South Africa: Long-Suffering Durban Residents Could Wait Years for End to Water Crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027 Read more »

Africa: The 'Biggest Trout Farm in Africa' and the Failed R5,000 Community Fund

Lesotho Highlands aquaculture project offers little in return for its licence Read more »

South Africa: How a Durban Company Came to Illegally Uplift a Railway Line in the Eastern Cape

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen Read more »

South Africa: Raw Sewage Is Running Into the Kruger Park From Limpopo Town

Phalaborwa residents lay criminal charges against local municipalities to try to end their sewerage problems Read more »

South Africa: Sassa Battling to Find a Permanent Office in Khayelitsha

Agency plans to improve rented office space Read more »

South Africa: Seven Friends Plan Cycle Trip From Soweto to Kimberley to Raise Money for Libraries

Cyclists plan to cover 600km to raise R100,000 for two local school libraries Read more »

South Africa: Budget - Social Grants to Increase and VAT Goes Up

Finance minister announces above-inflation grant increases Read more »

South Africa: Settlement Reached in African Penguin Case

Government, environmental groups and fishing industry agree to new no-fishing zones around penguin breeding grounds Read more »

South Africa: Kariega Protesters Demand to See Mayor, Boo Ward Councillor

Informal settlement residents blocked the R344 on Wednesday, demanding better services Read more »

South Africa: Former Prasa Acting CEO Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Railway Line

Mthuthuzeli Swartz and his co-accused plead after six years of court delays Read more »

South Africa: Construction of Homes for Bishopscourt Land Claimants Set to Begin

Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb Read more »

South Africa: Former Lottery Exec Fights Back Over R4.7-Million Farm

SIU says the farm was bought with stolen Lottery money Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Protesters Bring Traffic to a Standstill

Protesters want a new bridge and better roads Read more »