South Africa: How Gauteng's New Panic App Exposed Your Data

Reports about domestic violence and assault, including images and locations, could be accessed by a tech-savvy computer user Read more »

South Africa: Micah Reddy Has Been Released and Is On His Way Home

Kooki Mahmoud has also been freed by Djiboutian authorities Read more »

South Africa: Sassa - Pensioners Complain to Minister About Deductions From Their Grants

Social Development minister and SASSA CEO visit Delft office Read more »

South Africa: Local Companies to Be Asked to Make Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccines

Agricultural Research Council cannot meet demand, Minister of Agriculture tells Parliament Read more »

South Africa: Sassa - Long Queues, Broken Toilets and No Service After Lunchtime

People have to make repeat visits to get help at the Umlazi SASSA office Read more »

South Africa: Enable Through Dance - Breaking Barriers for Dancers With Disabilities

"It's about giving young people living with disabilities a chance to explore potential that they have not before" Read more »

South Africa: Police Torture Case Postponed for 11th Time

Trial set for May 2027, three and a half years after Mowbray barber was assaulted by SAPS Read more »

South Africa: Elections 2026 - This Town Only Gets Water for an Hour a Day

Kou-Kamma Local Municipality says it needs R210-million to upgrade and maintain water and sanitation infrastructure Read more »

South Africa: Police and NPA Liable for Murder By Man Out On Bail

The Gqeberha High Court has found the Minister of Police and National Director of Public Prosecutions negligent Read more »

South Africa: South African Journalist Micah Reddy Missing in Djibouti

Local fixer, Kooki Mahmoud, also missing since Saturday noon Read more »

South Africa: Three Years of Silence On State Land, Communities Pay the Cost

Government asked communities applying for land to follow the rules. Then it went silent. Read more »

South Africa: Traders, Taxi Drivers Welcome Long-Awaited Nyanga Rank Upgrade

During the major upgrade, the Nyanga Sports Field will temporarily accommodate Golden Arrow buses, taxis, traders and toilets Read more »

South Africa: Raw Sewage Is Flowing in Nearly Every Metro

Sewage treatment scores have dropped in seven out of eight metro municipalities Read more »

South Africa: Textbook Saga May Delay Plans to Improve Child Literacy

New catalogue for grades 1-3 is expected to be based on latest research Read more »

South Africa: Why Cosatu's Congress Collapsed

For the first time in its 40 year history, SA's biggest union gathering did not reach quorum Read more »

South Africa: Beware of Populist Leaders, Warns Judge

Justice Azhar Cachalia makes a clarion call for the rule of law underpinned by universal human rights and an independent judiciary Read more »

South Africa: Stop Sardine Fishing, Warn Conservationists

Mass die-offs of sardines have prompted the government to limit sardine catch until 2 October, but conservationists say this is not enough Read more »

South Africa: Picketers Outside City Hall Demand Safety for Women and Children

Women and civil society groups call for government to act against femicide Read more »

South Africa: Elections 2026 - N1 Town's Decade of Decay

Beaufort West municipality says it does not have enough money to fix its ageing infrastructure. But the problem is self-inflicted Read more »

South Africa: Dunoon Residents' Housing Hopes Dashed

City plans mixed-income development not state housing for 72-hectare site Read more »

South Africa: Makhanda's Decade-Long Struggle for Reliable Water

Upgrades to the water treatment plant to solve the crisis that started in 2015 are yet to be completed Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of Refugees Bused From Durban to Lindela

But about 150 people who had been camped outside Home Affairs since May have opted to stay Read more »

South Africa: Farmers and State Clash Over Response to Cattle Disease

The Agricultural Research Council has not sent foot and mouth disease samples to an international centre since January Read more »

South Africa: Minister May Benefit From Lesotho's R100-Billion Ai and Hydropower Deal

Public works minister Matjato Moteane is a shareholder in a local firm the government plans to invite to participate Read more »

South Africa: Activists Appeal Cape Town Data Centre Approval

Civil society groups say Equinix's data centre was approved without considering its impact on nearby communities Read more »