September 14, 2023
South Africa: Postbank Board Axed Over Unlawful Contracts
Over 600,000 beneficiaries were affected by last week's system failure, Ministers confirm Read more »
South Africa: Here's What Caused the Social Grant Payment 'Glitch'
Postbank's legal dispute with "payment switch" software provider sheds light on ongoing technical troubles Read more »
South Africa: Officer Testifies Why He Shot Homeless Man
"I believed they were going to injure me, take my gun and shoot me" Read more »
South Africa: Silicosis - Diagnosing the Disease Beyond the Grave
Q(h)ubeka Trust finds way to pay out widow of miner in spite of lack of medical records Read more »
September 13, 2023
South Africa: Silicosis - 68-Year-Old Mineworker Gets Compensation Payout Months Before He Dies
Q(h)ubeka Trust winds up after paying out R420-million in compensation following court settlement with employers Read more »
South Africa: Activists Protest As Huge Oil and Gas Conference Gets Under Way in Cape Town
"Gas and oil and nuclear don't need to be in our energy mix" Read more »
South Africa: Court Grants Benoni Company Final Interdict Against Poltiical Party
Last year an armed group wearing EFF regalia blocked the entrance to Gas Giants after demanding it fire immigrant workers and pay protection money Read more »
South Africa: SA's Injury Statistics Are Not Accurate, Experts Warn
South African Medical Research Council says death notification form must be changed Read more »
South Africa: Durban Vendors Say They Pay Their Fees but the Municipality Ignores Them
Lights at the Berea bus rank where they trade have been broken for five years Read more »
South Africa: Langa Used to Be a 'Place of Ubuntu' - 82-Year-Old Resident
Langa centenary: former beauty queen Nomsa Banjatwa remembers a township abuzz with social events Read more »
September 12, 2023
South Africa: Pensioners Are Still Struggling to Access Grants, a Week After 'System Glitch'
Black Sash says it's been inundated with calls Read more »
South Africa: 'I Was Fearing for My Life', Officer Tells Court During Homeless Murder Trial
Her colleague is on trial after Dumisani Joxo was shot and killed in 2022 Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town's Long History of Struggling for Enough Water
Science for the People seminar tells the story of the city's water supply since 1650 Read more »
South Africa: Farmer Seeks 'Pardon' for Illegally Enlarging Dam
The application raises concerns over water use in the Western Cape Read more »
South Africa: 51 People Homeless After Fire in Dunoon
"My whole life was in that shack" Read more »
South Africa: Another Kariega Leader Shot Dead
Two shootings one year apart have unnerved the community Read more »
South Africa: Four Years and R7-Million Later, Eastern Cape Villages Still Without Power
Mzimvubu Municipality has been incapable of finishing an electrification project it started in 2018 Read more »
South Africa: Doctor Fails to Block SIU From Probing His Lottery Connection
Court rules that John Marite has no case against Special Investigating Unit Read more »
September 11, 2023
South Africa: Nandipha Magudumana Denied Bail
Bloemfontein magistrate says "nothing would stand in her way" to assist Bester escape again Read more »
South Africa: Social Grants Is One Government System That Must Not Fail
26-million people depend on it Read more »
South Africa: Langa Residents Up in Arms Over Indoor Sports Centre Closure
"We are too unfit to compete against other clubs" says Langa rugby player Read more »
South Africa: Woman 'Wrongly' Sentenced to 16 Years for Drug Dealing Must Be Immediately Released - Judge
Beaufort West magistrate committed a litany of errors in sentencing says High Court Read more »
September 09, 2023
South Africa: Farm Workers March Against Pesticides
They call on European company to stop exporting EU-banned pesticides to South Africa Read more »
September 08, 2023
South Africa: Loved Ones Who Perished in the Joburg Building Fire
We spoke to surviving relatives at the Hofland Community Centre shelter Read more »
South Africa: Zimbabweans in South Africa March to Demand Elections Be Nullified
On Friday, several groups of Zimbabweans living in South Africa marched in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, demanding the recent general elections in Zimbabwe be declared null… Read more »