October 21, 2025
Lesotho: Hundreds of Jobs At Stake At Lesotho Diamond Mine
25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down "within weeks" Read more »
South Africa: Contract Workers March in Joburg Demanding Permanent Jobs
Expanded Public Works Programme employees march to Premier's office Read more »
South Africa: Music Icon Vusi 'The Voice' Mahlasela Shares His Story On Stage
"When you are on stage, it is like you are in a different world." Read more »
South Africa: KZN Municipality Battles Skills Shortage As Water Infrastructure Collapses
Stalled water projects mean conditional grants cannot be released Read more »
October 20, 2025
Zambia: Guns, Gangs and Gold - the Battle for Zambia's Riches
Social media posts have triggered a rush of gold diggers Read more »
South Africa: School Children March for Better Policing After Taxi Driver Allegedly Rapes Girl
Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages Read more »
October 17, 2025
Zimbabwe: How Zimbabwe Is Suppressing Journalism
Following arrests and draconian legislation, editors are self-censoring to protect their organisations Read more »
South Africa: Claims of Political Links to Paul Mashatile Are Just 'Gossip', Winning Lottery Bidder Says
Losing bidder Ithuba Lottery is trying to create "an atmosphere of wrongdoing", says Sizekhaya Read more »
South Africa: Zoning Problem Forces Cape Town School to Close
Parents with children at Otters' Creek Junior are scrambling to find space at other special needs schools Read more »
October 16, 2025
South Africa: Let Them Eat Kreef!
New season's crayfish catch allocation is up almost 60% Read more »
South Africa: Free State Protesters Demand Action On Crime
March in Bohlokong to hand over memorandum to police and department of justice Read more »
South Africa: Police Nyala Torched During Cape Town Electricity Protest
"We burned tyres to get this land, water and toilets. We will now burn tyres to get electricity" says Khayelitsha protester Read more »
South Africa: Lottery Commits R124-Million to Fight HIV and TB
Funding intended to help fill gap left by withdrawal of US funds Read more »
South Africa: Special Schools Closed in Kwazulu-Natal After Education Department Fails to Pay Subsidies
76 schools closed by parents and the South African National Association for Special School Education (SANASE) Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Pensioners Take Part in Gugulethu Sports Tournament
The event brought together senior clubs from across the Cape Flats Read more »
South Africa: Land Spat Highlights Tension Between Traditional and Formal Law
It's often unclear who owns land in traditional communities -- the individual or the traditional authority Read more »
South Africa: Limpopo Stadium Project Soaks Up Time and Money
"Why are you investigating our stadium?" asks spokesperson Read more »
October 15, 2025
South Africa: Pepfar Cuts Leave Clinics Short of Staff
Survey finds longer waiting times for ARVs Read more »
South Africa: Unemployed Young People Protest in Nigel, Demanding Jobs
"We also want to work" Read more »
South Africa: Lottery Bidder's Connections to Paul Mashatile Being Probed, Says Minister Tau
Sizekhaya consortium has links to Mashatile, says Ithuba Lottery Read more »
South Africa: Tardy Judges Late On Hundreds of Judgments
Some judgments have been outstanding for four years Read more »
South Africa: Law Clinics Flooded As Home Affairs Blocks Asylum Seekers From the System
Refugee offices are still not processing new applications unless immigrants have a transit visa, despite a court ruling that this is unconstitutional Read more »
October 14, 2025
South Africa: Buildings Torched During University of the Free State Protests
Students angry at changes to registration system Read more »
South Africa: Magistrates Protest Outside Court, Demanding Higher Wages
Magistrates are under-recognised and under-paid, says former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron Read more »
South Africa: Judge Hands Down Ruling Three Years Late
For most of that time there was no record of it in the official report that tracks late judgments Read more »
