South Africa: Teachers At Eastern Cape School Give Up Their Toilet to Grade R Learners

Jongikhaya teachers and learners share broken pit toilets Read more »

South Africa: Joburg Landfill Closure Threatens 140 Livelihoods

Pikitup has temporarily stopped accepting domestic waste at Marie Louise dump Read more »

South Africa: Explosive Letter From Prasa 'Board Member' Claims Tenders Are Being Rigged

Anonymous letter calls for action from Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy Read more »

South Africa: Here's What the Government Plans to Do About Plastic Pollution

Global Plastic Treaty reached a deadlock in August, but South Africa is pushing ahead with regulations Read more »

South Africa: Anger Over Delays At Durban Housing Project

Families say eThekwini municipality is reneging on its promise to house them at the new flats Read more »

South Africa: Buffalo City Municipal Workers Go On Strike

South African Municipal Workers' Union wants an end to private contracting of primary municipal services Read more »

South Africa: Chatsworth Residents Take to the Streets Over Water

Bottlebrush informal settlement has been short of water for four months, they say Read more »

South Africa: Activists March Against Shell's Oil Exploration

Shell says it has spent over R1-billion and is not responsible for failures in consultations with affected Wild Coast communities Read more »

South Africa: Mondlo Township Quiet After Minister's Visit

Last week residents burnt down their municipal offices Read more »

South Africa: South Africans Caught in Nepal Prison Fires

The families of two women serving life sentences for drug trafficking in Nepal are concerned about their whereabouts after riots hit the country last week. They fear they may be… Read more »

South Africa: Protesters Charged With Public Violence to Appear in Court

Six arrested during the protest on Voortrekker Road in Cape Town on Monday Read more »

South Africa: Karoo Learners Participate in International Robotics Competition

Two teams from Carnarvon High School took part in the World Robot Olympiad Open Championship in Slovenia Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Protesters Throw Human Faeces, Burn Debris

Families from informal settlements near Maitland cemetery say their attempts to meet with officials from the City for months have been in vain Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Villagers Demand ANC Councillor Be Removed

Residents of Relela village outside Tzaneen blocked roads during two days of protests Read more »

South Africa: Punitive Cost Order Against Dodgy Lottery Official Nompumelelo Nene

Judge says she abused court processes, and her application had no merit Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Journalist Assaulted By Police, Has Phone Confiscated - Twice

Freelance reporter Sandiso Phaliso has been repeatedly, and illegally, harassed by police while working in Nyanga Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho Times Editor Wrongfully Arrested, Admits Anti-Corruption Agency

The Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences accused Mohalenyane Phakela of posing as an officer to obtain documents Read more »

South Africa: Magistrate Postpones Durban Police Rape Cover-Up Trial

The trial of three officers was postponed due to a funeral Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds March to Demand Permanent Jobs With City of Ekhurhuleni

Contract workers say a council decision to stop outsourcing services has not been implemented Read more »

South Africa: Fire Devastates Community Owned Farm

The land for Mavhungeni farm had been restored to the community after a successful land claim Read more »

South Africa: Chart of the Week - Policing the Police

Thousands of police brutality cases are reported every year but very few result in criminal convictions or disciplinary action Read more »

South Africa: Shell's Wild Coast Seismic Blasting Case Goes to the Concourt

Communities and environmental groups will challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal order allowing Shell to apply to renew oil exploration Read more »

South Africa: MPs Debate South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel

The country had a legal and moral obligation to act, says international relations director-general Read more »

South Africa: Municipal Buildings Torched As Electricity Protest Descends Into Chaos

Residents of Mondlo township want an end to load reduction implemented by Abaqulusi Municipality Read more »

Lesotho: Dump Site Fire Leaves Maseru Residents in Choking Smoke for Days

The Ha Tšosane community has been fighting to close and relocate the dump for years Read more »