July 26, 2023
South Africa: Road Accident Fund Fails to Respond to Whistleblower Allegations
GroundUp experiences first hand the RAF's dysfunction Read more »
South Africa: Evicted Families Take 'Eco-Friendly' Property Developer to Court
MaxxLiving claims to "create jobs, profit, culture and prosperity" - but it may be in contempt of court for not housing 15 families after a court order Read more »
South Africa: Two Years After Phoenix Violence, Anger At Government Inaction
This comes as two brothers are set to be sentenced in August Read more »
July 25, 2023
South Africa: Families Rally to Help Bury Three Children Who Died After Playing On Dump Site
City of Cape Town and SAPS are investigating the deaths Read more »
South Africa: New Hope for West Coast Wetland After Seven Year Drought
But the future of this West Coast jewel is not yet assured, despite record rains this year Read more »
South Africa: Lawyers' Damning Memorandum On Road Accident Fund
Attorneys for accident victims demand sweeping changes Read more »
South Africa: PRASA Blocks Corruption-Buster From Returning to Work
Martha Ngoye still suspended pending Labour Court appeal Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds Protest in Madibeng Over Water and Electricity
The ward councillor took refuge in a house and refused to come out, fearing for his life. Read more »
July 24, 2023
South Africa: Supporters of Gay Rights and EFF Members Go Head to Head At UCT
Tensions ahead of lecture by controversial Kenyan professor Read more »
South Africa: Protesters Force City Councillors to Walk Through Sewage
Kariega residents divert Mandela Day convoy Read more »
South Africa: MP Threatens to Sue Zackie Achmat and #UniteBehind for Defamation
Achmat accused Sfiso Buthelezi of benefitting from corruption at PRASA Read more »
South Africa: Businessman At Centre of Lottery Fund Probe Arrested for Fraud
Petrus Sedibe charged with defrauding a trust fund Read more »
South Africa: 'Sick' SARS Employee Spotted At EFF Protest Must Be Fired, Judge Rules
Investigator seen on TV "singing and clapping his hands" at march Read more »
South Africa: Young Soweto Musicians Play Bach and Bologne in Diepkloof
Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble gave the community a free concert on Sunday Read more »
July 21, 2023
South Africa: End to Makhanda's Water Woes Delayed Yet Again
Amatola Water says it expects the water interruptions in Makhanda to end by 30 August. Amatola Water was appointed as the implementing agent for the James Kleynhans Water Treatment… Read more »
South Africa: Five Trucks Torched in Gqeberha Protests Over the Past Month
Protestors demanding electricity and water stone and burn trucks, but municipality say the torchings are purely criminal Read more »
South Africa: Over 1,000 Shack Dwellers Protest - 'We Are Tired of Living in Squalor'
City of Cape Town accused of "persistent failure to collect rubbish " in informal settlements Read more »
South Africa: Thirteen Years After Making Way for World Cup, Durban Residents Still Waiting for Houses
But the eThekwini Municipality says its still busy verifying beneficiaries Read more »
South Africa: Soweto Informal Settlement Abandoned By Government
After 33 years, just five working toilets and four working taps for hundreds of households in Nomzamo Park Read more »
South Africa: Small Farmers in the Cederberg Still Reeling From Flood Damage #AfricaClimateCrisis
Provincial department wants the area to be declared a disaster zone Read more »
July 20, 2023
South Africa: Inside a Cape Flats Minstrel Band
"This is more than just a band. This is like a family." Read more »
South Africa: One Tap for 1,000 Families. and It's Been Dry for Seven Years
Eastern Cape villagers say they have given up asking their councillors for help Read more »
South Africa: Government Departments Owe Millions to Matatiele Local Municipality
Unpaid rates and taxes are affecting its ability to deliver services, says the municipality Read more »
South Africa: Living On the Streets of Vasco - 'Law Enforcement Keeps Coming but I Still Return'
Stephanus Nel is one of an increasing number of people living on the streets in the Cape Town suburb Read more »
South Africa: Victory for Abahlali and the Sheffield Shack Dwellers
KwaDukuza Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has agreed to include over 300 households from the settlement in a new housing project Read more »