April 06, 2023
South Africa: New Vaccine Will Save Thousands of Children From Dying of Pneumonia
Trial of vaccine to prevent RSV was led by Wits vaccinologist Shabir Madhi and showed 82% efficacy Read more »
South Africa: Children Are Dying From Izinyoka Electricity While Tongaat Families Wait to Be Housed
Four years after construction started, not a single house has been completed in R120-million Umbhayi project Read more »
April 05, 2023
South Africa: Human Waste Litters the Ground in Mountain View - and City of Tshwane Has No Plans to Fix It Anytime Soon
The City says families living there will moved when it finds land Read more »
South Africa: Bid to Seize ANC Assets After Failure to Pay U.S.$5.5 Million Bill
KwaZulu-Natal marketing company has still not been paid for election posters and banners provided four years ago Read more »
South Africa: For Some, This Soup Is the Only Meal of the Day
Soup kitchen in Mfuleni in Cape Town feeds hundreds Read more »
April 04, 2023
South Africa: Parliamentary Briefing On Thabo Bester Postponed After G4S No-Show
"Accountability to Parliament is not optional," says committee chair Read more »
South Africa: Living Conditions At 'Transit Camp' in Ethekwini Municipality Are Inhumane, Say Residents
Camp was intended as temporary housing but 11 years later, many families are still there Read more »
South Africa: UCT Failed to Bargain With Employees' Union, Says CCMA
The university has now committed to enter into negotiations with the union soon Read more »
South Africa: Cleaners in a Durban Township Say They Use Their Own Money to Fix Broken Toilets
The eThekwini Municipality says it will investigate claims that janitors don't have materials and that most of the toilets in the settlement are broken Read more »
April 03, 2023
South Africa: Is Prasa Using Lawyers Unlawfully?
Rail agency uses firm not on its legal panel despite warnings by National Treasury Read more »
South Africa: Social Workers Attacked and Under Severe Strain in Cape Town Communities
Western Cape will hire an extra 247 social workers for the coming financial year Read more »
South Africa: Special Investigating Unit to Ask President Ramaphosa to Extend Its Lottery Probe
SIU wants to probe procurement by the National Lotteries Commission Read more »
March 31, 2023
South Africa: Canoe Polo - Stellenbosch Farm Children Paddle to Success
Four players will be representing South Africa at the Junior International Championships Read more »
South Africa: Swartland Law Enforcement Demolish Shacks On Land Earmarked for Housing Development
About 250 people attempted to occupy land reserved for the De Hoop housing development in Malmesbury Read more »
South Africa: Financial Services Company Ordered to Pay Client More Than R800,000 Lost in Cybercrime Fraud
Judge found that PSG Wealth Financial Planning had not complied with its own policy to protect clients against cybercrime Read more »
March 30, 2023
South Africa: Company G4S Booted From Control of Mangaung Prison After Thabo Bester Escape
Prison department says that the director of Mangaung prison has lost control of the facility Read more »
South Africa: Malawians in SA Donate Food and Clothes in Aftermath of Cyclone Freddy
As of Tuesday, 676 people had died and 538 are still missing Read more »
South Africa: How Will Next Year's Elections Work? It's Confusing
The Electoral Amendment Bill has serious flaws Read more »
South Africa: Sex Workers and Allies Rally in Cape Town, Demand Full Decriminalisation
Decriminalisation will address the stigma sex workers face in this country, organisations say Read more »
South Africa: Durban Centre for the Disabled to Be Sold
KZN Public Work says the occupants of the Enduduzweni Centre will keep their livelihoods Read more »
March 29, 2023
South Africa: Escaped 'Facebook Rapist' and Celebrity Doctor Ran a Scam Construction Company, Clients Say
Bester used an ID and driver's licence in the name of "TK Nkwana" after escaping from prison Read more »
South Africa: The Maths That Helped South Africa Tackle HIV
UCT epidemiologist Leigh Johnson delivered GroundUp and Bertha House's third Science for the People seminar Read more »
South Africa: Zimbabweans Returning From SA Are Battling in Spite of Government Promises
Families struggle to pay school fees Read more »
South Africa: Two Decades Later Khayelitsha Community Is Finally Getting a Police Station - but It's Only Temporary
This comes nearly nine years after the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry into policing recommended that a new station be built in Makhaza Read more »
South Africa: Former Ekurhuleni Health Workers Want Their Jobs Back
"Some of our members died of COVID-19 because we worked even during level 5 of the lockdown" Read more »