May 02, 2023
South Africa: South Africa and the International Criminal Court - What Next?
Putin's visit puts the spotlight back on South Africa's membership Read more »
South Africa: Popular TV Show Fined for Domestic Violence Episode
There was no corrective to Isencane Lengane's depiction of gender-based violence, says the Broadcasting Complaints Commission Read more »
South Africa: For Years, Subsidies Have Been Withheld From Poorest Eastern Cape Schools
Schools now set to receive missing R872.5-million Read more »
South Africa: New National Lotteries Commission Board Appointed
Three new board members named Read more »
South Africa: 'Our Kids Survive On Pap and Tea,' Says Protesting Cogta Worker
Hundreds march to Luthuli House on Workers' Day, demanding higher wages Read more »
April 30, 2023
South Africa: JSC Split Over Suspension of Two Judges
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had a "casting vote", otherwise two judges who failed to deliver numerous judgments timeously may not have faced disciplinary action Read more »
April 28, 2023
South Africa: Panashe, Four Months Old, Lives in a Ditch With His Mother
Melissa Gwarimba just wishes the Musina municipality would provide bathrooms for homeless people Read more »
South Africa: Celebrating Langa Through Its Artists
Founders of the township's first art gallery have big plans for its future Read more »
South Africa: Makhanda Literacy Project Shows Dramatic Results
Whistle Stop School pulls learners out of class for short periods to teach them to read Read more »
South Africa: Crackdown On Judges for Late Judgments
JSC asks president to suspend Judges Tshifhiwa Maumela and Nomonde Mngqibisa-Thusi Read more »
South Africa: Refugees Evicted From UNHCR Offices Find Shelter in an Old School
The building does not have toilets or electricity. But the refugees say it is better than Lindela Repatriation Centre Read more »
April 27, 2023
South Africa: Freedom Day in Philippi - Gunshots, Robberies and Piles of Rubbish
Crime has free rein in one of Cape Town's poorest suburbs Read more »
April 26, 2023
South Africa: 'Freedom Day is for Rich People.' Shackdwellers Protest in Durban
Residents of informal settlements march to city hall Read more »
South Africa: More Than 30 Families Share One Pit Toilet at This Durban Informal Settlement
Residents say eThekwini Municipality has failed to fix most of the toilets in the area which are blocked and broken Read more »
South Africa: Thabo Bester Escape - Did Nandipha Magudumana Collect the Same Body From the Same Morgue Twice?
Mystery deepens, inconsistencies accumulate, as police fail to answer questions Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of COGTA Workers Protest in Pretoria Over Unpaid Wages
COGTA blames implementing agent, whose contract ended in March, for delays Read more »
South Africa: Postbank Introduces New Cardless Payment for Social Grants
But concern raised about how Postbank will handle these new payment methods Read more »
South Africa: Langa Centenary Celebrations to Kick Off on Freedom Day
10km run to honour Makhosonke Fika, Langa's legendary long-distance runner Read more »
South Africa: Chief Justice's Office Stonewalls Requests for Reports on Late Judgments
The last available report is for 31 December 2021 Read more »
April 25, 2023
South Africa: Thabo Bester Escape - Many Unanswered Questions About the Death of Katlego Bereng
"We need to know how our son ended up dead and burnt in jail" says Bereng's grandmother Read more »
South Africa: Learners At KZN Special Schools Return to Class After Boycott
Provincial education department has promised to provide ten buses Read more »
South Africa: 300 Toilets Were Built On This Site Seven Years Ago. Now At Last the Promised Houses May Be Built Around Them
Families are still living in shacks next to their broken toilets Read more »
South Africa: Drakenstein Municipality Heads to Supreme Court of Appeal Over Emergency Housing
The municipality says its housing policy for poor rural and farm dwellers "is more generous than other municipalities in the Western Cape" Read more »
South Africa: Fixing Cape Town's Railways Will Save Families Nearly R1-Billion a Year
We cannot wait any longer to save the city's train service Read more »
South Africa: Court to Hear Arguments On Prisoners' Computer Rights
Documents were filed before the Thabo Bester revelations Read more »