February 20, 2023
South Africa: People Queue From 4am to Sort Out Their UIF
Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return Read more »
South Africa: Asylum Seekers Fear Arrest As Delays Mount
People have been struggling to renew their permits at Home Affairs in Musina since 2020 Read more »
South Africa: Prasa Board Strikes Back Against Whistleblower
Martha Ngoye will apply for the certification and enforcement of her arbitration award Read more »
South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal Reserves Judgment in Tafelberg Matter
"At the heart of the matter is the government's obligations to promote equitable access to land and to redress spatial apartheid" says housing activist Read more »
February 17, 2023
South Africa: Learners March to Eskom As School Has Been Without Electricity for Several Months
SGB says that illegal connections are to blame for the outage Read more »
South Africa: Glebelands Eight Trial - Hitmen Handed Life Sentences
Judge Chili said that the group operated as a "law unto themselves" Read more »
South Africa: Fed Up Parents Threaten to Close Down Valencia If a New School Is Not Built
A new primary school was first promised in 2007 Read more »
February 10, 2023
South Africa: Will a State of Disaster Fix the Electricity Crisis? An Engineer Weighs in
There are good reasons to be sceptical Read more »
Africa: Social Housing in South Africa Is in Trouble - Here's Why
Rising costs and stagnant grants imperil the only government-backed effort to undo apartheid spatial planning Read more »
South Africa: Community Blames Loadshedding for Fire That Left 300 People Homeless
City says no evidence points to loadshedding as a cause for the blaze but cautions residents to switch off appliances during these times. Read more »
South Africa: Many Komani Shack Dwellers Dare Not Move to Safety Despite Floods
The low-lying informal settlement of Silvertown has been under water since Wednesday Read more »
February 09, 2023
South Africa: 'Total Madness' - Fishers Protest Against Ocean Drilling
About 30 activists and fishers led by the Eastern Cape Environmental Network and Earthlife Africa protested outside TotalEnergies service station in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha on… Read more »
South Africa: Buckets to Catch Water in Free State Hospital's Leaking Wards
Nurses downed tools last week over poor conditions at Boitumelo Regional Hospital in Kroonstad Read more »
February 08, 2023
South Africa: Township Boxer Wants to Train "The Next Tyson"
But Masiphumelele's boxing gym has hardly any equipment Read more »
South Africa: No Lights, No Photocopier, Broken Toilets - the Sassa Office in Mokopane Is a Mess
In November 2021 the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) moved into shabby temporary offices in the Mokopane municipal hall in Limpopo. More than a year later, social… Read more »
South Africa: Dam Is Full but Taps Are Dry in Komani
Chris Hani District Municipality blames low revenue collection, ageing infrastructure, and loadshedding for water rationing Read more »
February 07, 2023
South Africa: Queer People and Sex Workers Are Badly Treated in Clinics, New Survey Finds
Deputy Minister of Health promises to tackle the problem Read more »
South Africa: Concern Over Teenage Pregnancies and School Dropouts in Northern Cape
Without enough community, family and school support, pregnant learners struggle to finish their schooling Read more »
South Africa: Corruption Blamed for Ten-Year Delay in Service Delivery in Tshwane Settlement
Councillor says the area first has to be rezoned Read more »
South Africa: Silicosis Class Action Bolstered By Appeal Court Ruling
Litigation has been ongoing for ten years Read more »
February 06, 2023
South Africa: Mamelodi School Under Investigation for Policy Excluding Pregnant Learners
Gauteng Department of Education has announced a probe into Stanza Bopape Secondary School Read more »
South Africa: 'We Are Living in a Pool of Sewage' Says Joburg Resident
Hilbrow's Chelsea House is in a state of collapse Read more »
February 03, 2023
South Africa: Here's What the Zimbabwean Embassy Says About the Expiry of the ZEP
The ambassador encouraged voluntary repatriation. But he also criticised the way Zimbabweans are being denied public services in South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Gqeberha Shack Dwellers Demand Houses After Waiting 24 Years
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality promises serviced sites Read more »
South Africa: Dire Shortage of School Places for Autistic Children
There are currently 133 children on the waiting list at Quest School for Learners with Autism, the only public specialist school in Gqeberha Read more »