South Africa: Elections 2026 - Langeberg Municipality Accused of Hiding Details of R60-Million Contract

The municipality has also failed to obey an order to release a report on a 2022 water crisis Read more »

South Africa: You May Be Sending Your UIF Claim to a Dead Website

The Unemployment Insurance Fund's old online claims system is still accepting applications which go nowhere Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Water Crisis in the Spotlight At SAHRC Inquiry

Auditor-General and civil society organisations made submissions on Tuesday Read more »

South Africa: De Doorns Farm Workers' Homes Destroyed in Floods

"I almost lost my grandchild. I almost lost my life," says Abraham Douglas, a farm worker at Kleinberg farm in De Doorns. Read more »

South Africa: SRD Grant Recipients Queue All Day At Benoni Sassa Office - Only to Be Turned Away

Beneficiaries trying to update their details or reinstate payments say they have to make multiple trips because the system of often down and queues are very long and slow Read more »

South Africa: Schools Built By Eastern Cape Families in the 1980s Have Been Left to Ruin

All the parents asked is that the state maintain and upgrade the schools Read more »

South Africa: The Constitutional Court Is Battling. Here's What Can Be Done to Fix It

Freedom Under Law has proposed several solutions to help the overburdened apex court Read more »

South Africa: Pensioners Queue From 2am At Sassa Office in Tshwane

Beneficiaries sleep on cardboard outside the Soshanguve office Read more »

South Africa: Blaming Immigrants for Our Problems Is a Fool's Game

Lives will not be improved by vigilante action, mass deportations and expressions of hatred Read more »

South Africa: Government May Finally Be Heeding Calls for Cape Town Military Land to Be Developed for Housing

An estimated 67,000 homes could be built at Ysterplaat, Wingfield and Youngsfield Read more »

South Africa: 'My Death Was in Front of Me' - Aftermath of the Cape Storm

Farm workers at Holland Farm in Rawsonville describe spending a night trapped on rooftops as floodwaters swept through their cottages, leaving three people dead Read more »

South Africa: Constitutional Court Strikes Down 'Blunt Instrument' National Health Act Laws

The apex court has unanimously ruled that sections of the National Health Act requiring private hospitals and doctors to get government permission to operate, were unconstitutional Read more »

South Africa: No Plan to Review SA's Coal Exports to Israel, Says Parks Tau

The minister says sanctions against Israel would violate World Trade Organisation principles Read more »

South Africa: Commuters to Pay Up to R5 More On Taxi Fares From Monday

Taxi association says some drivers are struggling to meet their loan payments and have had their vehicles repossessed Read more »

South Africa: Why Fewer People Are Being Convicted for Commercial Crimes

The NPA's Specialised Commercial Crimes Unit is underperforming Read more »

South Africa: Why Proudly South African Clothes Are Being Made in 'Sweatshops'

92% of clothing manufacturers in Newcastle do not comply with Bargaining Council rules, says the council's lawyer Read more »

South Africa: Kariega Residents Protest Over Electricity Woes

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it is attending to over 1,100 cable and line faults across the metro Read more »

South Africa: Immigrants Shut Their Shops As Copycat March and March Protest Held in Matatiele

"We are not xenophobic, we want to assist Home Affairs" says march organiser Read more »

Lesotho: The Hospital Visit That Begins With a Boat

Patients in remote Lesotho villages have to cross the Senqu River to get to Tebellong Hospital Read more »

South Africa: Police Watchdog Completes Probe Into Khayelitsha Torture Case

Nonkululo Fente died when SAPS raided her tavern Read more »

South Africa: Rights Groups Disappointed By Constitutional Court Asylum Ruling

Immigrant community leaders say the ruling that bars rejected asylum seekers from reapplying, may see people deported back to countries where they face danger Read more »

South Africa: Homes of Over 5,000 People Still Flooded in Khayelitsha

City of Cape Town calls for donations to help flood victims Read more »

South Africa: Sweatshops Saga - Action Taken Against Another Clothing Manufacturer

National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry goes to court against Durban-based Gemelli Read more »

South Africa: Municipality Goes to Court to Block Corruption Report

The North West municipality has ignored an MEC's instruction to "initiate a process of revocation" of the appointment of three senior officials Read more »

South Africa: Constitutional Court Rules Asylum Seekers Once Rejected Cannot Reapply

The majority judgment found that the Refugees Act is silent on reapplications and the court would come dangerously close to legislating if it allowed these Read more »