November 23, 2022
South Africa: Stellenbosch Backyarders Threaten to Occupy Golf Course
Backyard Dwellers' Forum say they've been left out while others are housed Read more »
South Africa: Crime Is Harming Business in Mitchells Plain, Say Traders
Stall holders want the City to do more to deal with competition from traders without permits Read more »
South Africa: GroundUp Article Ignores the Rights of Content Creators
One of the few avenues that photojournalists still have to make a living is by working for large global agencies. Read more »
November 22, 2022
South Africa: Public Sector Workers Call On Govt to Return to Negotiating Table
Unions reject 3% wage increase Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Athletes Join National Special Olympics Summer Games
Athletes selected at the national games will represent the country at the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Germany Read more »
South Africa: Masiphumelele Struggles to Rebuild After Devastating Fire
About 1,800 people were left homeless in the second fire to rip through the township in less than a month Read more »
South Africa: 30 Things the City Has Done to Clean Up Cape Town's Vleis, Rivers and Wetlands
All water quality test results are now available to the public online Read more »
November 21, 2022
South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal Reverses Controversial Ivermectin Ruling
There was no evidence to justify Judge Cassim Sardiwalla's order, says court Read more »
South Africa: Matrics, Commuters Hit By Cape Town Taxi Strike
Taxi council wants the Blue Dot incentive programme to continue in the Western Cape Read more »
South Africa: Stopping People From Letting Their Cattle Graze Amounts to Eviction, Says Judge
Land Claims Court says the Constitution requires that ESTA be given a "generous interpretation" Read more »
South Africa: Innovative Double-Storey Housing Project for Khayelitsha
Former shack dwellers move into new model houses Read more »
South Africa: Gqeberha Protesters Block Roads After Toilet Cleaning Company Downs Tools
Govan Mbeki Village residents say the municipality has not paid the cleaning company Read more »
November 18, 2022
South Africa: 500 Refugees Living in Wretched Conditions in Cape Town Camp
Three years after the UNHCR protests, Bellville camp asylum seekers cling to dream of resettlement Read more »
South Africa: Very Few South Africans Can Swim, Says the Nsri. It Aims to Change This
Drowning is one of the biggest causes of unnatural death in the world Read more »
South Africa: How an Honest Prasa Worker Turned Down Corrupt Money and Helped Uncover Fraud
Over R9-million worth of bogus claims processed in just six months - in a scheme that could run back to 2014 Read more »
South Africa: Why Is Government Taking So Long to Finalise Water Standards?
Much needed legislation has not moved since 2017. It's up to us, the public, to put pressure on our elected leaders to finish the job. Read more »
South Africa: African Women Demand Voice At Climate Change Summits
"We need concrete solutions for climate change now" Read more »
November 17, 2022
South Africa: Get-Rich-Quick Solar Energy Scheme Looks Way Too Good to Be True
Gollong Investment looks very much like a Ponzi operation Read more »
South Africa: Unpaid for Months - Ekurhuleni Workers Protest
The City of Ekurhuleni only deals with the contractor, not its employees, says City spokesperson Read more »
South Africa: This Judge Has Not Delivered His Judgment After Ten Years. No Action Has Been Taken Against Him
Office of the Chief Justice says the matter was referred to the Judicial Conduct Committee. But the Judicial Service Commission says it has not received any complaints. Read more »
November 16, 2022
South Africa: Woodstock Residents Rattled By Police Raid
The City of Cape Town says Cissie Gool House has been "hijacked" and that Reclaim the City has lost control Read more »
November 15, 2022
South Africa: Cape Town Mother Has to Beg for Money to Buy Nappies for Her Disabled Son
15-year-old Donnel, who has hydrocephalus, wants to go to school Read more »
South Africa: Protesters Sleep Outside Constitutional Court, Demanding Apartheid Reparations
More than 150 people have been braving the weather for weeks Read more »
South Africa: Woman Who Survived Mountain Fall Must Wait Six Weeks for Operation
Makemiso Ramabitle is in severe pain but her nearest hospital in rural Eastern Cape does not have capacity to perform the necessary surgery Read more »
November 14, 2022
South Africa: Disabled Dunoon Residents Roll Up Their Sleeves to Clean a School
"Our pupils accept them as members of our society who are capable of doing things" says principal of Sophakama Primary Read more »