May 12, 2022
South Africa: Human Rights Commission Steps in to Tackle Limpopo Sewage Problem
For months residents of Mogalakwena in Limpopo have had to put up with a broken sewage system. Read more »
May 11, 2022
South Africa: Early Childhood Development - Hundreds of Centres Are Still Waiting for Their Covid Money
More than 1,700 have not yet been paid out in the Western Cape alone Read more »
South Africa: The Prosperous Platinum City's Ruined Taxi Rank
More than 200 taxis use this Madibeng rank daily, but it has only one toilet Read more »
May 10, 2022
South Africa: Waste Plastic Could Beat Coal As an Energy Source
Micro-plastic particles have been found everywhere on earth, from the peak of a remote Antarctic mountain to the deepest part of the ocean. Every place on Earth with breathable air… Read more »
South Africa: Fresh Air and Better Houses Are Weapons in the Fight Against TB
The disease has been rare in rich countries for 50 years, and one reason is decent housing Read more »
South Africa: Broken Bureaucracy Violating Prisoners' Rights
Sifiso Tembe may or may not be guilty. But he has definitely not been given a fair trial process Read more »
South Africa: Court Summons Education MEC Over Special Needs School
MEC failed to comply with previous court ruling, says Judge Read more »
May 09, 2022
South Africa: Slain Durban Activist Knew She Was in Danger
Nokuthula Mabaso was killed in front of her children Read more »
South Africa: This Vaccine Could Save Tens of Thousands of South African Lives Each Year, but We'll Only See It in 2030
Vaccines against TB are much slower to develop than Covid ones Read more »
South Africa: Anglo's New Hydrogen Vehicle - Bad Engineering, Good Marketing
An astonishingly expensive process for turning electricity into less electricity Read more »
South Africa: Vegetable Garden Project Brings Hope to Knysna Community
"Children and gardens both need love to flourish" Read more »
May 05, 2022
South Africa: Eastern Cape Paramedics Face Dismissal
Workers stop work to demand better equipment Read more »
April 29, 2022
South Africa: Eastern Cape Farm Workers Vow to Continue Strike
Farmers' organisation says many farms will struggle to survive this season Read more »
South Africa: Seven Million People Have Applied for the R350 Grant Since Saturday
Social Development says its budget can only cater for 10.5-million Read more »
South Africa: Huge Factory Building Stripped Bare in Hout Bay Harbour While Public Works Department Dithers
Former Oceana fishmeal plant could have been used for a community project, says fisher Read more »
April 28, 2022
South Africa: 'The Bloodied Hand Cannot Inherit', Court Rules
While the criminal case goes on, a civil court has found that on a balance of probabilities Zurenah Smit was involved in her husband's murder Read more »
South Africa: Judge Sets Precedent, Orders Therapy for Child Rape Victim
The ten-year-old victim will receive monthly therapy for two years Read more »
South Africa: 15 Years After Two Men Drowned, Fort Beaufort Families Are Still Waiting for a Safe Bridge Over the Kat River
Parents keep children home from school when it rains Read more »
April 27, 2022
South Africa: Thousands of Farm Workers Face Eviction With End of National State of Disaster - Activists
Farm worker evictions are likely to spike with the end of the National State of Disaster, Women on Farms (WFP) has warned. Read more »
South Africa: You Chose Electricity and Toilets Instead of Houses, Families Told
600 households have been hoping for houses since 1993 in Fort Beaufort Read more »
April 26, 2022
South Africa: Labour Department Rules That Classrooms At Limpopo School Are Too Dangerous to Use
Department closes down part of the school after the Department of Education failed to fix it Read more »
South Africa: Parents Block N2 to Demand Scholar Transport
They say learners have not been able to attend school since January Read more »
South Africa: Fifty Families Share Two Toilets in Taiwan, Khayelitsha
Residents in Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha Site C, Cape Town, say their toilets have not been cleaned for five weeks. More than 50 families are now sharing two communal… Read more »
April 25, 2022
South Africa: Nando's Gets the Stick for Firing a Man Who Tasted Its Carrots
Durban Labour Court rules that a man fired after "consumption of stock without authorisation" be reinstated Read more »
South Africa: Eastern Cape Court Interdicts Protesting Workers From Being 500m From Farms
Farmer says the protests and damage to property has costly implications on the already strained citrus industry Read more »