South Africa: Termination of Zimbabwean Exemption Permit Declared Unlawful, Unconstitutional and Invalid

Full bench of Pretoria High Court directs Home Affairs minister to conduct a fair process in reconsidering the end of the permits Read more »

South Africa: Dozens of Homes Destroyed By Tornado in Inanda

Human Settlements Minister promises that professional engineers will properly assess the damaged homes Read more »

South Africa: An Officer Shot a Homeless Man. Two Very Different Versions of What Happened Are Being Argued in Court

Dumisani Joxo was shot "without warning", witness tells the court Read more »

South Africa: Farm Worker Unfairly Dismissed After Swedish Magazine Interview

The Cape Town Labour Court has sent Claudine van Wyk's case back to the CCMA Read more »

South Africa: Three More G4s Prison Officials in Court for Aiding Thabo Bester's Escape

All 12 suspects are expected back in court in August for start of the main criminal trial Read more »

South Africa: Minister Promises New Lease of Life for Hout Bay Harbour

Fishers to get their fishing rights and a new production and packaging facility Read more »

South Africa: Ruling Party Secretary General in Row Over Frozen Luxury House

Affidavits claim he borrowed R3-million from Lottery bigwig's wife Read more »

South Africa: Blind SA Leads March, Demands Government Ratifies Treaty

It has been ten years since the Marrakesh Treaty was concluded to allow blind people access to published works in accessible formats Read more »

South Africa: Moti Group Are Bullies, Says Lawyer for Investigative Journalism Unit

AmaBhungane investigations agency is in court to overturn a "gagging" order limiting their reporting on the Moti Group Read more »

South Africa: Kariega Clinics Closed After Staff Robbed At Gunpoint

Eastern Cape health department says five incidents at different clinics have left staff and patients traumatised Read more »

South Africa: Free State Municipality's R15-Million Unused Sport Stadium

The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised Read more »

South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project

Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 "housing opportunities" will only begin next year Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Informal Settlement Under Water for Two Weeks

Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water Read more »

South Africa: Western Cape Numsa Secretary Must Be Reinstated, CCMA Rules

Vuyo Lufele was suspended after raising concerns about 3Sixty Life, a funeral insurance company owned by the union Read more »

South Africa: Durban Community Fears Life in the Dark Without Streetlights

The City has hired private security after losing millions of rand annually to cable theft and vandalism Read more »

South Africa: Here People Collect Coal Dust to Cook and Stay Warm

"What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us" Read more »

South Africa: Labour Court Fires Dishonest National Lotteries Commission Employee

The client liaison officer was originally given a suspended dismissal for ten years for gross dishonesty on condition she did not re-offend Read more »

South Africa: There's a Way to Sort Out Lighting in Informal Settlements

Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests Read more »

South Africa: No One Knows When Building Will Restart On the Manenberg School of Skills

The construction tender was ruled invalid because of bungling by a Western Cape government department Read more »

South Africa: Coal Truck Torched in Gqeberha Elecricity Protest

Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks Read more »

South Africa: Taps Not Tankers Say Land Occupiers in Cape Town

"We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal" Read more »

South Africa: Scientists Sound Alarm On Failing Water Systems

All four towns that have recorded cholera deaths this year have failing drinking water supply and failing sewage treatment plants Read more »

South Africa: Major Court Victory for Trade Union

Simunye Workers Forum is a genuine trade union, not "a vehicle for enriching individuals" says judge Read more »

South Africa: 'Drunk' Judge Nkola Motata to Be Impeached

Supreme Court of Appeal rules that Judicial Services Commission was wrong Read more »

South Africa: Reality Show Cleared of Inciting Domestic Violence and Hatred

Decision against Moja Love by BCCSA commissioner overturned Read more »