South Africa: Evicted in the Morning, 2,000 Nigel RDP Occupiers Move Back in By Evening

High Court ordered a stay of eviction after Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department put 500 families out on the street Read more »

South Africa: Striking Guards Block Office Entrance, Trapping Government Workers for Hours

The guards are demanding their bonuses be paid Read more »

South Africa: Actress Terry Pheto's Luxury House - Built With Lottery Money - Fails to Sell At Auction

Terry Pheto's Bryanston property was expected to sell for more than R4-million but did not get an offer Read more »

South Africa: Taxis Interdicted From Interfering With School Transport in Khayelitsha

"The court has sent a strong message to the minibus taxi mafia," says education MEC Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Is Removing Homeless People From the Street. This Is What the City Is Offering Instead

Mayor promises R230-million over the next three years to help homeless residents. But will there be enough space? Read more »

South Africa: Urgently Needed Makhanda Water Project Six Years Behind Schedule

Original completion date for the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works upgrade was December 2017. It has now been moved to December 2023 Read more »

South Africa: Informal Traders Inside Cape Town Mall Told to Vacate By Next Sunday

For many traders in Belhar Mall, this is their only income to support their families Read more »

South Africa: Court Orders Former Lottery Boss to Pay Punitive Legal Costs to Journalist

Raymond Joseph is suing former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission Phillemon Letwaba for defamation Read more »

South Africa: Is Cycling the Way to Improve Mobility in Langa?

The Langa Bicycle Hub and Human Sciences Research Council will host a walk through the township on 7 March Read more »

South Africa: Rubber Bullets Fired As Over 2,000 People Evicted From Nigel Housing Occupation

Lawyers for the occupiers have subsequently secured a stay of the eviction order in the Gauteng High Court Read more »

South Africa: Women March Through Dunoon Against Gender-Based Violence

"Men who are not embarrassed and have sexual intercourse with our children must leave Dunoon" Read more »

South Africa: Parliament Urged to Investigate R54-Million National Orchestra

Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra CEO says it is not obliged to reveal details of operations and finances Read more »

South Africa: R10-Million Wasted On Unfinished Eastern Cape Sports Centre

Now Emalahleni Local Municipality is going to fork out another R14.5-million Read more »

South Africa: Call for Govt to Save Durban's Contaminated Rivers

"Toxic" levels of E. coli will require national government intervention, say water activists Read more »

Africa: MeerKAT - Why South Africa's Massive Astronomy Project Matters

Amish Patel is a Signal Processing Engineer with the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory. He gave the second Science for the People Seminar. Read more »

South Africa: Decision Not to Raise the Sugar Tax Puts Profits Ahead of People, Activists Say

"Difficult operating environment for the sugar industry" cited by Finance Minister as reason Read more »

South Africa: My Friend Reported She'd Been Sexually Assaulted. Then the Justice System Failed Her

Rude, uncaring police, slow magistrates and even loadshedding have meant that her assailant of 18 months ago is still free Read more »

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 »

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 »

South Africa: Will a State of Disaster Fix the Electricity Crisis? An Engineer Weighs in

There are good reasons to be sceptical Read more »