South Africa: Sunday Times Editor Makhudu Sefara Placed On 'Special Leave' After SIU Announces Investigation

Sefara was elected chair of the South African National Editors Forum despite concerns raised about his connections to the Lottery Read more »

South Africa: Zondo Hits Back At Former Prasa Board Members

Bid by Lucky Montana and others to review State Capture corruption findings in jeopardy Read more »

South Africa: Investigation Into Beating By Ensure Guards Is Still Ongoing, Say Ethekwini Municipality

This follows CCTV footage showing a homeless person being assaulted by Ensure security guards in December. Despite this, the Denis Hurley Centre says complaints of beatings by… Read more »

South Africa: New Centre to Support Whistleblowers

"It is lonely. It is frightening. It is costly." Read more »

South Africa: Eastern Cape Pensioners Try to Build Their Own Clinic

Ugie villagers hope the government will come to finish their work Read more »

Lesotho: Women Weavers - the Backbone of Lesotho's Textile Legacy

For many of the weavers, the work is more than a livelihood, it is a legacy Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's Prisons in Bad Shape Despite Years of Recommendations, Report Says

Tuberculosis, scabies and pellagra are spreading in the country's severely overcrowded prisons Read more »

South Africa: A Shameful Judicial Record

Late judgments hit a new high in 2025, crossing the 300 mark Read more »

South Africa: Permit Chaos Leaves Joburg Traders in Limbo

City blames delays on its legal battles with SERI Read more »

South Africa: Untangling the Red Tape of Crèche Registration

City of Cape Town is trying to make the process easier for Early Childhood Development centres Read more »

South Africa: How Renting a Photocopier Helped Destroy a School

A North West school owes over R600,000 after defaulting on rental agreements for two photocopiers and a phone system. Meanwhile 789 learners are left with broken toilets and… Read more »

South Africa: Durban Organisations Come Together to Fight Xenophobia

But dozens of shops were closed in the city centre as the March and March "clean-up" continued Read more »

South Africa: Refugee Eviction Case Pushed to October

City of Cape Town and national government have applied to evict people living at the Wingfield and Bellville sites Read more »

South Africa: Constitutional Court Rules Human Rights Commission Cannot Issue Binding Directives

The apex court has dismissed the SAHRC's appeal to have its directives automatically enforced but insists it remains a "potent" rights guardian Read more »

South Africa: Activists Mark Earth Day With March to Parliament

They are calling on government to move away from "false solutions" to the Just Transition Read more »

South Africa: Tswaing Mayor and Council Told to Explain Dodgy Appointments

Investigation ordered by North West MEC finds "dangerously systemic" maladministration at the municipality Read more »

South Africa: Housing Versus Parking in Cape Town's Inner-City

Cars should not be under cover when people are living on the streets, says activist at first public meeting on Harrington Square in Cape Town Read more »

South Africa: The Need to Grow Food in Informal Settlements

Government must take food security into account when upgrading informal settlements like Slovo Park, says SERI Read more »

South Africa: Fed-Up Residents Grab Brooms and Shovels to Fix Their Town

"We need to work together to get the town back in shape and be proud of it" Read more »

South Africa: Extortion Threat Hits Rubbish Collection in Cape Town

Informal settlements in Nyanga, Philippi and Samora Machel affected Read more »

South Africa: Farm Workers March to Parliament Calling for Land

"I want to create a better life for my children" says evicted farm woman Read more »

South Africa: Proposal for Basotho, South Africans to Use IDs to Cross Borders

Improvement on 2026-04-22 16:56If the original article was only partially read, readers may have been left with the impression that IDs could already be used to cross the border.… Read more »

South Africa: Pit Toilets - Eastern Cape Parents Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

Parents at Good Hope Primary in Cofimvaba are building their own toilets Read more »

South Africa: Labour Court Slams Ccma Commissioner Who Questioned Assault Victim's Gender

A Durban judge has set aside a ruling that reinstated a worker dismissed for assaulting a colleague, because the commissioner's findings were likely influenced by views about the… Read more »

South Africa: Stop Blaming Immigrants for Govt Failures, Johannesburg Marchers Say

"This march is a declaration that no one is illegal and that our future is bound together as one human race" Read more »