Gale rips off roofs in Cape Town suburb
Residents of Wynberg were assessing the damage on Thursday morning
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We had no water to put out the flames, say victims of Durban shack fire
Pregnant woman dies as 200 shacks gutted
Ronald Lamola let anti-corruption body collapse
Special Tribunal has no active judges and hasn’t issued a ruling since May
SIU to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in Nelson Mandela Bay
Mayor says municipality will “give full support” to SIU investigators
Latest science confirms plummeting penguin population
New model forms the basis for an urgent recommendation to change African Penguin’s conservation status from endangered to critically endangered
The little charcoal business run by a group of young people in Matatiele
Morumotsho Charcoal has been going for eight years
No electricity for Diepsloot welfare organisations
Eskom says broken transformer can’t be fixed again because the area is high risk
Red tape delays Dunoon housing project
The housing project was first announced to residents in 2018, and construction won’t be starting anytime soon
Winelands families battle flooding: “For three days people have not slept”
Relentless rain hampers relief efforts
Masiphumelele leaders ask for help in face of relentless storm
“I can only cook meals for a few people. There are so many more people needing food.”
Workers at sauce manufacturer strike for R4 per hour increase
Management of Ribas Manufacturers has offered R1.75 per hour increase
Shelters scramble as heavy rain continues
Besides a lack of space some shelters are also dealing with flooding
Complaint against Daily Maverick Steinhoff stories dismissed
Former reserve bank employee complained his side of the story was not given, but declined to give his side of the story
Food parcels pile up in Gauteng warehouses because food banks have no money to distribute them
Provincial Department of Social Development delays funding
Census 2022 results are “incoherent and implausible”
Medical Research Council says there is an urgent need for population estimates that better describe the South African population
Appeal Court rules that City of Cape Town acted unlawfully
Ruling clarifies what constitutes lawful “counter-spoliation” when it comes to land occupation
Buffalo City ratepayers march to City Hall, rejecting electricity fee
A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July
No, we won’t move, say Butterworth shack dwellers
Residents of Sikiti informal settlement fear they’ll be forgotten if they agree to move to serviced sites nearby
Western Cape storms: “worse is still to come”
Schools to close across the province as another storm hits, with about 15,000 people already severely affected by floods and damaging winds
Another Makhanda water supply deadline missed
The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete
Army destroys shacks in Marievale, leaving families homeless
Lawyers for Human Rights plans to go to court again
Exhibition honours work of late Bang Bang Club photojournalist
Ken Oosterbroek’s “photographs will bring awareness to the importance of photography in the creation of our collective historical record” says curator
Thousands of homes flooded as violent storm batters Western Cape
Roads closed, schools and clinics damaged, rivers burst their banks
Kariega flood victims forced to move back to sodden land
Residents of Old Lapland informal settlement protested against returning as they fear the dam wall above them will burst