Soweto housing fraud case back in court
“They can postpone as much as they like, we will get justice,” says housing scam victim
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Rural community wins court battle for access road
Ehesini’s impassable road in the Eastern Cape cut off villagers, left children struggling to access schools and ambulances unable to reach villages
Government to evict people from 166 occupied properties
Department of Public Works wants to “turn the tide” on unlawful occupations
In this town, old women have to relieve themselves in a field
Some families have been living in Aloe-T informal settlement in Komani, Eastern Cape, since 1997
Fruit workers strike over union recognition
Dispute over numbers at Villiersdorp company
Hitmen’s lawyer sentenced for delaying trial
The judge found Sithembiso Nkatha avoided court, delaying a mass murder trial from July 2025 to October 2026
Joburg’s dirtiest river may lose its only champion
Environmental organisation KlipSA faces closure
Fired for being foreign: how employers gave in to March and March threats
The Casual Workers Advice Office has recorded a sharp rise in reports of xenophobic labour practices in Gauteng
R233-million spent on buses for fleeing immigrants
About 100,000 people have left South Africa since June
Judges grill Treasury on SRD grant
SCA judge questions whether “people without the means to even buy a cellphone” should have to apply online
Parents close Cape Town school for three days because of sewage leak
Education department says it will be fixed by Wednesday
Readers’ donations get church band going again
Instruments worth R100,000 were stolen from the Samora Machel band and sold for scrap
Lesotho, SA courts freeze assets in M700m clothing industry fraud case
Appeals have delayed the implementation of two forfeiture judgments handed down in May
University official must pay back R18m after taking student housing bribes
Labour Court finds Andries Helani accepted more than R3.2-million in payments linked to private student accommodation providers
World’s largest research funder lifts ban on South Africa
Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding
In photos: Artists tell stories of heritage and migration using surprising materials
Matereality V2 opens at the Iziko South African National Gallery on Monday
Mass sardine die-off: new threat to African Penguins?
Researchers say it’s too early to draw firm conclusions
Justice minister refers R415-million IT contract to SIU and Hawks
Minister Kubayi witnessed system failures during an unannounced visit to the Pretoria Master’s office
Home or hospice: The debate over the closure of St Luke’s inpatient unit
While most people prefer to die at home, a minority desperately need specialist care that can only be provided in an institution
28 years later, thousands of land claims are still outstanding
It could take another 15 years to settle outstanding claims lodged by 1998
Our classrooms “will collapse on us”, says Limpopo learner
Radzambo Secondary School in Matsila village is crumbling, overcrowded and short of teachers
“They failed us”: Gang violence victims demand justice from Parliament
Families told a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday how their loved ones were killed in gang violence
We’re not criminals, say Transnet land occupiers
Housing activists Ndifuna Ukwazi head to court try to stay the eviction of more than 160 people by 30 September
CPUT students defy order to leave residences
Only a few students have left their residences after university gave them 24-hours to leave