Cape Town protesters block busy road, demanding services
They are angry that refugees living in a tent on the same land have toilets and water, but they do not
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“You have no idea how difficult it is to get a coffin inside the camp”
After 13 years in a “transit camp”, Ntuzuma flood victims are afraid they’ll die there
State neglect of young children leads to lifelong damage
Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019
Tshwane abandons Marry Me settlement: Broken promises leave 450 families in limbo
City says the land is private and is not in the process of being formalised
Not enough places in children’s centres after budget cuts
Children in KZN are being placed in foster care instead of care centres
Last four traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Joburg protesters demand library opens immediately
“There is no democracy without books” says Wits professor who joins calls for an end to the City library’s four-year closure
Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu
In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime
“Silent disease” outed at African Hepatitis Convention
Many South Africans with hepatitis go undiagnosed
SA bank executives coined it during Covid
Banks paid out hefty bonuses, though performance targets were not met
New police station finally opens in Khayelitsha, ending a nearly 20-year wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele
Hundreds picket outside Gauteng social development offices
Protest highlights the catastrophic mess the department has made of funding for non-profit organisations
Community health workers toyi-toyi outside Alan Winde’s offices
They were demanding full employment by the province
Ratepayers block plans to upgrade informal settlement in eThekwini
There are more than 300 shacks in Havelock next to the formal suburb of Greenwood Park
PRASA has failed to fix East Rand train stations
From Boksburg to Springs, stations remain in ruins
Large fishing companies oppose squid quotas in court
The commercial industry is being “greedy” says Eastern Cape small-scale fisher
UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians
A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps
Unpaid contractors block central Gqeberha with garbage trucks and water tankers
The municipality agreed to pay service providers by next week
The traffic department that hasn’t issued a ticket for years
“We used to have ticket books, but they were stolen” says a traffic officer in Ngcobo, Eastern Cape
Victims of 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods march to demand housing
Hundreds come to central Durban to hand over memo to Premier’s office
Blow for Woodstock social housing plans
Tribunal overturns Heritage Western Cape decision to allow development at the Earl Street site
Sewage seeps into KwaZulu-Natal’s popular south coast lagoons
None of the 19 sewage treatment plants managed by the Ugu District Municipality is properly treating sewage released into rivers and lagoons