Wits students set up Palestinian solidarity encampment
University senate expected to meet this week
GroundUp
Dozens of shacks demolished in Midrand
Shackdwellers say they’ll keep rebuilding because they have nowhere else to go
Soup kitchen serves Eastern Cape children the only meal they’ll eat that day
The Human Rights Commission has recommended that child malnutrition in the province be declared a disaster
Thousands of people abandoned as the Gauteng Social Development Department implodes
Vulnerable people are being failed by an inefficient and corrupt department
Workers march against looming retrenchments at Sibanye-Stillwater
Unions call for resignation of top management and the CEO Neal Froneman
Durban households still without water as reservoir levels remain critically low
Residents of Ntuzuma welcomed the arrival of a municipal water truck on Sunday after more than a week without water
Electoral Court fines ANC, ATM, COPE, PAC, NFP and AIC
They failed to provide audited financial statements
Deadline for Makhanda water works upgrades missed – again
Completion of work at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works has been extended for the third time in six months
Refugee and former car guard graduates with a PhD
Albert Mpazayabo hopes his thesis on integration of refugees in South Africa will be taken seriously by the authorities
Gauteng government rejects request for public-funding information
GroundUp asked for details of billions of rands in grants the Department of Social Development paid to non-profit organisations
Huge march to Parliament for better schools
Presidency and Department of Basic Education commit to respond to demands by Equal Education
Court interdicts protesting college students
Some Port Elizabeth TVET College student leaders claim they are being denied access to the college unfairly
“Dismay” at Stellenbosch senate’s rejection of call for Gaza ceasefire
Meanwhile Nelson Mandela University senate supported a call for a ceasefire in Gaza earlier this week, and effectively an academic boycott of Israel
Universal Basic Income Grant: who will profit?
There are risks in using a private company to pay the grants
Gauteng funding crisis: Disability organisations face closure
Department of Social Development has not finalised contracts with organisations providing vital services
Protesters demand Wits take public stand on Gaza
Calls for “academic boycott of apartheid Israel”
Remote Namaqualand diamond town battles dust and neglect
Mine told to fix the pollution problem
Western Cape separatist loses complaint against Daily Maverick
A ruling by the Press Ombud has helped clarify clauses about fact versus opinion in the Press Code
Activists want 12 more pieces of public land used for housing
Parking lots in Cape Town’s city centre should be used for affordable housing, says Ndifuna Ukwazi
Unpaid school uniform makers occupy Gauteng social development offices
Sewing co-operatives delivered thousands of school uniforms to learners in need, but the department is disowning them
Coal mine accused of making “manifestly scurrilous” allegations against opponents
A coalition against mining in the Mabola Protected Environment want “scandalous” and “irrelevant” claims struck from court record
Universal Basic Income Grant: who should run it?
The sad history of Net1 and the Post Office shows that this is an important question
Commuters battle to get refunds after Cape Town train lines suspended
Metrorail power failure affects Cape Flats and Southern Line commuters on Tuesday