New Limpopo clinic has no running water
Municipality says Department of Health never applied for a connection
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Firefighters battled to extinguish fatal factory fire because Verulam has no water
Three bodies have been recovered, one person is missing
Public Works to investigate mismanagement of police headquarters
“It’s unfortunate such a beautiful asset has been left in that kind of state” says head of property management
Joburg residents march over water outages and unreliable electricity
The protesters say they are also fed up with illegal rubbish dumping and potholes in their streets
Anti-vaxxers thrashed in court
Application to stop Covid vaccine slammed as “manifestly unfair”, fatally defective and dismissed with costs by Pretoria High Court
After 25 years, 81-year-old Mthatha widow finally gets an RDP house
“I don’t have much but I’m happy for a decent house,” says Ndenzeni Njwenene
Cape Town Pride celebrates equality in South Africa, condemns Ghana’s new anti-gay law
“I am a proudly gay man,” city councillor Rob Quintas tells crowd
SAPS and Public Works called to Parliament over Telkom Towers debacle
Trade union Solidarity says it’s been complaining about the deplorable state of the police building for years, but to no avail
Mayor sends machinery to fix gravel road hours after Eastern Cape villagers block N2
Tyhalarha village residents say a previous peaceful protest brought no results
Yoliswa Dwane, education activist who condemned John Hlophe, is remembered at UCT event
She “dedicated her life to advancing social justice” but died “too young, too early”
Komani’s unusable R20-million “sport facility”
“What we got was nothing compared to what we were promised,” says resident
Auditor General gives damning report on police headquarters
This was just hours after workers at the Telkom Towers office were evacuated after it was declared unfit for human use
Gugulethu school for adults abandoned by government, say residents
St Francis Community Learning Centre has to rely on illegal connection for electricity
Doctor in Lottery circumcision scandal fails to challenge probe
A Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into National Lottery Commission (NLC) funding for a dodgy circumcision project is back on track. Pretoria Doctor John Marite has failed to get leave to appeal an earlier order dismissing his attempt to interdict the SIU. The SIU alleges that millions received by Marite to implement the circumcision project …
Rescue on the beach: Easy-to-use devices placed on popular beaches could save lives
Automated External Defibrillators and simple airway devices can be used by bystanders to help victims of cardiac arrest and drowning
Photographing an eviction in Cape Town
I placed a GoPro on my camera to show what’s happening from a photographer’s perspective
NUMSA protests in support of suspended Putco workers
Putco concerned by how long CCMA process is taking
Judges grapple with use of “ma se p…”
Court considers nuances of grammar in decision to acquit man
Echoes of District Six evictions in case before the Constitutional Court
Judges question City of Cape Town about eviction of Bromwell Street tenants
PRASA relocation of railway line occupiers was illegal, claims City of Cape Town
Parliament hears that City issued a contravention notice to rail agency, despite being part of relocation discussions
Soweto households without electricity for seven months
Premier blames Eskom for delays
Hundreds of eThekwini municipal workers march for higher wages
But stoppage fell short of SAMWU’s plan for a city-wide shutdown, says municipality
Johannesburg theatre puts democracy in the spotlight
Actors are getting school children to think about what leadership entails