Mandela Park shacks petrol-bombed
This is the latest in a series of attacks on this group of land occupiers since August
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Rescue location for the Master’s Office
Details are still sketchy and the plan will not be publicly circulated
Khayelitsha residents document their daily struggle with toilets
Photographic exhibition shows access to sanitation from the perspective of people living in informal settlements
Gaza: UCT senate calls for ceasefire
In a statement it also called for “the release of hostages and unlawfully held prisoners”
Bheki Cele responds to police assault
Minister says video of police beating Juma Igiranieza looks like grievous bodily harm
Farm worker family evicted, belongings dumped on the side of the road
“I am broken” says Jan Marthinus, in tears after his family was left homeless
Learning from Israel’s past Gaza Strip invasions
“A political resolution that addresses the roots of the conflict is the only way to defend Israel’s borders and citizens” writes a former Israeli soldier
Teenager’s drowning highlights broken promises in Kliptown
Families living in crumbling houses near the river bank say Gauteng government promised to relocate them years ago
Hundreds homeless after shack flame rips through Durban settlement
MEC for Human Settlements promises to fast-track assistance
Public works slammed for mismanagement of prime Cape Town property
A two-hectare property and heritage buildings have been left to ruin
Sewage in the sea: City failure
The City of Cape Town’s own data shows it is releasing more sewage than it is allowed
Spoekiesdorp families haunted by past evictions and uncertain future
“Many of us are here because we were evicted from farms. We were dumped here”
22 Gauteng schools built with asbestos still haven’t been replaced
Historic Kliptown Primary School is one of them
Hundreds march to the City Hall in Durban demanding jobs
Retrenched Public Employment Programme (PEP) workers want to be reinstated by eThekwini municipality
“We are back”: Khulumani pensioners snooze outside Constitutional Court
They say they are owed apartheid reparations
Call for a national early childhood feeding scheme
There is no government nutrition programme for children before they enter formal schooling
Shack dwellers want sand mining halted
They say the sand is damaging their shacks. The City of Cape Town says the affected households will only be relocated in 2024
Activists doorstop police to demand answers for brutal barbershop assault
Police and IPID silent on the investigation into the assault of Juma Igiranieza on 7 November
South African Jews call for ceasefire in Gaza
“We are a diverse group of South African Jews who are dismayed by the situation that is unfolding in Israel and Palestine”
Western Cape small-scale fishers finally obtain their rights
Fisheries department announces long-awaited permits finalised in the Western Cape
Khayelitsha schools battle illegal electricity connections
Electricity theft has left Nomsa Maphongwana Primary School in Mandela Park with a Eskom bill of more than R167,880
Lawyers for Human Rights to challenge Tshwane’s eviction of homeless people
On Friday, metro police forcefully removed people living at Burgers Park and confiscated all of their belongings.
Limpopo villagers pray for rain or buy borehole water
Two villages in the Malamulele region don’t have access to clean running water, despite the municipality installing boreholes there.