Battle to stop illegal dumping in Cape Town’s townships
“Immediately after we clean, people dump again”
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Chapter Nine commissioners are not workers, high court rules
Judge says public office bearers cannot claim employee-style benefits unless provided for in law
No-shows at parliamentary briefing on Tafelberg
Provincial government and Social Housing Regulatory Authority fail to attend
How police lent credibility to the Morita Forestry pyramid scheme
And so did the Forestries department and a municipality
Families’ 8-year battle for housing is over
The group living in a community hall in Cape Town have been resettled
South Africa needs data centres, but not without transparency
Article One and the Centre for Human Rights have asked the Human Rights Commission to recommend a pause on huge new projects
Joburg refuse collection at a standstill as workers block Pikitup depots
Contract workers want the same rights as permanent workers
Acting judge told to explain possible AI ‘hallucinations’ in judgment
Appeal hearing found at least 11 fictitious or inaccurate case citations in the judgment
Anger after farmers dump rotting fruit near homes
Farmers would never do this in their own suburbs, say Eastern Cape residents
Sewer project leaves Flagstaff without a new school
Residents say officials promised the two developments could coexist
Despite sewerage upgrades, Mogale City still polluting Cradle of Mankind
Tests detect high E. coli levels in water flowing from the Percy Stewart treatment plant into the Blougat Spruit
Activists go door-to-door to counter xenophobia in Yeoville
“Yeoville has become a hotspot for these xenophobes. They are instilling fear in immigrants”
Young people stay home on voters day
Fewer young people are registering and turning out to vote
Western Cape police do not have enough rape evidence kits, MP warns
Despite new stock reaching Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences units, politicians say it is a fraction of what is needed
KZN flood victims sleep outside in the rain after eviction from emergency housing
EThekwini municipality says the group did not qualify for housing assistance
Gauteng government says “impossible” to pay welfare organisations on time
Non-profits wait weeks for quarterly payments
South Africans lose hundreds of millions of rands to Morita Forestry investment scam
Social media influencers helped make the scam possible - and were rewarded handsomely
How FNB enabled people to join the SGK pyramid scheme
Bank employees signed up new customers at an SGK recruitment site
Residents lay criminal charges against Theewaterskloof over illegal waste dump
Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs says the municipality ignored a formal directive to remedy the situation
State spent R600m to contain 30 June xenophobic action – law enforcement could have prevented it
Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia is taking the state to court
Gugulethu residents refuse to share land with Observatory occupiers
Families from Masonwabe reject City of Cape Town plan; say they waited 14 years for land they must now share with people from Singabalapha
Relief for Lesotho as US tariffs expire
But uncertainty remains over AGOA agreement
At 86, Limpopo farmer still waiting for promised irrigation water
Shortcomings and delays with the Giyani Water Project has left small-scale farmers without reliable irrigation
Air and water pollution harming Joburg’s poorest communities
Failing wastewater treatment works, ageing sewage infrastructure, smouldering illegal dumps, industrial and urban runoff and a legacy of mining activities have ruined Joburg’s air and water