Hundreds march in the rain in Durban to demand municipal jobs
The workers also want the eThekwini municipality to pay them on a higher salary scale
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Communal toilets overflowing with faeces due to extortion
About a month ago, Sanitech workers were held at gunpoint and extortionists demanded several thousand rand
Rural women shed light on food insecurity
“Small household gardens are not enough for women to be able to escape food insecurity” says activist
Housing in South Africa: How have we done since 1994?
We’ve made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census
Wits lawyers apply to join Ugandan court case on Anti-Homosexuality Act
Centre for Applied Legal Studies argues that the Ugandan Parliament violated its own rules of procedure to pass the law
Concourt slaps Home Affairs minister with personal cost order
Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and Director-General Livhuwani Makhode must pay from their own pockets part of legal costs for Lawyers For Human Rights
Two die and hundreds left homeless by Khayelitsha fire
Frustrated victims then occupied vacant land nearby
Children play among rubbish and rodents at this Dunoon park
City official says a developer is waiting for approval to fund the repairs of Thandabantu Park but suggest moving the equipment to a different place
Parents alarm for children’s safety at this dilapidated school
Mntla Primary consists of prefabs from the 1980s
Embattled municipality yet to pay thousands of workers’ salaries
Workers staged a sit-in at the Matjhabeng municipal headquarters in Welkom to demand that they be paid immediately
Life-saving TB drug is now cheaper in South Africa, but not as competitive as it can be
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to drop the price of bedaquiline to the South African government by more than 40%
Criminal case against former PRASA director kicked down the tracks – again
Mthuthuzeli Swartz was arrested for the sale of 42km of railway line in January 2019
Over 100 grannies march in Durban to demand better healthcare and housing
This follows a three-day conference that brought together grandmothers from across the country
Welkom municipal workers react angrily after learning they won’t be paid
A letter signed by the municipal manager states workers may have to wait until the end of October to get their salaries
Disability grant applicants sleep outside this SASSA office
SASSA admitted that there had been “technical challenges with the online system” but that these had since been resolved
Health department has not fully implemented court order, say lawyers
The department was ordered to put notices up in hospitals and clinics stating that children under six and pregnant and breastfeeding women are eligible for free health care irrespective of nationality
Helen Suzman Foundation goes to court to “avert human catastrophe”
The organisation wants an execution order that will protect Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders
Backyarders ruin shacks in Cape Town
Violence and tensions between land occupiers and backyarders has been brewing for months in Khayelitsha
Landmark decision for housing in Cape Town
City Council releases land in Salt River for social housing
Richmond land occupiers given refuge in preschool
The eThekwini municipality repeatedly demolishes their shacks located near a river
Any parent is entitled to four months parental leave, rules High Court
Sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment and the Unemployment Insurance Fund acts declared unconstitutional
Sand mining company appeals against refusal of water licence in Philippi
A campaign to preserve the horticultural area says the silica mine will impact food security and the Cape Flats Aquifer
Tears and joy as miners return to the surface after hostage drama
Police open kidnapping case after events at Gold One mine
Sewage still seeps through Kariega streets and the mayor is nowhere to be seen
Promises made in July have not been kept