The troubled history of Mangaung prison
The high-security prison is in the spotlight again after the suicide of an inmate this week
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Mamelodi shack dwellers won’t secure promised houses anytime soon
City of Tshwane says it intends to complete approval for a township for Stoffel Park in April 2024
Climate activists demand action at BRICS talks
Hundreds protest in Sandton where summit is underway
Housing activists march to President’s doorstep
The existing State Land Disposal Act could be used to fast track the use of public land for human settlement
Mitchells Plain ward councillor accused of sidelining unemployed youths
The councillor says jobs are randomised by the Expanded Public Works Programme office and “no politician or councillor has influence in the process”
Mystery surrounds black empowerment gains from G4S prison contract
Dividends were supposed to address needs of local community
Madibeng protesters travel 60km to complain to mayor
They are demanding consistent and clean drinking water as well as electricity
Protest over poor service at Khayelitsha Home Affairs
About 100 people marched in the rain under the banner of #UniteBehind
Axed PRASA board chair goes back to court
Leonard Ramatlakane argues that if he did anything wrong it was minor and unintentional
Over 800 households near Durban without tap water for eight years
Water tanks are only filled twice a month and people have to fetch water from a river
Learners launch storytelling project to “recapture the beauty” of Masiphumelele
Masiphumelele: Through The Struggles We Rise is a project by nine high school girls and students from the Stellenbosch Academy of Photography and Design
Langa’s cramped sewing school needs more space
The Sinakho Skills Development Centre and Entrepreneurship Training Academy
Kwaito star Arthur Mafokate and the dodgy Lottery grants
Mafokate’s company invoiced a non-profit organisation over R1-million from a lottery grant for a music festival that never happened
Swellendam protesters torch municipal offices
Shops looted as residents take to the streets complaining of racism and neglect
Thousands of non-violent offenders due for early release from prison
More than 24,000 prisoners are likely to be released of whom about 3,000 will be deported
Security workers protest in Boksburg over unpaid wages
“It’s amazing what politicians promise just to get our votes” says union leader
Fired deputy director back at work following another scathing court ruling
Minister Kubayi who acted as “complainant, initiator and chairperson” had “adopted a deplorable and gung-ho posture in dismissing the applicant”, the courts have said
Students dread being evicted again if NSFAS payment issues not resolved
“My family is over 1,500 kilometres away in the Free State and I don’t really have anyone in Cape Town that I can go live with if we are evicted again,” she says.
Homeowners storm out of tense meeting with eThekwini municipality over rates hike
Households boycotting their bill payments will be dealt with individually, says mayor
Cape Town taxi agreement made an order of court
The High Court also dismissed SANTACO’s interdict application
Khayelitsha Cookies prefers hiring people to using machines
From just two staff in 2005 to almost 80 women now, the hand baked cookie business has risen from humble beginnings
Families flee Cape Town informal settlements under threat
Nearby backyarders hope for houses, though the City of Cape Town says the land is “lost” for housing
City of Cape Town told to design modern position for Woodstock social housing site
Heritage approval has not been granted, contrary to City claims
Residents of Afrikaner enclave want to be integrated into City of Tshwane
Discontented Kleinfontein residents question company rule under share block scheme