Khayelitsha residents fed up with years of delays in housing project
Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 “housing opportunities” will only begin next year
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Labour court fires dishonest National Lotteries Commission employee
The client liaison officer was originally given a suspended dismissal for ten years for gross dishonesty on condition she did not re-offend
Under water for two weeks
Residents fear disease could break out from the human waste in the water
CCMA: Western Cape NUMSA secretary must be reinstated
Vuyo Lufele was suspended after raising concerns about 3Sixty Life, a funeral insurance company owned by the union
Durban community without streetlights for over a year
The City has hired private security after losing millions of rand annually to cable theft and vandalism
Here people collect coal dust to cook and stay warm
“What is the use of being climate conscious because this duff coal is like gold to us”
Admire Cleared of GBV Complaint
Decision against Moja Love by BCCSA commissioner overturned
Families here relieve themselves in plastic bags which they throw into the drains
In Lusaka informal settlement in Cape Town there are not enough toilets, drains are blocked, and there is a terrible stench
Solving the problem of no lighting in informal settlements
Solar powered public lights are better than high-mast lights, collaborative Cape Town project suggests
Taps not tankers say land occupiers in Cape Town
“We are wary of using water from the tankers because of what happened in Hammanskraal”
Coal truck torched in Gqeberha elecricity protest
Protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks
No one knows when building will restart on the Silverstream Manenberg School of Skills
The construction tender was ruled invalid because of bungling by a Western Cape government department
Major court victory for trade union
Simunye Workers Forum is a genuine trade union, not “a vehicle for enriching individuals” says judge
Could Nkola Motata be the first SA Judge to be impeached?
Supreme Court of Appeal rules that Judicial Services Commission was wrong
Dumisani Joxo was part of a gang, court told
Defence in murder trial says evidence by the state witness is “tailored”
Gqeberha shack dwellers protest after electricity disconnected by RDP home owners
Residents of Baloyi informal settlement say two transformers installed in March have never been connected
SA’s Failing Water Systems
All four towns that have recorded cholera deaths this year have failing drinking water supply and failing sewage treatment plants
Moti Group accused of bringing SLAPP suit
Media freedom organisations have asked to join court proceedings in the amaBhungane “gagging” case
Meet Hout Bay’s Super Sandman
Innocent Zunga creates beautiful sculptures using beach sand
East London flood victims still haven’t been housed
Nonceba Pamla lost her daughter in the floods as well as her home. She is still waiting for the house she says she was promised
Hundreds march to Gugulethu clinic to demand better service
Protesters want a new hospital to be built
Rural Eastern Cape flood victims left to fend for themselves
The homes of 25 families were destroyed in December 2022. They have received no help to date
Some crèches never got the promised Covid relief funds, and now it’s too late
Early Childhood Development relief programme comes to an end
UNISA campus closed due to water quality concerns
Water is discoloured due to sediment, says City