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ConCourt rules that Western Cape government and City of Cape Town are constitutionally obliged to provide affordable housing in the inner-city

Chaos as displaced immigrants descend on town close to Beitbridge border

Member of the board of the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone says senior ANC leader threatened him

Border Management Authority says Home Affairs and police checks must be completed before arriving at the border

City council says the M27-million agreement was unlawful from the start, but MPs say it remains responsible for the deal

Judge finds environmental approvals were lawful and orders residents’ group to pay punitive costs

Butterworth families say government departments have spent years passing the buck while 300 people live in unsafe, prefabricated homes

Immigrants say threats and evictions forced them to flee their homes

City of Cape Town planned to spend R51-million, but funds dried up

The Pretoria Division of the Gauteng High Court had the highest number of late judgments, with 54 matters outstanding for longer than six months.

Parliamentary oversight visits found shortages of sexual assault evidence kits and discrepancies in police stock records

Large crowds in Gauteng and KZN, with reports of looting and violence

Most of the payout is interest calculated from when state’s liability for TB contraction in prisons was established in 2012

The workers staged a sit-in because their pension fund and tax contributions are not being paid over by the municipality

Kouga municipality insists the facility is operating within standards but failed to provide test results

People continue to arrive at the old Drive-In site in Durban

Xenophobia is “intended to distract attention from the abject failures of government” says COSATU’s Malvern de Bruyn

Immigrant families have been displaced in the Western Cape

The anti-immigration campaign has caused deaths, widespread displacement, and loss of income for South Africans

“Every person deserves respect and the freedom to live without discrimination” says Speaker of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature

Struggling authorities are now trying to move people to a new makeshift repatriation site closer to the border in Musina, Limpopo

Families are fleeing South Africa as xenophobic tensions rise

“Politicians should stop scapegoating immigrants and focus their energy on finding solutions to the country’s problems,” says activist

Fears of violence on 30 June drive hundreds from their homes