Msunduzi cannot say how much it spent on this vandalised community centre
The municipality failed to complete the project and left it to ruin
GroundUp
Youth Day legacy: 76 Hours in Soweto
Events mark 50 years since the 1976 student uprising
Government to pay back at least R1.7-million to company running “Thabo Bester prison”
Prisons commissioner had no right to take control of Mangaung Correctional Centre, court rules
Corruption-accused Judge Portia Phahlane to face tribunal
Guilty in a criminal court or not, Phahlane could still be impeached
Informal settlement destroyed by Operation Prosper must be rebuilt, court rules
Thousands of people left homeless, says the SAHRC
Housing activists march to Parliament against proposed land bill
Housing crisis won’t be resolved through harsher eviction laws, says activist
1976 student uprising leader still haunted by “rows of bodies in the mortuary”
Seth Mazibuko is part of a team heading the “1976 at 50” campaign to commemorate the day
Only one police van is operational in this Sundays River Valley town
Nqweba police cannot respond to emergencies, say residents
The Cape Town shelter where you won’t be turned away if you’re drunk
Pilot Sober Space project offers a bed to homeless people who have been drinking
Do you need something from a government website? Good luck!
We found duplicate sites, bizarrely-designed sites, and so much out-of-date information (part 3 of 4)
1 in 7 “vocational matric” TVET students graduate on time. Why?
Government says most students enrol in the national certificate so that they can receive NSFAS funding, and never complete the course
Hundreds protest new land occupation law in Durban and Joburg
Activists fear amendment bill will criminalise poor and landless people, and those who help them
City plans to auction Cape Town farmers’ market site
Mowbray Market promotes smallholder farmers from Cape Town and rural towns as far as Genadendal, Suurbraak, and Calitzdorp
Tshwane residents left behind in housing project
537 people were approved for houses but only 447 were built
Learners at this Limpopo school are writing exams in an old carport
Classrooms at Tshilogoni Secondary were closed after a Department of Labour inspection
In photos: Hundreds board voluntary repatriation flight to Nigeria
Nigerian Consul-General says their citizens no longer feel safe in South Africa due to anti-immigrant violence in recent weeks
Tongaat Hulett faces liquidation hearing next week
Business Rescue Practitioners say there are no viable alternatives to a rescue plan that has legally lapsed
Johannesburg housing official in court over alleged sale of residents’ homes
The accused will reappear in the Lenasia Magistrates Court in Soweto on 13 July
Home Affairs dragged to court over late birth registration backlog
Tens of thousands of children live without legal recognition or access to grants, health care and education
Wild goats and open gates: government’s websites are asking to be hacked
Government websites outside SITA’s network carry more than 4,400 security flaws. One in every five servers is vulnerable
Cameras in school: teachers who walked out are back
Parents of learners at Umkhumbane Secondary School block the school, called for the teachers to be fired
Gauteng funding delays put thousands of beneficiaries at risk, organisations warn
MEC blames budget cuts and errors in applications
Draft Bill on evictions puts tenants at risk
A new Bill proposes to criminalise land occupation and strip away eviction protections
Judge Mbenenge challenges sexual harassment finding in court
Selby Mbenenge says the JSC unlawfully overturned a tribunal finding and gave his accuser an unfair advantage