Sex Workers Protest Outside Justice Department Offices
Activists want the decriminalisation bill to be fast tracked
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How History of “Kill the Boer” Has Been Distorted
Nationalists on both sides of South Africa’s main ethnic divide misrepresent what it means
Paramedics Protest in Mfuleni, Following Attacks
“We are now working closer with the police and the community to make sure that the emergency services workers are protected at all costs”
Troubling Questions as Minister Gives Ithuba Another Year to Run Lottery
On the face of it, Ithuba should have been excluded as it did not bid for the new permanent license and it has reached the maximum legal operating limit of ten years
2,000 Households in Katlehong Without Electricity and Clean Toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Closure of US-Funded Cancer Clinic Further Burdens Public Hospitals
Hundreds of patients will likely be transferred from the Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Clinic at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg.
Lesotho’s Health System Has Been Decimated by US Funding Cuts
60% of the country’s HIV counsellors have been laid off and the country’s TB programme is faltering
Sewage Floods the Streets in This Part of Durban
Lamontville has been battered by floods
Hundreds of State Mental Health Patients Are Being Kept in Prison
There are not enough beds in South Africa’s 13 psychiatric hospitals
City of Ethekwini Says Refuse Is Collected in This Settlement Every Monday, But…
Mounds of refuse line the road in Cato Crest
Global Fund Is $6-Billion Short and May Have to Cut Life-Saving Programmes
US has cut funding and it’s not clear if other donors will meet their pledges
New Play Challenges Xenophobia
Graveland is running at the Market Theatre until Sunday, 1 June
Union Members March in Durban, Demanding Permanent Jobs
Workers also want uniforms and overtime pay
Cash-Strapped City Power in Tense Standoff
The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates
Court Rules Against Lottery
“I do not accept that the sky will fall” says judge
No Arrests After Xenophobic Attacks in Addo
Hundreds of evacuated Zimbabweans are staying in a church hall
Debate Over Future of Social Grants
Black Sash argues they are a vital safety net but economist questions their viability
One in Four South Africans Don’t Have Enough Food. Activists Call for Action
Union Against Hunger shines light on the right to food
NLC Did Nothing to Stop 4,000 “Delinquents” From Getting Grant Funding
New corruption-busting efforts have caused grant money to go unspent
Protesters Try to Block Cape Town’s Central Line
The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation
Battle Between SANCO and Municipality in Eastern Cape Town
Calm restored after protests disrupt businesses
Protests Against Germany and Glencore Mark Namibian Genocide Remembrance Day
Events in Cape Town and Johannesburg drew attention to the war in Gaza
Disabled Man Sleeps Outside Municipal Office Demanding Road to Be Fixed
He says the road to his house is not wheelchair friendly