Nigel Families Waiting 30 Years for Promised RDP Homes
About 100 households still live in shacks in Alra Park while their neighbours on either side live in completed RDP houses
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Police Torture Case Provisionally Withdrawn
State fails to provide an interpreter for Juma Igiraneza
Oude Molen Eco Village’s Fight for Survival
A heritage assessment was rejected but the Western Cape Government will appeal
Soldiers Hit the Streets of Mitchells Plain a Day After a Shooting
Homes were searched for firearms in Beacon Valley
City of Cape Town Housing Project Has Backyarders up in Arms
Ravensmead backyarders fear they are being sidelined
Stellenbosch Municipality Should Account for Unlawful Leasing of Municipal Properties
The Executive Mayor of the Stellenbosch Local Municipality, Jeremy Fasser, should fully account for why he and the Mayoral Committee granted more than twelve in-principle approvals for the leasing of municipal properties over a period of four years without following competitive tender or proper public participation processes. National Treasury (NT) had warned the Municipality in […]
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Cape Town Suffers From “Financial Obesity”
Speech by Sandra Dickson, GOOD City of Cape Town Councillor. Note to Editor: This speech was given today at the City of Cape Town Council Meeting
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Stellenbosch Backyarders Demand Housing on Golf Course
Backyarders marched to the mayor’s office on Tuesday
Chaos in Parliament as Debate on New Lottery Board Chair Explodes
Debate on a shortlist of three candidates was suspended, then postponed, after MK and EFF MPs repeatedly raised points of order
Sweatshop Saga: Bargaining Council Not Convinced by Company’s Denials
Council seeking to liquidate company says it has failed to disprove allegations it relies on sham co-operatives that pay below minimum wages
On Hollow Ground: Zimbabwean Mining Town on the Brink of Collapse
The ground underneath Shurugwi is riddled with tunnels
Why Africa Needs a Green Bank to Fund Climate Action and Build Its Own Renewable Technology
Africa holds key green energy minerals but exports them raw. If the continent had its own Green Bank, it could finance local manufacturing and green industry.
Bizeleni Gwanya and Her Disabled Daughter Were Promised an RDP House. Years Later, They Are Still in a Mud House
The Flagstaff-Ingquza housing project has stalled due to budget constraints, says Eastern Cape Human Settlements
Human Rights on Paper Don’t Cut the Mustard
Thirty years ago, South Africans’ centuries-long struggle for equal rights and justice was technically concluded with the adoption of a progressive Constitution and Bill of Rights.
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Cederberg Municipality Battles to Keep up With Sprawling Informal Settlements
Almost one in five residents of Clanwilliam and Citrusdal live in informal settlements with limited access to water, sanitation, and refuse removal
Constitutional Court Slams Government Over Treatment of Disaster Victims
Judge says the authorities were “appallingly uncaring” towards Qumbu residents who lost their homes in a storm in 2022
Memory Is Not to Be Trusted: A South African Memoir Traces the Search for a Family Secret
A beautifully written book that shows why nostalgia is not to be trusted.
Tshwane Department of Human Settlements Fails
It is evident from the Tshwane Metro’s Department of Human settlements’ quarterly report for the period between June and November 2025 that the Department failed to fulfil its constitutional mandate. Consequently, nearly an entire quarter of providing Metro residents, particularly low-income and vulnerable groups, access to decent, safe and sustainable housing has been lost in […]
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Public Works to Evict Three Former MK MPs From State Subsidised Housing
The former MPs have refused to vacate the parliamentary village since they were removed from Parliament in August 2024
Further Clashes Could Follow Lamola’s Call on Us Ambassador Bozell to Explain “Undiplomatic Remarks”
South Africa may have overplayed its hand by summoning the United States (US) Ambassador, Leo Bozell, to explain his so-called “undiplomatic remarks” regarding, among other things, court rulings on the “Kill the Boer, kill the farmer” chant. Bozell’s statements over the past few days regarding bilateral relations between the US and South Africa have, in […]
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Limpopo Village Without Water After Heavy Floods Wash away Pipes
Residents have struggled to access water for almost two months
Latest Crime Statistics Underscore Gauteng’s Serious Safety Crisis
The latest crime statistics released by the police for the period between October and December 2025 show that Gauteng remains one of the most dangerous provinces in the country. Although there are slight improvements in certain crime categories, the overall level of violent crime remains extremely high. Some serious crimes, such as murder, house robbery […]
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Observatory Land Occupiers Wait to Hear Their Fate
The City of Cape Town has offered to move families living on Main Road to a site in Gugulethu
Woman With Throat Cancer Waits 11 Years for House
Noncedo Holiwe lives in a crumbling, two-roomed mud house with broken windows and a leaking roof