Marikana case: Home owner in informal settlement asks City to buy her property
“She went from being a property owner to living at the middle of an informal settlement. … This is her primary residence.”
News | 9 February 2017
Weeks of no electricity for Buffalo City town
Municipality blames illegal connections for blowing transformer
Brief | 9 February 2017
Mining company fights Northern Cape community over asbestos
Kumba Iron Ore takes Dingleton residents to court
Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 9 February 2017
Can minister make decision costing R1 trillion without consulting anyone?
NGOs challenge Tina Joemat-Pettersson in court
Law | 9 February 2017
Landmark Marikana case begins: 60,000 people’s homes at stake
City asked to buy or expropriate land occupied in Philippi East
News | 8 February 2017
Rhodes statue in silicosis protest
Mines must pay compensation to sick miners, say activists
News | 8 February 2017
People’s Assembly calls for Zuma to resign
Numerous civil society organisations hold “real state of the nation address” in St George’s Cathedral
News | 8 February 2017
Gay student kicked out of Durban college
“She said I must leave her class because she cannot teach a gay guy”
News | 8 February 2017
Cape Town mother’s long wait for social grants
SASSA pays out six-year backlog
News | 8 February 2017