Brief
Youth Day legacy: 76 Hours in Soweto
Events mark 50 years since the 1976 student uprising
By Seth Thorne
Brief | 16 June 2026
Housing activists march to Parliament against proposed land bill
Housing crisis won’t be resolved through harsher eviction laws, says activist
Brief | 15 June 2026
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
Brief | 15 June 2026
Only one police van is operational in this Sundays River Valley town
Nqweba police cannot respond to emergencies, say residents
Brief | 15 June 2026
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
By Joseph Bracken, Ihsaan Haffejee and Tsoanelo Sefoloko
Brief | 12 June 2026
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
By Seth Thorne
Brief | 11 June 2026
Learners at this Limpopo school are writing exams in an old carport
Classrooms at Tshilogoni Secondary were closed after a Department of Labour inspection
By Thembi Siaga
Brief | 11 June 2026
TVET students demand funding for workplace training
Thousands of students have not been able to graduate
Brief | 9 June 2026
Springs residents march to local factories, demand jobs
The protest was part of a campaign against unemployment, economic exclusion and challenges experienced by local communities
Brief | 9 June 2026