Brief

Chris Hani security guards unpaid for months go on strike

The guards are employed by private companies contracted by the district municipality. They stopped work three weeks ago.

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Brief | 5 May 2026

Project uses plants to clean the Jukskei River

EcoFilter system will collect data to tackle sewage and industrial contamination

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Brief | 5 May 2026

Cape Town taxi bosses promise end to violence over routes

CODETA and CATA assure commuters there will be peace

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Brief | 4 May 2026

Hundreds of SAMWU members march in Buffalo City

Workers demand an end to outsourcing

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Brief | 4 May 2026

Cape Town struggles to relocate Khayelitsha families living on sinkholes

City warns against filling holes with debris but residents say they cannot live with open sinkholes

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Brief | 1 May 2026

Mthatha residents block N2 over water crisis

“I can’t remember when we last had water. It’s been months”

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Brief | 30 April 2026

Water contractors down tools, demand payment from eThekwini municipality

Mayor Xaba promised outstanding payments would be processed soon

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Brief | 30 April 2026

March and March protest turns ugly again

Protesters diverted from the agreed route and attacked immigrants

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Brief | 30 April 2026

Post Office workers march in Pretoria

SAFTU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi leads protest over retrenchments and low wages

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Brief | 29 April 2026