Brief

Elderly Ga-Rankuwa residents march to demand tarred roads

“When it rains we can’t even go to the shops”

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Police officers and botanist accused in poaching fraud case

Officer who headed endangered species unit says it’s a “wild-goose chase”

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Only one bridge links KwaNobuhle to Kariega after floods

Two bridges in the area were damaged

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Brief | 25 October 2024

Hundreds homeless after KZN demolitions

KwaDukuza municipality gets court order, demolishes 50 shacks

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Brief | 24 October 2024

Cape Mental Health celebrates 30 years of its colourful kite festival

The organisations hosts the annual event to raise funds so it can continue offering mental health services to thousands of people

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Brief | 24 October 2024

Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack in two weeks

On Monday a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked.

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Brief | 23 October 2024

Family blames father’s death on local clinic’s inaction

Buti Malinga was turned away from Makgolokoeng village clinic and died hours later

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Brief | 23 October 2024

Families evacuated from their flooded homes in Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipality says mop up and damage assessment operations are underway

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Brief | 22 October 2024

Eastern Cape village still without water 30 years since democracy

Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint

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Brief | 22 October 2024

Over 70 people left homeless after Khayelitsha fire

Fire victims say they do not have the means to rebuild their homes

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Brief | 21 October 2024

Public Works workers picket through the night in Durban

They want jobs after their contracts were terminated in July

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Johannesburg community plays cat-and-mouse with City Power

City Power removed and confiscated 60,000 kilograms of aluminium cables valued at R6-million

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Helping hand offered to woman feeding children in East London

The Lunchbox Fund and the Development Bank have committed to providing meals to Zandile Mtungata’s organisation

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Six-year-old rescued from pit toilet in Eastern Cape school

At Mampondo Primary School, 135 learners and eight staff members share two pit toilets

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Brief | 17 October 2024

KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps

Ndatshana residents say they were without running water for seven years

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Brief | 17 October 2024

PRASA dealt with the Foreshore evictees in bad faith, says Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney

The rail agency has finally returned the group’s belongings, but in poor condition, say the evictees

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Brief | 16 October 2024