Brief

Gay couple legally say “I do” after year-long battle

Muhammad Buckus and Kyle Pillay were married at Home Affairs in Richards Bay on Thursday

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Brief | 8 October 2020

Child carers plead for help from Social Development

Many in Port Elizabeth have not recieved a salary since March

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Brief | 7 October 2020

Sappi workers strike over 9% wage hike

The company has offerred unions a 3% pay hike among other concessions

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Brief | 6 October 2020

Climate strike march held in Durban

Marchers voice their concerns over environmental damage from pollution and climate change

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Brief | 2 October 2020

Yoruba protest for independence in Pretoria

About 100 people march to Nigerian embassy

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Brief | 2 October 2020

Backlog of over 19,000 disability grant applications since lockdown

SASSA says it will prioritise cases through appointments

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Brief | 2 October 2020

Police rescue man from vigilante justice in Uitenhage

Bobani Village residents destroyed a suspect thief’s shack and banished him from the informal settlement

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Brief | 1 October 2020

250,000 domestic worker jobs lost in lockdown

Statistics South Africa survey shows dramatic effects of Covid-19 measures

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Brief | 30 September 2020

Learners are only attending this Uitenhage school once a week

Physical distancing impossible in current building, and department says construction on a new school can only be completed next year

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Brief | 30 September 2020

City gets court interdict to clean Dunoon toilets

Sanitech has had to be accompanied by law enforcement

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Brief | 28 September 2020

Artist hopes portrait will haunt police

A life-sized portrait has been placed near the police station where a sex worker died in custody

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Brief | 24 September 2020

“We cannot risk our lives by drinking dirty water”

Ward councillor blames poor quality water in Port St Johns village on theft and vandalism

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Brief | 23 September 2020

Limpopo grandmother walks 2km to beg for water

Molemole local municipality has promised to send a water tank to the village on Wednesday

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Brief | 22 September 2020

Community blocks project to house elderly

They are demanding that the municipality first build them toilets

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Brief | 22 September 2020

Woman who sold municipal water told to leave her shack

Property owner outraged that his tenant took advantage of water shortages in Port Elizabeth

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Brief | 21 September 2020

Picketers demand jail time for looters of Covid-19 funds

Campaign highlights the devastating impact of corruption on lives

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Brief | 21 September 2020