Brief

Eastern Cape village fights for its school

Children and teachers learn at the risk of the ceiling falling on them

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Brief | 21 August 2019

Mdantsane community divided over suspended ward councillor

Residents say the ANC is failing both sides by not acting

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Brief | 21 August 2019

Endlovini residents demand to know why electrification of their shacks stopped

About 50 people demonstrated outside Port Elizabeth city hall demanding electricity, toilets and water

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Brief | 20 August 2019

Parents shut dilapidated Tulbagh school

WCED says the “plankie” portion of the school is to be replaced next year

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Brief | 20 August 2019

Murderers of Bangladeshi shop owners in Newcastle convicted

Immigrant shop owners welcome life sentences for murderers of Mosharaf Hosain and Limor Mir

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Brief | 20 August 2019

Commuters left stranded by Metrorail in Cape Town

“Every day when I arrive at work I am already exhausted because of the shoving and standing inside the overcrowded trains.”

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Brief | 19 August 2019

Zimbabweans too intimidated to speak out, even in South Africa

“Government monitors social media. I am scared if I make negative comments, I would get blacklisted and not get my passport.”

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Brief | 19 August 2019

Former mine workers march to Parliament on Marikana day

Unpaid Benefits Campaign say it can prove workers are owed money

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Brief | 16 August 2019

A lifetime without an ID document

Thoko Nzimande is 63 and she has never had an identity document

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Brief | 16 August 2019

South African players on international draughts stage

Landikhaya Makeleni of KwaNobuhle hopes to challenge world champion Lubabalo Kondlo of New Brighton

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Brief | 16 August 2019

Prayer meeting held for shot teenager

Sinazo Kleinbooi, 14, was shot and killed on her way home from school

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Brief | 15 August 2019

Eastern Cape villagers demand municipality fix their roads

Over 200 residents march to Intsika Yethu Municipality

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Brief | 15 August 2019

I queue for a living

Limpopo man employs five people and charges R50 per queue

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Brief | 15 August 2019

Evicted Nigel families fear separation from their children

Social workers have declared living conditions unhealthy for children

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Brief | 15 August 2019

Social housing gets green light at Salt River Market

Activists say they will only celebrate when they see ground broken

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Brief | 14 August 2019

Sixty learners to a classroom in Driftsands

Parents shut down Cape Town school because of overcrowding

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Brief | 14 August 2019