Brief
Parents close Eastern Cape school where playground is used as a toilet
Toilets at the primary school in Komani have not functioned for six years
Brief | 14 January 2026
Showdown outside Durban school over places for immigrant children
But it appears overcrowding is the main reason why children – both South Africans and immigrants – have not been placed
Brief | 14 January 2026
Still no public toilets at Durban bus rank
Commuters and street vendors battle as public toilets at three sites still closed for renovations
Brief | 14 January 2026
Philippi residents beat, stone and burn man to death for robbery
“People are fed up and disappointed with the police and the justice system, and are now forced to take the law into their own hands.”
Brief | 12 January 2026
Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away
Brief | 8 January 2026
City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters
Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 7 January 2026
Nowhere to swim in Komani this Christmas
Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair
Brief | 22 December 2025
Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power
Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues
Brief | 22 December 2025
The youth leader, his ex-wife and the frozen Lottery money
The Special Tribunal has frozen R2.7-million of proceeds from the sale of a house that Alfred Sigudhla and Patience Chauke owned. The house was bought with funds meant for community development.
Brief | 18 December 2025