Brief

Staff refuse to work at clinic after fence stolen

“We demand our safety as well as patients’ safety,” says nurse

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Brief | 12 January 2024

Retrenched eThekwini workers shot at with rubber bullets while marching to ANC offices

The workers’ contracts under the public employment programme were terminated in October when the City ran out of funds

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Brief | 11 January 2024

PRASA settlement to double in size in spite of problems with water and sanitation

Nearly 500 more families to be moved in by the end of the month

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Brief | 10 January 2024

Ladysmith flood victims want more help from government

Death toll since December is at 24

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Brief | 9 January 2024

Nyanga families battle two-day water outage

City of Cape Town workers are on site to fix burst pipe

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Brief | 9 January 2024

Children kayak in Kariega’s flooded streets

Local business owners scupper latest effort by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to remove water

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Brief | 8 January 2024

Christmas will be just another day in Thembelihle, where toilets haven’t been emptied for four months

Johannesburg Water says “internal challenges” led to a shortage of trucks

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Brief | 22 December 2023

Victory for union at chicken plant

Workers celebrate as Rainbow Chicken agrees to recognise union

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Brief | 13 December 2023

SASSA cash paypoints to be phased out by April 2024

Black Sash predicts “devastating” effect on grant recipients in rural areas

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Brief | 12 December 2023

Picket against fossil fuels at Muizenberg beach

Protests coincide with COP28 summit underway in Dubai

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Brief | 11 December 2023

As Israel wages war, Jews and Muslims in Cape Town show a peaceful way

Interfaith sabbath, Hanukkah and Maghrib services hosted at Claremont Mosque

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Brief | 11 December 2023

Picket against “water apartheid”

There’s enough water - the problem is allocation, says protester

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Brief | 8 December 2023

One child dead and several people injured in Bloemfontein storm

Hundreds of people in Phase 6 location lost most of their belongings and now have to rebuild their homes

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Brief | 8 December 2023

Workers under Creecy’s “cleaning and greening” project demand unpaid wages

Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor pens letter in support of workers’ demands

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Brief | 7 December 2023

Large part of Johannesburg without electricity since Saturday

City Power predicts seven days to restore power after fire gutted Observatory substation

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Brief | 5 December 2023

South African primary school team takes top place in coding tournament

The #Coding4Mandela championship was held virtually on Tuesday

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Brief | 5 December 2023