South Africa

Judge puts an end to a lifetime of statelessness for 36-year-old

Department of Home Affairs must issue Primrose Modisane with an ID, court rules

Parliamentary committee calls for dissolution of Basketball SA board

Last year the department had to step in to rescue the International Basketball Federation’s U18 Afrobasket tournament hosted in South Africa

Sedgefield developer sues Knysna municipality for more than R2.5-million

A local environmentalist is also being sued

Immigration Advisory Board appointed for the first time in a decade, says Schreiber

13-member Board will be advising the Home Affairs minister on matters relating to immigration policy, strategy, and implementation

Call for African Rainbow Minerals to stop selling coal to Israel

Two ships carrying South African coal are due to arrive in Israel

Court backs woman pastor against barrage of sexist abuse

All employers, including churches, are subject to labour laws, judge points out

School children in Vhembe wake up at 4:30am to fetch water

Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

Alcohol industry used “regulatory capture” to delay liquor bill, say researchers

Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years

Crime hits sanitation services in Khayelitsha

City of Cape Town teams can only come out when security is available

West Coast surfers go for gold in Para Surfing Championships

A team from Extreme Abilities in Saldanha Bay will compete in Durban

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

State Attorney to take steps to evict them

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from job opportunities

R21-million stadium in Limpopo left incomplete and abandoned

This has left the community disappointed as they hoped the Tshivhuyuni sports facility would boost the local economy

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out

Mixed reviews for Cape Town SASSA offices on grant payment day

Beneficiaries using the SASSA Gold Card have until 31 May to swap to the Black Card

R750-million budget change hits housing developments in three provinces

Western Cape, Gauteng and Free State are challenging national government’s decision to cut their funds and reallocate them