South Africa

SASSA Gold Card deadline extended to 31 May

Postbank’s announcement comes after contradictory reports by SASSA and the Minister in the Presidency

Fed up with promises of housing: Langa residents march to Cape Town Civic Centre

Some of the protesters still live in apartheid era hostels

Former Woodstock Hospital can be developed without displacing its occupiers

City of Cape Town should work with and not against the building’s residents, say urban researchers

Disabled man’s bucket urinal system keeps Joburg streets clean

Thabo Khumalo makes R70 a day renting out his buckets to passers-by

Deaths spark protest over unsafe bridge outside Pinetown

Umngeni River claims two lives

SAPS responds to GroundUp’s articles on extortion in Cape Town

Hundreds march to Johannesburg mayor’s office demanding houses

Many say they have been waiting 30 years for government housing

Durban judge gags journalist

Reporter prevented from exposing claims that a solar panel company misled a client

Days of protests in Indwe over hospital downgrade

Health MEC assures residents there will be no downgrade if they are against it