South Africa

Open Book Youth Fest kicks off in Langa

Showcasing a range of mostly children’s books, the festival is set to run until next week

Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking

Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza

Court limits fishing to protect African Penguins

By agreement between all parties pelagic fishing permits must be amended within 14 days to protect six key penguin breeding areas

Families charged R5 to use mobile toilets in Dunoon

Residents of informal settlement say they are forced to pay to use stolen toilets

Asylum seekers face arrest while they battle broken system

Refugees without valid visas are blocked from applying for asylum

Only one million grantees have so far switched to Postbank’s new card

Postbank says it’s issuing over 30,000 per day to get as many people swapped before the 20 March deadline

Coming soon: fund to help people pay bail

Bail Fund will address the “injustice of being detained simply because of poverty”

Here’s how we can move to renewable energy in a just way

Mining companies could fulfil their social obligations by investing in these projects

Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool’s speech that made him ‘no longer welcome’ in the US

Two more Lottery officials dismissed after appeals fail

Former acting chief operating officer and a Durban-based client liaison officer were summarily dismissed last year

SASSA’s plans to shorten queues and improve grant payment system

About 1.4-million people still need to replace their SASSA cards before the deadline on Thursday

PRASA rail theft case: defence seeks to discredit state witness

Case about track that was stolen in 2012 set to continue in June, more than 12 years later

Long-suffering Durban residents could wait years for end to water crisis

Finance Minister on Wednesday said construction of Mkhomazi Water Project, which includes a new dam, will only start in November 2027

How much does our HIV response depend on US funding?

Critical services in some high-burden districts have collapsed

How a Durban company came to illegally remove a railway line in the Eastern Cape

General manager says they were duped by then Western Cape regional manager Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Nadir Mohiudeen

Raw sewage is running into the Kruger park from Limpopo town

Phalaborwa residents lay criminal charges against local municipalities to try to end their sewerage problems