Joburg protesters demand library opens immediately
“There is no democracy without books” says Wits professor who joins calls for an end to the City library’s four-year closure
Brief | 20 May 2024
Not enough places in children’s centres after budget cuts
Children in KZN are being placed in foster care instead of care centres
News | 20 May 2024
Hundreds picket outside Gauteng social development offices
Protest highlights the catastrophic mess the department has made of funding for non-profit organisations
News | 17 May 2024
Community health workers toyi-toyi outside Alan Winde’s offices
They were demanding full employment by the province
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 17 May 2024
Ratepayers block plans to upgrade informal settlement in eThekwini
There are more than 300 shacks in Havelock next to the formal suburb of Greenwood Park
News | 17 May 2024
New police station finally opens in Khayelitsha, ending a nearly 20-year wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele
News | 17 May 2024
PRASA has failed to fix East Rand train stations
From Boksburg to Springs, stations remain in ruins
News | 17 May 2024
UCT students set up camp in solidarity with Palestinians
A white sheet with hundreds of names of those killed in Palestine since October was draped down the Sarah Baartman Hall steps
Brief | 16 May 2024
Large fishing companies oppose squid quotas in court
The commercial industry is being “greedy” says Eastern Cape small-scale fisher
By Liezl Human
Law | 16 May 2024