South Africa

Should the proposed N2 toll road through the Wild Coast be moved?

Dispute between SANRAL and Amadiba Crisis Committee looks set to escalate

Neither here nor there: South Africa’s undocumented children

Akela was born in South Africa. Her parents are from Mozambique. But officially she doesn't exist.

You might need to pitch up at 3am if you want something from this Home Affairs office

The Mthatha office is overwhelmed, official acknowledges

Makhaza finally gets a temporary police station

Police say construction of a permanent police station still on the cards for Khayelitsha

Fire victims wait three years for SASSA disaster grants

Some families have still not been paid out after the October 2019 fire in Vygieskraal in Cape Town

Parole board told to explain why repeat sex offender was released from jail

Appeal court decision revives woman’s civil suit against minister of justice for R2 million in damages

Showdown over proposed family grant

Civil society says it won't work, but government document claims it is the best option

Immigrant children use art to show how prejudice hurts

“I have never been to the DRC. I speak Sesotho fluently and a bit of Afrikaans but I am treated very differently by my peers.”

Cape Town’s polluted vleis costing jobs

Sewage spills are damaging local businesses and international tourism

Fishers march against lobster quota

Minister Barbara Creecy agrees to some of their demands

Church calls on religious organisations to support vaccination

Out-of-work protesters claim labour department glitch prevents them from getting UIF

Former Ekhurhuleni employees threaten not to vote

Give us better cops, say Mitchells Plain protesters

Residents of one of Cape Town’s largest townships demand better cops

Elections 2021: Mogale City in the dumps

High unemployment, crumbling public facilities and failing infrastructure are commonplace in Krugersdorp

Elections 2021: where are the promises to our children?

Bureaucracy is suffocating our crèches. Local governments can do something about it.

Families living in Tsolo forest say they won’t be voting on Monday

The settlement of about 1,000 households has almost no basic services