South Africa

Toddler airlifted to hospital after falling into uncovered drain

Local farmworker movement plans to lay charges against farmer

Immigrants tough it out in Joburg’s “dark buildings”

They face police raids, evictions, extortion and crime

Corruption or incompetence? Rural Eastern Cape housing projects delayed for years

And a company that was paid R1.5 billion in tenders left households in Cofimvaba each with a pile of concrete slabs instead of toilets

None of the Above wins local elections

Eastern Cape villagers want to know why a new road never reached them

Their old road is impassable when it rains

Scathing report released on Cape Town’s homeless policies

The more than 400-page report was compiled by The Inkathalo Conversations and commissioned by the City in 2020

Local manufacture of army’s new uniforms will create jobs

SANDF says uniforms will be 100% made in SA

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