South Africa

Youth Day event charges a packet of sanitary pads as entrance fee

Campaign to collect pads for people who can’t afford them

“Walk of Resistance” against Amazon site

A petition signed by 50,000 people opposing the R4.5bn mega-development has been handed over to Mayor Dan Plato

Why is the government in such a muddle over vaccination?

Decisions are chaotic and lack transparency

Makhanda community stops million rand road construction project

They are demanding to be employed in local construction projects in their area

Langa residents are fed up with their police

Community leaders claim their safety patrol is more effective than SAPS

Even the rats have left this household now that the cupboard is empty

Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant

Youth Day sailing programme teaches more than just sailing

Young people from Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg get out on the water

Makhanda residents march to city centre, demanding to see MEC

Leaders claim Xolile Nqatha refused to meet community

The life and death of an immigrant dog whisperer

SAHRC commissioner finds sewage gushing from drains in Cape Town housing project

Residents of Victoria Mxenge demand a permanent solution to sewerage problems

Cape Town trauma centre overwhelmed by case load

At times “the queues look like a SASSA line”

Police and shack dwellers clash over illegal connections in Gqeberha

Govan Mbeki Village residents want their izinyoka left alone

No money for electrification, municipal official tells shack dwellers

Residents from five informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are demanding electricity and other services

Hamba Kahle Wara Fana

South Africa’s vaccine rollout can succeed

But it will require leadership and tough negotiations with drug companies

What is the state of South Africa’s health system? Four easy pieces