South Africa

About 180,000 Zimbabweans in SA face uncertain future

The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit lapses in December and the South African government has not indicated if it will renew it

Elderly in rural Eastern Cape struggling to register for vaccines

No smartphones, poor connectivity and a lack of transport make registering impractical

“We don’t want money, we want jobs”: Ekurhuleni workers go to court

The City’s former employees want employment contracts, not the compensation awarded to them by the Labour Court

Vaccines: it’s not so simple

Health department official replies to article in GroundUp

Truda Foods workers protest in one city while Labour Court rules against company in another

Judge sends message that courts should not be used to prevent workers organising

Council cleans the filthy street we filmed

Readers tell us there are other places as bad as Bering Street in Kariega

Two people died and dozens left homeless in Plettenberg Bay fire

Bitou Municipality is helping the fire victims

How bending the rules is getting people vaccinated

A library comes to the rescue

Growing shack settlement annoys new homeowners

City says it has an interdict to stop new shacks from being built on the land

Taxi drivers bring Gqeberha to standstill over Covid-19 funds

“Most of us are unable to pay our bills” says protesting taxi driver

Thousands of villagers without electricity for nine days in Free State

Youths block roads in protest over outage

Why we need to vaccinate prisoners now

Parliament rebukes SAPS for poor discipline as watchdog probes 794 killings by police

But Parliament has failed to enforce its recommendations in the past

One week of Covid vaccines: What are we doing well? What can be done better?

An assessment of the rollout so far

JHB social housing flats shoddily built, say residents

Beneficiaries blame developer for poor workmanship and maintenance issues

Children with autism battle to find school places

Parents, caregivers and volunteers marched to Parliament