South Africa

IT crash blamed for leaving children hungry

Department of Justice says its working to resolve 129 outstanding payments

Over five million children are not getting their school meals

Department of Basic Education says situation will improve with schools returning

Senior judge alleged to have ordered hit on colleague

Online petition on evicting domestic abusers got court ruling wrong

Judges emphasise that procedural fairness must be upheld

How Western Cape will check for a future Covid-19 surge

Large survey of pregnant women and people with HIV suggests a lot of Capetonians have already been infected

“I don’t want my daughters to end up like me” says sugarcane worker

Nobuhle Mkhize with her five daughters and six grandchildren face the poverty trap

Violence in prisons is increasing. The prisons watchdog needs more power to stop it

A Constitutional Court decision, awaited since March, will be crucial for the safety of inmates and wardens

Illegal occupations affect us all, says Mayco member

Over 300 land occupations in the Cape Town metro since January

Unions threaten total shutdown if no response in five days

NEHAWU is demanding a 7% increase

Special needs learners return to classrooms without desks and windows

Education department says the previous contrator was fired for non performance

Meet Plett’s happy dogs

Volunteers feed 250 pets from informal settlements every Saturday

Patel hands evidence in lottery probe over to police

Forensic investigators appointed by minister have completed their first report

Tafelberg: Four years of battle

The campaign that led to a landmark court decision on housing

These learners are not getting school meals because transport to school costs too much

School in Limpopo says at least 40 of its learners need scholar transport to collect meals

Court orders Eskom to restore full supply immediately

Supply of electricity is intertwined with the right to dignity, life and housing, says judge

UCT professor’s research offers hope of treatment for sickle cell anaemia

80% of babies born with the disease are in sub-Saharan Africa