South Africa

1,500 homes were promised. Four years later not a single one has been built

Jeffreys Bay housing project moves at a snail’s pace but government promises construction will begin in October

Masiphumelele upgrade plan approved but Noordhoek group’s appeal still pending

Provincial government says it is “critical” for the informal settlement to be upgraded as living conditions are “undesirable and unacceptable”

Unemployed Uitenhage men are making food gardening “fashionable” again

Food garden developed during the Covid-19 lockdown is showing results

No hope of Cape Town central line resuming any time soon

Services gradually being extended on other lines

Lockdown in pictures - Day 154: Yards are the new playgrounds

Five villages share one 5,000-litre water tank

Taps ran dry in the rural Eastern Cape village of Ngquthu seven years ago

Moral panic over human trafficking is hurting children, says report

State is using anti-trafficking measures “to justify practices that violate” rights

Occupiers rebuild demolished homes, saying they have no money for rent

City of Cape Town says there have been 130 land occupations since July

Covid-19: Patients complain of long clinic queues but officials are trying to fix this

“No patient has been turned away”

R4 billion River Club development clears major obstacle

Environmental Authorisation given despite outstanding heritage matters and civil society opposition

Lockdown in pictures - Day 153: Invisible people

Funeral collectives help Malawians repatriate the dead

Sending bodies home has become more expensive since Covid-19 struck

Why don’t more homeless people go to shelters?

Most are full, say homeless people in response to City of Cape Town

Residents dissatisfied as ANC chief whip returns to troubled Stutterheim

“They sent back the person who failed us”

Woman with concrete slab told her house is complete

About 250 foundations laid in 2014 still have no RDP houses on them

Can you guess the order these photos were taken?

An expensive troubled bridge over water