South Africa

PE shack dwellers shut down neighbourhood

“We want to get the attention of this municipality. But if officials don’t address us we will stop all the projects in this ward.”

Cape Town residents close bridge to reduce crime

Pedestrian walkway connecting Mandalay to Lower Crossroads cut off

We won’t fix development until we fix our municipalities

Citizens have been reduced to passive beneficiaries of state assistance which often never arrives

Not introducing a Basic Income Grant could be “disastrous” says ANC report

Proposal is for R500 a month for everyone aged 18 to 59

“I can’t even feed my children” says unemployed farmworker

Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”

Wear a mask or face a fine, taxi associations warn drivers

“We are pleading with them to always wear their masks, sanitise and wash their hands before and after every trip”

Durban is “waging war” on the poor during a pandemic, says shack dweller movement

Homes demolished in Cato Manor

Lockdown in pictures - Day 125: Sewing

15km queue at Zimbabwe border

Truck drivers say they’ve been stuck for three days

Dozens of brick and mortar homes built by occupiers demolished on Monday

Public Works claims it only demolished newly built and incomplete homes

Millions of rands in lottery funding for mysterious music festival

R15 million paid to dormant organisation but chairman says he’s unaware of the grant

Family of 13 living in a shack have “tried everything” but “there are just no jobs”

“I am trying my best to get them a house or a decent place to live in,” says ward councillor

Toilets overflow for a month as City drains clog up

City blames blockages on “misuse of the sewer system”

Covid-19: Hospital staff picket in Pietermaritzburg

Workers demand better protection from infection

Dunoon residents threaten to empty toilets on N7

Petitioners tell City of Cape Town to dump contractor

Lottery bows to pressure and releases grant details

But information on the Covid-19 relief fund is incomplete