South Africa

Lockdown in pictures - Day 121: Eating out

Judge Makhubele skips Zondo Commission due to “trauma” after tyre puncture

Judge Zondo orders that Makhubele return to give oral testimony on 3 August

SJC head Axolile Notywala arrested

Witness claims arrested activists were filming police but not obstructing them

Lockdown in pictures - Day 120: Grade R closed

At least four arrested during #ServeUsPlease protest

Police use a water cannon and stun grenades to disperse about 200 peaceful protesters

Zimbabweans who missed food assistance deadline are desperate

Many immigrants are struggling to get food in South Africa

District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses

Long-buried houses revealed as diggers clear the site for housing

Lottery officials removed a webpage and then accused us of falsely reporting what was on it

This latest dodgy move suggests that the NLC has no intention of publishing the list of grant recipients

Covid-19 hits East Rand hard

Benoni shelter battles increase in poverty

In photos: Standoff between police and occupiers of Cape Town nature reserve

This is an especially large occupation

Children born abroad with one South African parent have right to citizenship

Constitutional Court says that Home Affairs conduct is “brazenly incompetent”, intransigent, indifferent and inefficient

Lockdown in pictures - Day 119: Claiming land

“Our toilets have been blocked since 2016” says Khayelitsha resident

Enkanini informal settlement gives the City a week to respond to demands for toilets and water

PE parents demand shutdown of schools

Department reiterates that only the national cabinet can close schools

Eastern Cape’s Covid-19 denialists

As deaths surge, Furnworld openly breaks vital regulations

Municipality “deep cleans” shacks but there is no evidence this is useful against Covid-19

“We want residents to be relocated to better places in order for us to defeat this virus” says community leader