South Africa

Two schools torched in protest for land

“They are threatening our future. This year is already hard with Covid-19” says matric student

Mystery fires destroy cars on premises of Lottery corruption witnesses

Police investigating arson in both cases

Cooking up a storm: restaurant staff protest across South Africa

Curfew and alcohol ban cited as major factors as the industry sheds thousands of jobs

Lockdown in pictures - Day 118: Fired, fired, retrenched, fired, retrenched, retrenched

Learners demand solid classrooms after storm destroys prefabs

MEC says her department has acquired land in the area. Phased in occupancy could start in 2022

Whistleblower report reveals widespread health care corruption

Elderly, women and children most affected, says Corruption Watch

79-year-old in housing occupation faces eviction

Only 54 houses built in six years instead of 600 in Nigel housing project

Fix our schools, learners tell Eastern Cape Education Department

Equal Education has given the department two weeks to attend to schools with water and sanitation problems

Homeowners and shack dwellers clash over illegal electricity connections

“As long as the municipality does not provide us with electricity, the illegal connections will continue”

COSAS shuts down schools in Alexandra

“Pure criminality” says Gauteng Education Department

“We are the rightful owners of these houses” say occupiers

City of Cape Town says they are jeopardising the allocation of houses to elderly beneficiaries

Lockdown in pictures - Day 117: Family hell

Burning of clinic: suspects in court

Mayor says some services suspended after “wanton acts of vandalism”

GroundUp wins lottery court battle

Attempt to force us to stop publishing details of grants abandoned

“I wish the government could allow us to stay here”

Eskom withdraws services to Khayelitsha after vehicles stoned and torched during land occupation

Prisoners at Brandvlei starved of water when pump failed

People don’t see prisoners as human beings, says inmate’s daughter