South Africa

Old age homes on the brink of collapse as provinces cut funding

Some organisations go four months without subsidy from Department of Social Development

One dead, 13 due in court after protests and looting in Bloekombos

“We are willing to move elsewhere. We just want a place to stay” says occupier

Lockdown in pictures - Day 137: Elephant in the sand

Lockdown in pictures - Day 136: Women’s Day

Make Women’s Day matter by funding a shelter, urges Philisa Abafazi Bethu

Cape Town organisation hopes to open a second safe house

Lockdown in pictures - Day 135: Children at play

Lockdown in pictures - Day 134: Covid ambassadors

Generous households punished with high water bills

Residents of Eastern Cape town who shared their water face bills of up to R13,000

Municipality has gravely misunderstood its duties, court told

But Drakenstein municipality says criticism of its emergency housing plan is unwarranted 

Lotteries Act regulations to face legal challenge

Court will be asked to declare a section of the act unconstitutional

Cows graze among the dirty nappies on Uitenhage dumpsite

Residents say the only waste disposal site in ward 50 is bursting at the seams

Fined for going to a clinic during lockdown

Gugulethu man says he wants to sue metro officer

Telling the Covid-19 story with puppets

Ukwanda film teaches children about the pandemic

Sewage is flowing like a river here, say Philippi protesters

City of Cape Town says cable theft at pump station to blame

Covid-19: exercise helps with the cigarette ban, says Hanover Park jogger

Young and old exercise daily to keep their spirits up during the pandemic

Lockdown in pictures - Day 133: Recycling