South Africa

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

Lockdown in pictures - Day 124: Fish for sale

OUTA lays fraud and racketeering complaint over Lottery grants

“NLC officials are intentionally turning a blind eye and are thus complicit and criminally liable”

Protest over toilets turns violent in Uitenhage

Project to build toilets for Bobani Village was halted by internal politics

24 arrested in protest against Pietermaritzburg ward councillor

“I was chosen by people of ward 29 not by a few individuals” says ANC’s Spha Madlala

Questions for a sex worker

Constance Mathe explains why she believes her work should not be criminalised

Municipality hands over RDP houses without water, toilets or electricity

Beneficiaries of the housing project say they’ve been battling since they moved in four years ago

Cloud computing to help save Cape’s unique fynbos

SA team won a Google Earth grant to protect precious floral kingdom

Lockdown in pictures - Day 123: Craftsmanship

Loadshedding “unavoidable” after substation blows, says mayor

Power restored in Pietermaritzburg community after protesters bring area to standstill over five-day blackout

From quack claims about Covid-19 to outright forgery

NanoWorks presents fraudulent NRCS and SABS certificates