South Africa

“We want evictees back” says Mfuleni community leader

City says it will continue preventing the illegal occupation of its temporary houses

Covid-19: Children eat wild plants to survive as hunger explodes

New survey shows hunger doubled since lockdown

Watch how Cape Town rain left a neighbourhood under water

Zwelitsha homes were flooded when Diep River burst its banks

Gugulethu residents protest over incomplete housing project

“If we sit back and wait for the City then we might not get our houses” says backyarder

Lockdown in pictures - Day 111: Pop Star

Parliament to order National Lotteries Commission to hand over details of all its grants

Refusal to do so would not “withstand constitutional scrutiny”, says parliamentary legal adviser

“There are toilets but we cannot use them”

Mobile toilets lie on the ground for weeks in PE informal settlement

Motshekga snubs teachers’ unions

Minister says she’s consulting, but unions say it’s not with them

Judge orders City of Cape Town to rebuild Hangberg home

Judge Salie-Hlophe says the City “acted unlawfully”

Groote Schuur doctor describes her day in a Covid-19 ward

“The reality is the beds are full and people are dying”

Why is Durban splurging R50 million on a sea pier extension?

City’s sand-pumping scheme had become dysfunctional due to neglect

Children cross the Msunduzi to get to school

There are plans for a bridge but no timeframe

Massive new land occupation on Cape Nature land in Mfuleni

Some families say they were displaced by flooding

Lockdown in pictures - Day 110: Swings and roundabouts

Two years later: still no new toilets at Cofimvaba school

508 schools still without any sanitation in the Eastern Cape, says Equal Education

Long queues for Covid-19 relief grants

Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available