South Africa

ITHUBA campaign raises troubling questions for Twitter

How did a disguised advertising campaign trend to number one in South Africa? And how often does this happen?

“I don’t want to die poor”

Young people in Calitzdorp battle to break down apartheid’s barriers

Independent Media responds to GroundUp

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Demands range from cheaper taxi fares to a Basic Income Grant

135 days without water: KZN community at breaking point

Municipal water has not been restored to Tongaat’s 40,000 residents since the April floods

Court victory for SARS whistleblower

Labour Court orders reinstatement of executives dismissed in 2015

Public sector workers march in Pretoria

“It’s time workers are taken seriously,” says union

Nurses at Free State clinic can’t treat patients when it rains

The small, dilapidated clinic serves residents of Intabazwe, near Harrismith - but it is overwhelmed and under-stocked

Babita Deokaran’s family demands justice for slain public servant

Memorial service held for whistleblower, murdered for exposing corruption in the health system