South Africa

Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants

Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding

We want to move back to the dump site, say former landfill residents

About 100 people who used to live at the Makhanda dump were moved after it was upgraded

78-year-old Limpopo granny says she doubts she’ll ever see her promised house

Councillor says construction will start “soon”

Protesters dump rubbish inside City depot

Khayelitsha residents say their drains are blocked and nothing is being done

How SAPS protects the killers within its ranks

Every year, police in South Africa kill hundreds of people and are accused of brutalising thousands more.

Explainer: The loopholes police use to protect their own

Hundreds protest against Israeli airstrikes

Protesters demand South Africa boycott, divest and impose sanctions on Israel

COSATU calls for public audit of Lottery

“The silence of the NLC on these allegations is deafening”

Video: Sleeping rough to get a grant

People sleep outside a SASSA office through the night hoping they will be served the next day