Asylum Seekers At The Durban Refugee Reception Centre Tell Of Their...
Almost everyday, Moore Road is packed with hundreds of refugees of different nationalities who desperately stand in long queues and some sit on pavements...
The Namakwa Civic Movement believes the Northern Cape deserves better
The Namakwa Civic Movement (NCM) is a political party from the Northern Cape province. They are based in Springbok which forms part of the...
5 times communities took over municipal duties in South Africa
Municipalities across South Africa are on the brink of collapsing. Political parties are making promises and counting on votes for the upcoming local government...
SADA is the third biggest party in Fetakgomo Tubatse municipality
The Fetakgomo Tubatse municipality is an amalgamation of Fetakgomo and Tubatse municipality. It is situated in the fastest developing platinum town of Burgersfort. It...
Power cuts for Thulani residents: “pay R500 fine for lights”
Various townships in Gauteng have been experiencing power cuts unrelated to loadshedding. The power cuts have been taking place from 2021. It’s due to...
State capture and security problems are to blame for CT train...
Metrorail Cape Town has been plagued by many problems of late. On Monday, several trains were cancelled on the central line, leaving thousands of...
Problems Persist For Gauteng Nursing Students
In January, nursing colleges in Gauteng made headlines when it emerged that there would be no intake of first-year bursary students because the department...
Is Our Democracy Losing Legitimacy?
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The commemoration of Youth Day in 2019 comes at an important time for young people of South Africa. The recently-formed 6th Parliament saw...
Walter Sisulu Uni Refutes Terrible Living Conditions Claims
Some Walter Sisulu University students at the Ibika Campus in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, say the living conditions in their residences are appalling. They claim...
Doctors are having to bring food for patients at Bara Hospital
Food supplies run out and medical waste piles up as hospital reaches “crisis point”
10 March 2022 | By Masego Mafata News | Gauteng
Doctors are bringing lunch for patients at...
They destroyed his home. Then his case was thrown out of...
On November 27 the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (Seri) filed heads of argument in an application for leave to appeal the Durban...
Steve Tshwete municipality in Mpumalanga is trying its best
In 2020, only eight percent of South African municipalities received clean audits from the Auditor-General. These “clean municipalities” were cited for not having financial...
Limpopo villagers waiting for more than 20 years for gravel road...
Residents of Mawa Block 8 outside Bolobedu in Limpopo have waited for more than 20 years for their gravel road to be tarred.
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Life In A Durban Hostel Is A Nightmare
March 21 marks Human Rights Day annually, where South Africans commemorate the events of Sharpeville Massacre, however, for hostel dwellers around Durban this day...
Imizamo Yethu residents complain of corruption, nepotism in rebuilding efforts
On Tuesday, members of the Imizamo Yethu community marched to the Cape Town mayor’s office in protest of the city’s super-blocking project, which they...
Makhanda and the future of service delivery protests in SA
In Makhanda, between May and June, protestors shut down roads, and other access points. They were protesting jobs and decent services. In response to...
Contraceptives Shortages Are Devastating Women In KZN
Women in KwaZulu Natal have expressed concerns over shortage of injectable contraceptives from local clinics. This, after they had been turned away and told...
Cape Town social housing residents protest evictions due to unaffordable rent
On Monday residents of Steen Villa, a social housing complex in Retreat, in the south of Cape Town, blockaded Military Road preventing cars from...
‘The Struggle To Be Ordinary’ Shows Intersection Of Gender, Disability And...
People with disabilities have difficulty in accessing fundamental rights in South Africa, and are excluded from the mainstream of society. It’s even worse for...
Sipho Mtshweni for ward councilor or no vote, say Mamelodi residents
Some Mamelodi residents say they want Sipho Mtshweni for ward councillor or else they are not going to vote. Residents of Skierlik/Kopanong, east of...
