Prioritising youth unemployment at the State of the Nation Address
The State of the Nation Address (SONA) will be the seventh delivered by President Ramaphosa. It is a critical time to address the country,...
Residents of Moutse still share dirty river water with animals
Disgruntled residents of Moutse in Limpopo are still sharing dirty water from the river with animals. Water and sanitation minister Senzo Mchunu handed over...
The mining company behind the Xolobeni conflict has a history of...
The killing of Amadiba Crisis Committee chairperson, Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe has placed an Australian mining company and a longstanding mining conflict in the limelight....
Three year court battle between Limpopo municipality and engineering company continues
There has been three years of legal wrangling between Gauteng-based electrical engineering company and cash-strapped Fetakgomo Tubatse municipality in Limpopo. Now the engineering company...
Makana Citizens Front happy to “have cut the ANC majority”
The Makana Citizens Front (MCF) is a civil organisation formed by prominent community leaders, businesses, academics, and ordinary citizens of Makhanda. Despite having not...
Mamelodi hostel residents are tired of waiting for housing
Mamelodi hostel residents are angry at temporary incompletely-built shack houses made of corrugated iron. They are being left without a roof, running water or...
Protest nation: government needs to listen better
South Africa could be entering a new era of protest. This is according to Karen Heese of Municipal IQ, an online database that monitors...
ANC ward candidate Valentino Stander says he will continue community work...
Ward 26 in the city of Cape Town metropolitan municipality has been won by the Democratic Alliance (DA). The DA won 67.15% of the...
Here’s How Sign Language Will Become an NSC Exam
During his inaugural state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the first National Senior Certificate (NSC) examination on South African Sign...
Four brothers, one ward councillor position up for grabs
In the Eastern Cape, it’s the battle of the brothers for the local government elections. Four brothers are contesting to become the ward councillor....
Book Extract Alert from Nuclear: Inside South Africa’s Secret Deal
Shortly after Zuma received treatment in Moscow for alleged poisoning, he signed off on a massive, far-reaching – and unlawful – nuclear power deal...
Mamelodi residents wait to use Greenview train station since 2018
For several years now, hundreds of Mamelodi residents east of the city capital Pretoria have been struggling. The residents are spending more money on...
COP27 explained by experts: what is it and why should I care?
COP27 is the 27th Conference of the Parties (countries) that signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The convention was...
Doornfontein Building Collapse: City Can’t Escape Safe Housing Responsibility, SERI Says
On Monday 9 April, an abandoned building that housed families at 39 to 41 Davies Street in Doornfontein partially collapsed. The collapse killed three...
Protester killed as allegations of police brutality mark #HoutBayProtest
Residents say protester was shot in the head, at close range, with live ammunition during Monday's protest.
ANC candidate Valentino Stander wants to work for communities
During the campaign trail, African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa said the governing party is fielding some of the best candidates for the...
South Africa has been downgraded by global rights index
Every year, the CIVICUS Monitor, a global rights index, provides an assessment of the conditions of civil society within countries. It looks at the...
South Africa Should Learn From Brazil About How To Tackle ‘Hidden...
South Africa faces a double burden of hunger and malnutrition, on the one hand, and obesity with associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs), on the other....
Ubumbano Wants To Empower Communities To Tell Their Own Stories
Your smartphone is a powerful tool. It is a basis of a terrible inequality, and one of the reasons that the Democratic Republic of...
No Electricity No Money | Eskom vs the People of Khayelitsha...
"No Electricity No Money" is a short film that focuses on the experiences of residents in the Khayelitsha community during the load-shedding crisis.
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