Marievale Evictions: The SANDF Is Still Barring Residents From Their Homes
Marievale residents have yet again been barred from returning to their homes despite a court ruling by the High Court in Johannesburg stating they...
These inhospitable living conditions are the reason the #HoutbayProtests erupted
At least one person died after being caught in a hail of rubber bullets and tear gas when protests broke out in Imizamo Yethu,...
Joburg’s Mayor Stays Being Xenophobic, This Time In Rwanda
This past week, the City of Johannesburg executive mayor Herman Mashaba was in Kigali, Rwanda to attend a panel at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation's...
Life Esidimeni Families To Receive R1.2 Million In Compensation
Family members of the Life Esidimeni victims will receive R1.2 million in equitable financial compensation, the Arbitration led by former deputy chief justice Dikgang...
Cape Town’s water restrictions are a financial burden on residents
Cape Town’s water restrictions have left some residents unhappy over the fact they are unable to meet their basic necessities. Others have been complaining...
‘If the government doesn’t listen now they are committing suicide’
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has been in turmoil since 2014 after the Constitutional Court found that the tender process in which...
‘People are protesting because we are living in suffocated spaces’
While South Africa celebrates its youth, those living in Freedom Park, south of Johannesburg, feel forgotten by the government. They are angered by the...
“We didn’t know that baby Jayden would be the price we’d...
On Monday, 29 May, residents of the Foreman Road informal settlement marched to the Sydenham police station after the death of two-week-old Jayden Khoza,...
Sassa social grant crisis averted, for now
On Friday 17 March, the Constitutional Court ruled that the invalid South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will...
Data Will Not Fall Just Yet, Icasa Announces
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) held a press conference on Thursday afternoon which reviewed the 2016 End-user and Subscriber Service Charter...
Rwanda’s Healthcare Workers Determined To Save The Lives Of Newborn Babies
A new Unicef report reveals a horrifying statistic: in lower-income countries, 27 newborns out of every 1 000 die before they are four weeks old....
#DurbanStorm: Uganda shackdwellers decry broken promises of housing
Fallen trees, washed away roads and flooded pavements are not all that the people of Durban have had to endure in the aftermath of...
