Buffalo City ratepayers march to City Hall, rejecting electricity fee
A monthly maintenance network surcharge of between R376 and more than R700 came into effect on 1 July
News | 11 July 2024
Appeal Court rules that City of Cape Town acted unlawfully
Ruling clarifies what constitutes lawful “counter-spoliation” when it comes to land occupation
News | 11 July 2024
Census 2022 results are “incoherent and implausible”
Medical Research Council says there is an urgent need for population estimates that better describe the South African population
News | 11 July 2024
No, we won’t move, say Butterworth shack dwellers
Residents of Sikiti informal settlement fear they’ll be forgotten if they agree to move to serviced sites nearby
News | 11 July 2024
Red tape delays Dunoon housing project
The housing project was first announced to residents in 2018, and construction won’t be starting anytime soon
News | 11 July 2024
Western Cape storms: “worse is still to come”
Schools to close across the province as another storm hits, with about 15,000 people already severely affected by floods and damaging winds
By Sandiso Phaliso, Vincent Lali, Marecia Damons, Ashraf Hendricks, Liezl Human and Peter Luhanga
News | 10 July 2024
Another Makhanda water supply deadline missed
The town has experienced water shortages since 2012, but an upgrade to the water treatment works started in 2015 is still not complete
Brief | 10 July 2024
Army destroys shacks in Marievale, leaving families homeless
Lawyers for Human Rights plans to go to court again
News | 10 July 2024
Understanding the Namibian court ruling that decriminalised gay sex
The fact that a section of society believed that homosexuality was wrong did not mean that the violation of the rights of gay men was justified, the court said
Law | 10 July 2024