Small business owners shut down civil engineering project in Uitenhage

The group is demanding 30% of the value of an erosion control contract

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Brief | 23 August 2019

Court orders hundreds of Kraaifontein farm dwellers to be relocated to Philippi

“The judgment doesn’t understand the reality confronting the people of Klein Akker Farm” says community leader

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Brief | 23 August 2019

JSC in spotlight for slow adjudication of complaints against two judges

One complaint alleges state capture. The other alleges racism and sexism.

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Law | 23 August 2019

Small-scale farmers demand access to land

“Our animals graze in yards and graveyards because there is no land for us”

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News | 23 August 2019

Unions march against crime in Motherwell

“Residents are only quick to blow whistles when they want to protest, but fail to blow the same whistle when they see criminals” says police colonel

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Brief | 22 August 2019

Equality Court prohibits display of old South African flag

Old flag should only be displayed for “genuine artistic, academic or journalistic expression in the public interest”

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Law | 22 August 2019

Army protects Eskom workers in Khayelitsha

“The army is here to intimidate us” says Qandu-qandu informal settlement resident

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News | 22 August 2019

Residents say Peace Village is a “pigsty”

Raw sewage bubbles up in yards and runs in the streets of RDP housing project in Uitenhage

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Brief | 22 August 2019

Tensions between communities reach “boiling point” over electricity in Port Elizabeth

Mayor Bobani promises electrification of informal settlements and removal of all illegal connections

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Brief | 22 August 2019

Farm workers say Oak Valley housing arrangements are racist

But farm retorts that its living conditions are humane

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Brief | 21 August 2019

“Our area is over 120 years old but still we have no electricity, houses, and roads”

PE residents barricade roads because of housing delivery failures

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Brief | 21 August 2019

College students protest against 80% attendance policy

Students claim that late payments of NSFAS allowances caused them to miss classes

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Brief | 21 August 2019

Concourt ruling on labour tenants sends message on government inefficiency

Appointing a special master to assist the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform is not judicial overreach

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Law | 21 August 2019

Eastern Cape village fights for its school

Children and teachers learn at the risk of the ceiling falling on them

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Brief | 21 August 2019

Hundreds stranded by roadside after massive farm eviction in Kraaifontein

Evictees say all their possessions were seized

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News | 21 August 2019

Court upholds right of farm residents to bury their loved ones

SCA rules protecting an occupier’s religious and cultural rights is consistent with treating them with respect and dignity

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Law | 21 August 2019