Brief

North West schools call off week-long shutdown

Department promises to start constructing new school

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Brief | 17 February 2020

Protesters disrupt funeral procession for ANC councillor’s mother

Over 400 mourners were stopped on their way to Matanzima Cemetery, Uitenhage

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Brief | 14 February 2020

Taps ran dry four years ago in Pietermaritzburg neighbourhood

Residents depend on a water tanker

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Brief | 14 February 2020

Minister instructs schools to enrol undocumented children

Angie Motshekga has sent a circular to schools to comply with a ruling by the High Court

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Brief | 13 February 2020

Peace Village residents target funeral processions to protest about road

The protest tactic has worked before in Uitenhage

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Brief | 11 February 2020

Families in path of new road live in limbo

Since 2017, 33 families in Mushongo Ville have been expecting to be relocated

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Brief | 11 February 2020

Protesters say councillor’s office will remain closed until their toilets are cleaned

Uitenhage residents say seven toilets for 500 people are “full of faeces” and unusable

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Brief | 10 February 2020

UWC students protest while classes are suspended

Some protesters are demanding registration for all students, regardless of whether or not they have paid fees

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Brief | 6 February 2020

Sexual offences courts’ regulations finally gazetted

Date for implementation still to be set

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Brief | 6 February 2020

Crucial patient information lost in Yeoville clinic robbery

Robbers made off with 11 computers each worth R22,000

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Brief | 6 February 2020

Unpaid asbestos removal workers close primary school

“We ask for material and we are told we will share. They buy things in single boxes. Something is not right here,” says worker

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Brief | 6 February 2020

Werksmans boots PRASA off the train

Law firm drops rail company for not paying R7.8 million invoice

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Brief | 5 February 2020

UWC suspends classes after protests

Displaced students promised accommodation by end of week

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Brief | 5 February 2020

#UniteBehind takes Minister of Transport to court over PRASA

PRASA announces technical team to assist recently appointed Administrator

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Brief | 5 February 2020

Parents try to shut down school with bullying problem

Education department has referred complaints to circuit manager

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Brief | 5 February 2020

Zimbabwean who got seven distinctions has started university

“We are overwhelmed by the generosity of donors and ordinary people whose contributions will change Triphin’s life”

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Brief | 4 February 2020