Brief

Axolile Notywala opens case against police for brutality

SJC general secretary is being prosecuted for contravening the Regulation of Gatherings Act

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Brief | 6 February 2019

PE parents protest for more teachers for overcrowded school

Almost 50 children to a teacher at Alfonso Aries Primary School, says protest leader

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Upgrade Parkwood school, demand parents

“We’re trying to upgrade our children because this is what we never had”

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Brief | 6 February 2019

Learner suspended for wearing religious bracelet

“He has taken off the bracelet but he is not allowed to attend classes” says mother

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Brief | 6 February 2019

SANDF appeal against evicted Marievale residents dismissed

Pretoria High Court says application lacks merit and orders army to pay costs

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Brief | 1 February 2019

Dead man found on railway tracks

Police suspect he was a robber

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Brief | 30 January 2019

School gets toilets after GroundUp report

Pretoria company donates 16 dry toilets to Pietermaritzburg school

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Brief | 30 January 2019

Asylum seekers forced to go to Port Elizabeth to apply for documents

Applicants can’t wait until promised opening of Cape Town office in June

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Brief | 29 January 2019

Voter registration rate down from 2014

Electoral Commission encourages young voters to make use of “short window of opportunity”

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Brief | 29 January 2019

Glebelands hostel murder case postponed

Police officer and his co-accused are alleged to have murdered nine men

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Brief | 28 January 2019

Protesting PE workers say they haven’t been paid

Municipality says those who are owed money will be paid at the end of the month

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Brief | 28 January 2019

Holes for pit toilets but no toilets

Manzana villagers still waiting for last year’s promise to be kept

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Brief | 28 January 2019

SAPS appeals police resources judgment

Social Justice Coalition says appeal will hurt vulnerable communities

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Brief | 24 January 2019

Home Affairs to open refugee office in Maitland

New applicants to be served in Cape Town again

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Brief | 24 January 2019

Dis-Chem and Blue Ribbon workers march in Cape Town

Unions demand investigation into police behaviour during strike

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Brief | 23 January 2019

Sewers blocked for months in Pietermaritzburg

Municipality admits to a problem with payments to drainage contractor

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Brief | 23 January 2019