Brief
“Ubuntu is alive” and it sounds like marimbas
Annual Marimba Jam Festival in Cape Town brings youth together
Brief | 13 September 2022
Khayelitsha’s all-girl soccer club pitch is flooded with sewage and rubbish
Mayco members give contradictory reasons for what’s happening
Brief | 13 September 2022
Community blames loadshedding for deaths of young couple in shack fire
Police are investigating as several other shacks were also destroyed, leaving some families homeless
Brief | 12 September 2022
Harrismith and several towns without power for six days
Substation at Maluti-A-Phofung municipality in the Free State still down. No response from municipality to our questions.
Brief | 12 September 2022
Tshwane women turn rubbish dump into vegetable garden
“We wanted to do something positive”
Brief | 9 September 2022
Mbalula sticking to December deadline to fully open Cape Town’s Central Line
An agreement has been signed with communities occupying the railway line
Brief | 9 September 2022
More than 20 families share one pit toilet in this East London settlement
The municipality has plans to relocate them once suitable land is identified
Brief | 8 September 2022
Government documents outline new social grant plans
Institute for Economic Justice slams proposal to change Social Relief of Distress grant
Brief | 7 September 2022
1,000 people share two toilets at this informal settlement
M19 blocked in both directions by eThekwini protesters
By Benita Enoch
Brief | 6 September 2022