Brief

Cycling for change during Cape Town Climate Week

“We really need public transport to make the city more accessible”

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Brief | 10 September 2025

Police fire rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Joburg water protest

“We are just asking for water, which is our human right”

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Brief | 10 September 2025

Indigenous nursery gives jobs and skills to people facing homelessness

The project is one of several social enterprises run by U-turn

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Brief | 9 September 2025

Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape village

Only one 10,000-litre tank to supply hundreds of households

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Brief | 8 September 2025

PAGAD marches against gang violence on the Cape Flats

The organisation marched under close police supervision in Mitchells Plain on Sunday

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Brief | 8 September 2025

Alexandra container homes still empty four years after construction

Johannesburg mayor says allocation is in final stages but does not commit to a timeframe for occupation of the complex built during the covid pandemic

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Brief | 5 September 2025

Caught between government departments, Limpopo families live with raw sewage

Families in Lebawakgomo have tried for years to get someone to stop sewage flowing into their yards

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Brief | 5 September 2025

Disability activists disrupt City of Cape Town transport meeting over Dial-a-Ride cuts

Western Cape Network on Disability is challenging the cuts in court

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Brief | 4 September 2025

City of Cape Town probe clears officers of responsibility in taxi driver’s death

No evidence linking Law Enforcement officers to death of Luvyo Vimba last November, City says

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Brief | 4 September 2025

Darling Street residents await judgment in eviction case

Department of Public Works and Ndifuna Ukwazi square off in court

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Brief | 4 September 2025

Joburg residents, fed up with water outages, block roads

“We just want water to come out of our taps. We can’t even flush our toilets.”

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Brief | 4 September 2025

Durban waste workers protest over salary cuts

Payrates have halved since new contracts started

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Brief | 3 September 2025

Grannies help repair roads neglected by municipality

Roads in Metsi-Matsho village in Maluti-A-Phofung Municipality have not been fixed for decades

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Brief | 3 September 2025

Storm damaged classrooms left roofless for six years

Ngqusi Junior Secondary school in Centane have been waiting for the education department to fix its classrooms since June 2019

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Brief | 3 September 2025

Kariega clinic still closed seven weeks after gang shooting

Area has seen a surge in gang crime, residents say

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Brief | 3 September 2025

Limpopo villagers block roads demanding water

“The problem is not water. It’s the poor leadership who are not willing to serve the people.”

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Brief | 2 September 2025