Brief
RDP occupiers protest at Ekhurhuleni mayor’s office for services
“The City should stop calling us illegal occupants and give us services”
Brief | 5 June 2025
Protest over unsafe dirt roads in rural KwaZulu-Natal
Nquthu and Mzinyathi Municipalities promise to fix roads next week
Brief | 5 June 2025
They escaped with their lives. Now they’ve been arrested
Immigration officers arrest more than 100 Zimbabweans seeking shelter after xenophobic attacks
Brief | 3 June 2025
Sex workers offer justice department help
Activists want the decriminalisation bill to be fast tracked
By Liezl Human
Brief | 3 June 2025
Paramedics protest in Mfuleni, following attacks
“We are now working closer with the police and the community to make sure that the emergency services workers are protected at all costs”
Brief | 2 June 2025
2,000 households in Katlehong without electricity and clean toilets
Residents demand municipality fulfil its promises
Brief | 2 June 2025
Cash-strapped City Power in tense standoff with protesters in Alexandra
The power utility says more than 800 households in Riverpark were either not buying electricity at all or had “suspiciously low” purchase rates
Brief | 30 May 2025
Protesters try to block Cape Town’s Central Line
The group lives on the rail reserve along Stock Road in Philippi East and is demanding that PRASA move them to permanent accommodation
Brief | 29 May 2025
One in four South Africans don’t have enough food. Activists call for action
Union Against Hunger shines light on the right to food
By Liezl Human
Brief | 29 May 2025