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These families have no toilets, but sewage from other people’s toilets flows past their homes
Riverside informal settlement is built on a floodplain, says City of Cape Town, so services can’t be provided
News | 18 June 2025
Judge warns Thabo Bester and co-accused not to delay proceedings
Nandipha Magudumana’s father has still not appointed a lawyer since January
By Daniel Steyn
News | 17 June 2025
Clinic renovation stalled because health department hasn’t paid contractor
Patients are being treated at old church buildings because the clinic has been closed since 2022 for renovations
By Tladi Moloi
News | 17 June 2025
New crèches may have to close because of late payments by education department
Subsidies still not being paid on time in KwaZulu-Natal
News | 13 June 2025
Mass lay-offs at Lesotho garment factories as US tariffs bite
After the Trump administration’s threat of 50% import duty on Lesotho, orders have dried up and production lines have shut down
News | 13 June 2025
Social grants go unpaid as beneficiaries struggle with SASSA’s system
Activists say they get dozens of complaints weekly about the online verification process
News | 12 June 2025
New border control plan could harm asylum seekers, say critics
The One-Stop Border Post Bill aims to speed up trade and travel, but critics say protection for immigrants is inadequate
By Jan Bornman
News | 11 June 2025
No money to upgrade Cape Town’s rundown hostels
We visited hostels in Gugulethu which were overcrowded and falling apart
News | 10 June 2025
Court battle looms between City of Johannesburg and traders
SERI has sent a letter of demand to the City over container removals
News | 9 June 2025