Brief

Parliament takes social housing regulator to task over stalled projects

Ten projects with more than 3,800 units still need to be completed

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Brief | 20 November 2025

Writing exams in leaking classrooms with no electricity

The education department says it will appoint a contractor to renovate H S Phillips Secondary in Limpopo in April 2027

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Brief | 20 November 2025

At this Limpopo clinic, nurses have to fetch water in buckets

Midoroni clinic has not had running water for over two years

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Brief | 13 November 2025

Workers shut down Cape Town construction project over unpaid wages

Security guards have been protesting outside a project to build pavements in Illitha Park, Khayelitsha since Monday

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Brief | 12 November 2025

Parliament to consider impeaching Judge Nana Makhubele

Makhubele was found guilty of gross misconduct by the Judicial Service Commission

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Brief | 11 November 2025

Open air cinema brings joy to Manenberg’s children

Manenberg has become synonymous with gang violence and crime but residents want to change this, one movie night at a time

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Brief | 11 November 2025

Storm-damaged schools still not repaired after four years

KwaZulu-Natal government says a contractor started work last week, but we saw no evidence of this when we visited the schools on Monday

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Brief | 11 November 2025

Families living in temporary housing for 13 years accuse eThekwini of neglecting them

They were moved to make way for a housing project that is yet to be built

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Brief | 10 November 2025

Daybreak Foods workers march for TERS funds

PIC-owned poultry farm was placed in business rescue in July

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Brief | 7 November 2025

After the fire: Wingfield refugees wish to stay put

A refugee group, left homeless after their tent burnt down, still intend to oppose their eviction that will be heard in court next year

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Brief | 7 November 2025

Nelson Mandela Bay reopens bridges damaged during 2024 floods

At a cost of R89-million, the Matanzima and Nomakhwezana bridges in KwaNobuhle reopened with a ceremony attended by about 200 residents

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Brief | 7 November 2025

Free State clinic short-staffed and overcrowded for 10 years

Premier promised to upgrade the clinic years ago

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Brief | 6 November 2025

Police officer’s murder trial postponed

Off-duty SAPS officer Dumisani Ndzabela is accused of shooting Sesethu Sigonyela in Khayelitsha

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Brief | 5 November 2025

School pit latrines demolished but not replaced with new toilets

Two primary schools in Limpopo have been struggling for over a year with inadequate chemical toilets

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Brief | 4 November 2025

EPWP workers march for permanent jobs and better pay

Pay is too little to survive on, workers say

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Brief | 4 November 2025

Cape Town shack dwellers march in city centre for services

Covid informal settlement lacks water, electricity and sanitation

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Brief | 3 November 2025