Brief

Water workers on strike in Free State

Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality plans to close down water company

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Brief | 28 October 2025

Eldorado Park occupiers picket police station after shack demolitions

They accuse the police of brutality during an eviction operation last week

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Seven-year-old drowns in dam in Cape Town informal settlement

Residents of Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East say dams in the area are unsafe

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Brief | 27 October 2025

Unemployed Capetonians march for jobs, safety and water

“I don’t see the point of filling out these [jobseekers’] forms anymore”

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Brief | 25 October 2025

Durban ward councillor’s mobile office overturned by angry residents

People in eNkanini informal settlement say they have been living without services since 2017

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Brief | 24 October 2025

Puppets charm adults with disabilities

Cape Town Association for the Physically Disabled hosted a puppet show in Stellenbosch

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Brief | 23 October 2025

Over 100 houses illegally occupied in stalled Nyanga project

Contractor problems, the covid pandemic, extortion attempts, vandalism and illegal occupations have delayed the housing project

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Brief | 22 October 2025

Raw sewage forces Khayelitsha families to abandon shacks

A blockage in the main sewer line has caused manholes to overflow

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Brief | 21 October 2025

Contract workers march in Joburg demanding permanent jobs

Expanded Public Works Programme employees march to Premier’s office

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Brief | 21 October 2025

KZN municipality battles skills shortage as water infrastructure collapses

Stalled water projects mean conditional grants cannot be released

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Brief | 21 October 2025

Agreement reached at University of Free State after week of protests

Provisional registration to be phased out over two years

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Brief | 20 October 2025

School children march for better policing after taxi driver allegedly rapes girl

Tsomo, Eastern Cape, reportedly has only two police vans for the town and 57 villages

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Brief | 20 October 2025

Fighting addiction: march for recovery-friendly events

“Sharing my recovery with others has kept me grounded,” says Gakeema Solomons at annual Recovery Walk

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Brief | 20 October 2025

Three spaza shopkeepers shot by extortionists in Phillipi

Spaza shops and other small businesses have decided to close

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Brief | 20 October 2025

Ramaphosa must act to end hunger, activists say

Hundreds marched in Cape Town on Friday

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Brief | 18 October 2025

Special schools closed in KwaZulu-Natal after education department fails to pay subsidies

76 schools closed by parents and the South African National Association for Special School Education (SANASE)

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Brief | 16 October 2025