South Africa

Patients wait four hours for an ambulance in rural KwaZulu-Natal

Rural hospitals’ allocated ambulances park 130 to 150km away

City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters

Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance

Weaving mats for survival in rural KwaZulu-Natal

The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options

Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers

“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine

Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance

New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed

Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries

In photos: Iconic minstrels entertain Cape Town

In photos: Thousands flock to Muizenberg beach to celebrate new year

Three die when house collapses in Soweto

Confusion over whether area is illegally occupied

Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal

The late Presley Chweneyagae’s home was bought with funds meant for an anti-drug themed musical

Nowhere to swim in Komani this Christmas

Municipal swimming pools have fallen into disrepair

Eastern Cape village “electrified” after 30 years, but there is no power

Poles and electricity boxes were installed in 2023 in Nyamankulu near Cofimvaba, but Eskom and Intsika Yethu Municipality say there are outstanding issues

Lottery whistleblowers denied financial compensation

After year-long reparations process, former NLC staff offered psychological support, educational sponsorships and grocery vouchers

What the latest tests say about beach water quality in Durban and Cape Town

Most recent samples show a mixed picture of water safety

Claremont could be Johannesburg Water’s big blind spot

Suburb is among several expecting a very dry Christmas

How a cycling group is trying to make Cape Town’s roads safer

Ghost bikes, an initiative that started in the US, honours cyclists who have died