South Africa

School children in Vhembe wake up at 4:30am to fetch water

Water is not reaching households despite millions of rands spent on water projects

Court backs woman pastor against barrage of sexist abuse

All employers, including churches, are subject to labour laws, judge points out

Alcohol industry used “regulatory capture” to delay liquor bill, say researchers

Liquor Amendment Bill still not introduced to Parliament after nine years

Crime hits sanitation services in Khayelitsha

City of Cape Town teams can only come out when security is available

West Coast surfers go for gold in Para Surfing Championships

A team from Extreme Abilities in Saldanha Bay will compete in Durban

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

State Attorney to take steps to evict them

Legal battle to remove occupiers from land in Ballito

KwaDukuza Municipality says the land is earmarked for a school and clinic, but occupiers say they can’t move away from job opportunities

R21-million stadium in Limpopo left incomplete and abandoned

This has left the community disappointed as they hoped the Tshivhuyuni sports facility would boost the local economy

SA has world class medical researchers – they can and should be bailed out