South Africa

Cape Town is letting the flowers grow

Decision not to mow in some city parks is an important boost for biodiversity

Judge rules that “Kill the boer - Kill the farmer” is not hate speech

Court accepts that chants should not be taken literally

Geluksdal school plagued by “racial gangs” and violence, say parents

Metro police asked to maintain a constant presence at Geluksdal Secondary

Lottery’s Phillemon Letwaba resigns under a cloud

Implicated in numerous allegations of lottery corruption, he was due to face a disciplinary hearing

ITHUBA campaign raises troubling questions for Twitter

How did a disguised advertising campaign trend to number one in South Africa? And how often does this happen?

“I don’t want to die poor”

Young people in Calitzdorp battle to break down apartheid’s barriers

Independent Media responds to GroundUp

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Demands range from cheaper taxi fares to a Basic Income Grant

135 days without water: KZN community at breaking point

Municipal water has not been restored to Tongaat’s 40,000 residents since the April floods

Court victory for SARS whistleblower

Labour Court orders reinstatement of executives dismissed in 2015

Public sector workers march in Pretoria

“It’s time workers are taken seriously,” says union

Nurses at Free State clinic can’t treat patients when it rains

The small, dilapidated clinic serves residents of Intabazwe, near Harrismith - but it is overwhelmed and under-stocked

Babita Deokaran’s family demands justice for slain public servant

Memorial service held for whistleblower, murdered for exposing corruption in the health system

Iqbal Survé’s newspapers take the side of the Lottery crooks

NUMSA did not breach interdict by holding national congress, court rules

But the judge did not rule on the validity of the decisions taken by the central committee, the credentials committee or the national congress

Court overturns ruling on worker fired for assault

Constitutional Court sets boundaries on “common purpose” rule