South Africa

Call for Israeli embassy in Pretoria to be closed

Large Palestinian solidarity march held in Cape Town

Desperate people queue for last Covid-19 grants

Grant was terminated at the end of April but some payments are still outstanding

We want to move back to the dump site, say former landfill residents

About 100 people who used to live at the Makhanda dump were moved after it was upgraded

78-year-old Limpopo granny says she doubts she’ll ever see her promised house

Councillor says construction will start “soon”

Protesters dump rubbish inside City depot

Khayelitsha residents say their drains are blocked and nothing is being done

How SAPS protects the killers within its ranks

Every year, police in South Africa kill hundreds of people and are accused of brutalising thousands more.

Explainer: The loopholes police use to protect their own

Hundreds protest against Israeli airstrikes

Protesters demand South Africa boycott, divest and impose sanctions on Israel

COSATU calls for public audit of Lottery

“The silence of the NLC on these allegations is deafening”

Video: Sleeping rough to get a grant

People sleep outside a SASSA office through the night hoping they will be served the next day

Covid-19 land occupiers demand water, toilets and electricity

The group vows to intensify its protest action if the Premier does not respond

What a waiver on Covid-19 vaccine patents may mean for South Africa

Lottery fast tracks R500,000 grant for Simphiwe Dana’s extravaganza

Funding was awarded just weeks after the company was registered, and after the event took place

Dunoon land occupiers build flood barrier

Last winter the Diep River burst its banks flooding homes

Two months without water in settlement for elderly and people with disabilities

Eight water tanks for 500 households in Dubai were last filled in February

South Africa’s carbon emission targets not nearly ambitious enough

South Africa is the most carbon-intensive G20 economy with the highest coal reliance