South Africa

Judge orders City of Cape Town to rebuild Hangberg home

Judge Salie-Hlophe says the City “acted unlawfully”

Groote Schuur doctor describes her day in a Covid-19 ward

“The reality is the beds are full and people are dying”

Why is Durban splurging R50 million on a sea pier extension?

City’s sand-pumping scheme had become dysfunctional due to neglect

Children cross the Msunduzi to get to school

There are plans for a bridge but no timeframe

Massive new land occupation on Cape Nature land in Mfuleni

Some families say they were displaced by flooding

Lockdown in pictures - Day 110: Swings and roundabouts

Two years later: still no new toilets at Cofimvaba school

508 schools still without any sanitation in the Eastern Cape, says Equal Education

Long queues for Covid-19 relief grants

Post Office urges people to wait for an SMS confirming funds are available

How to access public mental health services

If you feel that you need help, reach out

With no toilet, Wallacedene man has to watch over his mother-in-law while she uses a field

City of Cape Town says it recently delivered chemical toilets and standpipes will soon be installed

Lockdown in pictures - Day 109: Cape of Storms

“Mfuleni residents are tired of seeing the City relocate residents from other townships”

City has condemned the occupation of its Bosasa housing project

Midvaal occupation is no race war, say landowners

“The Elandsfontein landowners are a diverse group of people from all race groups”

Overcrowded Bobani Village will soon get toilets

Some residents fear 846 communal toilets won’t be enough for over 3,000 shacks

Cape storm leaves hundreds without “toilets”

“Flood victims now shit in buckets inside their shacks and empty them into the dam. I do the same.”

“Empty promises by housing officials” trigger protests in Despatch

“It is easy for this government to shoot at us when we protest. But it is difficult to give us the houses we were promised since 2015”