Labour Minister promises “mobile office” to rural Limpopo villages
People are sleeping outside offices to avoid long queues
Brief | 20 October 2021
Refugee dies waiting for dream to leave South Africa to come true
Over 100 refugees stuck in limbo for two years at Lindela repatriation centre
News | 20 October 2021
Magistrate courts in disarray because of broken IT system
Numerous cases postponed, judgments cannot be enforced, bail hearings delayed. Master’s offices are also affected.
News | 20 October 2021
Mthatha families buy their own transformers to electrify their homes
“Children want electricity to do their school assignments”
News | 20 October 2021
Covid-19: Is it time to allow home-testing?
Some scientists argue it will reduce transmission, but the South African regulator is worried
By James Stent and Gareth Kantor
Science | 19 October 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay says it will not provide services to new land occupations
The municipality is in the process of “formalising” 156 informal settlements by providing services like water, electricity and tarring roads
News | 19 October 2021
Hundreds march to Union Buildings over health system corruption
Protesters speak of ignorance and bigotry from clinic staff
News | 19 October 2021
Thousands struggle daily to get water in Mthatha
Municipal supplied jojo tanks were last filled in August in Joe Slovo Extension
News | 18 October 2021
Human Rights Commission asked to look into post-apartheid forced removal
255 people live in dire circumstances in “Soweto” in Mthatha after they were forcefully relocated in 2012
By Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
News | 18 October 2021