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- City of Cape Town must rebuild homes, demand protesters
Their shacks were demolished because they were built on sewer pipes in need of urgent maintenance Read more » - Weaving mats for survival in rural KwaZulu-Natal
The Zikhali family have always made traditional mats, but hope their youngest daughter will have other options Read more » - Protesters express solidarity with Palestine Action hunger strikers
“It is a grotesque irony that the law should be used to criminalise opposition to genocide rather than genocide itself,” says South African Jews for a Free Palestine Read more » - Vandals delay urgent Khayelitsha sewerage maintenance
New homes for families living above sewer pipes have been destroyed Read more » - Roof blows off Lesotho airport — after MPs raised red flags
A May 2025 report called for Minister Matjato Moteane’s head. But it appears to have been ignored. Read more » - Future of SRD grant uncertain, says Treasury
Universal Basic Income Coalition says government’s proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries Read more » - Lesotho army admits teenagers were sexually harassed
Opposition MP says there are more cases and calls for independent inquiry Read more » - Three die when house collapses in Soweto
Confusion over whether area is illegally occupied Read more »
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