Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Local government has assured the 164 shack dwellers who lost homes in a Pietermaritzburg fire that they don’t want them rebuilding on the floodplain and will ‘make a plan’. Time will tell.
Bishop Purity Malinga is the first woman to be appointed presiding bishop in the Methodist Church of Southern African in more than 200 years.
The notorious ‘repatriation centre’ was an ‘income stream’ for Bosasa for decades as it worked the system – and the home affairs department – to maximise profits.
Transgender activist Ricky Nathanson, who sought asylum in the United States after being brutalised by the Zimbabwean police, may have won her damages claim but she cannot return home.
Amid Judge Motsamai Makume declining to admit certain evidence into the record, the legal representative of one of the accused asked the judge to recuse himself, citing allegations of bias.
Fana ‘Styles’ Hlongwane may not like having his picture taken but this smooth operator does appear to like blue, as was evident at his reluctant appearance before the inquiry into state capture.
What started as an idea to spoil her son with breakfast has led to a Cape Town mother opening her heart, pockets and house to matric pupils, serving them meals during exam time.
Three bodies found in the Port Elizabeth township have prompted claims of a serial rapist or killer, but the police say this is not the case, leading to heightened concern about ongoing violence against women.
Angry residents and activists from the ‘disaster area’ of the Eastern Cape are pointing fingers at government mismanagement and misinformation concerning the water shortage.
There was a time when family and neighbours were falling fast, the need for graves outpacing the available space. But antiretrovirals have improved and the stigma of HIV has lessened.
The Competition Commission’s Grocery Retail Inquiry has found national supermarket chains are putting small, independent players out of business – and wants to put a stop to it.
HIV and AIDS remains the biggest conundrum in South Africa, but young people living with the virus have made it their mission to spread awareness and fight the existing stigma.
Food giant I&J has found itself in front of the tribunal on charges of collusion in the beef sector, having allegedly signed an agreement that allows it to operate as a cartel.
Arguments over whether the public protector’s remedial action can be ‘frozen’ until a court has decided on its legality revealed the stench of politics behind the legal matter.
The retired Constitutional Court judge is the new inspector of prisons and he argues that South Africa’s courts should stop filling them up
A case against those who posted hateful, xenophobic comments about Chinese on the social media pages of Carte Blanche and the Karoo Donkey Sanctuary is in court again.
Water supply in the Eastern Cape is precarious as the continuing drought compounds run-down municipal systems and the government’s failure to pre-empt the effects of climate change.
Lawyer Priya Pillai speaks to New Frame about the various implications of the United States formally recognising the mass killings of Armenians by the Turkish state a century ago as genocide.
Shacks in Vusimuzi have been demolished to make way for new infrastructure, leaving residents homeless, despite a court interdict.
The farming industry has long been one of the most exploitative and abusive sectors in Australia. Our organising drive in the sector could change that.
The Supreme Court of India granting ownership of the contested Babri Mosque site to Hindus is a clear sign of the judiciary bending to majoritarian and sectarian whims.