Worker advice office a casualty of Joburg looting
Casual Workers Advice Office vows to continue its work.
By: Zoë Postman
4 Sep 2019
4 Sep 2019
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Xenophobic ‘shutdowns’ turn indiscriminately violent
The ‘shutdowns’ spreading across Gauteng are intended as targeted xenophobia. But the actions of one mob in Joburg’s inner city show that, in practice, they can harm anyone in their path.
By: Dennis Webster
3 Sep 2019
3 Sep 2019
Thor Chemicals’ toxic waste goes up in flames
Another cache of South Africa’s stockpile of dumped mercury has burned at the old British-owned Thor Chemicals factory near Durban, just two weeks after the environment minister visited the site.
By: Tony Carnie
2 Sep 2019
2 Sep 2019
Zandile Gumede flip-flop further undermines ANC
Regional party conferences in KwaZulu-Natal will have repercussions for the ANC and its stability under Cyril Ramaphosa, leading those who remain pro-Jacob Zuma to fight for their positions.
By: Niren Tolsi
30 Aug 2019
30 Aug 2019
Financial compensation for grief and sorrow?
The death of Michael Komape, who drowned in a makeshift toilet at his Limpopo school, has ignited debate on whether or not the common law should be developed to include damages for grief.
By: Tania Broughton
29 Aug 2019
29 Aug 2019
Sports broadcasting rights still not resolved
The SABC and MultiChoice finally reached an agreement after denying millions televised access to PSL football games, but the threat of future blackouts remains.
By: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Aug 2019
29 Aug 2019
Court judgment to restore farm dwellers’ dignity
A Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling has found that municipalities were in breach of the Constitution in not providing labour tenants and farm occupiers with essential and basic services.
By: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Aug 2019
29 Aug 2019
Estcourt is another KwaZulu-Natal town in decline
A municipality under administration and business closures are forcing the residents of this KwaZulu-Natal town to choose between leaving and living in poverty.
By: Greg Ardé
28 Aug 2019
28 Aug 2019
Bigwigs close major Estcourt employer
The liquidation of the timber factory that employed more than 1 000 people has caused some to question if management bungles left these small-town residents with few prospects.
By: Greg Ardé
28 Aug 2019
28 Aug 2019
Grant recipients forego food to search for work
With South Africa’s economic outlook still dire, the poorest suffer deprivation and injustice while trying to support family members and find jobs that simply aren’t available.
By: Selloane Khalane
22 Aug 2019
22 Aug 2019
Africa’s lions face bleak future
Lions once roamed Britain, Germany and North America. But now, other than a small population in India, they occur only in Africa and even here the long-term survival of wild lions is in jeopardy.
By: Tony Carnie
21 Aug 2019
21 Aug 2019
Soldiers accused of beating up Hanover Park resident
The army was brought in to help combat gang violence in the Cape Flats, but rather than bring calm it seems to have brought disappointment instead.
By: Ra’eesa Pather
20 Aug 2019
20 Aug 2019
Interdict ‘infringes’ on workers’ rights
Legal experts have questioned the interdict granted to a group of Eastern Cape farmers, saying it unjustifiably limits the farm workers’ constitutional right to speak out against alleged poor treatment.
By: Anna Majavu
19 Aug 2019
19 Aug 2019
Asylum seeker hopefuls languish in Limpopo
An almost 100% rejection rate at the Musina Refugee Reception Office means people fleeing violence are left stranded, neither able to earn money nor return home.
By: Jan Bornman
16 Aug 2019
16 Aug 2019
Journalist workforce halved from a decade ago
Publishers are citing tough financial circumstances as the reason for retrenchments, blaming the shift to online consumption of news. Instead of seeking new business models, journalists are being laid off.
By: Magnificent Mndebele
16 Aug 2019
16 Aug 2019
Justice for Hoosen Haffejee still on hold
The NPA continues to make excuses about why inquests into apartheid deaths have not moved forward. But the families of the dead are moving things forward.
By: Tymon Smith
15 Aug 2019
15 Aug 2019
Children fear being shot and killed at school
Gang members in Hanover Park use the children leaving Blomvlei Primary after school as ‘shields’ to get closer to their rivals, and gunfire is common in the afternoons.
By: Ra’eesa Pather
15 Aug 2019
15 Aug 2019
Shack fire victims left out in the cold
After a fire swept through a section of Masiphumelele township near Cape Town, razing homes and leaving residents without food or shelter, Sassa failed to respond despite being mandated to do so.
By: Ra’eesa Pather
15 Aug 2019
15 Aug 2019
Witnessing the bloody unspoken in KwaZulu-Natal
The majority of the more than 100 people killed in the province have been ANC members, but now witnesses, and even police officers, appear to be on hit lists.
By: Niren Tolsi
14 Aug 2019
14 Aug 2019
Undocumented children face uncertain future
Although the number of children crossing the border into South Africa on their own has dropped recently, there are still many unaccompanied minors at risk of becoming stateless.
By: Jan Bornman
13 Aug 2019
13 Aug 2019
No papers, no schooling, no future
A Durban mother of two is waging a Constitutional Court battle for the recognition of her family, but the Department of Home Affairs won’t hear of it.
By: Tania Broughton
13 Aug 2019
13 Aug 2019