Friday, 15 November 2019
Despite being shot and living in hiding, Thabiso Zulu cannot get the government protection he needs. He says he is being punished for breaking the code of silence in the ANC.
Chile’s protest movement doesn’t want small concessions. It wants to overturn the entire legacy of neoliberalism and the Pinochet dictatorship.
The painstaking work of the Baloyi Commission of Inquiry into the Bakgatla ba Kgafela’s leadership and finances may come to nothing.
The regressive custom behind thousands of murders each year has come into the spotlight again after the brother of a slain Pakistani social media star was sentenced to life in prison for her killing.
The formalisation of the Early Childhood Development sector is putting pressure on care facilities already working with the bare minimum.
A KwaZulu-Natal induna who challenged annual taxes imposed on his community by the Ingonyama Trust has raised the ire of the area’s inkosi, who allegedly benefits from the money.
After the media giant laid off more than a thousand customer care staff members citing an increase in self-service platforms, an ex-manager exposes the tactics used to force retrenchments.
After being told he owed thousands of rands in rent to King Goodwill Zwelithini’s trust, Zakhele Nkwankwa has joined hundreds of residents taking the trust to court to challenge its stranglehold.
A private company is attempting to claim a piece of KwaZulu-Natal land that a church congregation bought for its own purposes.
Adults in South Africa are legally allowed to possess marijuana for personal use. Now there are controversial moves to decriminalise the use of cannabis for children.
Former Angolan refugees in South Africa are living in a catch-22 as the government remains silent on the renewal of residency permits or upgrading of their legal status to permanent residency.
The residents of the Eastern Cape town are taking all levels of government to court over the raw sewage that continues to flood the town and the municipality’s failure to respond to reported incidents.
Some women feel they can’t leave abusive relationships. But for those who can and do, a centre in Rustenburg now offers survivors counselling and a place to stay.
The national government and City of Cape Town held a street renaming ceremony on Heritage Day in September, but Keizersgracht Street is not the original Hanover Street.
Activists in the valley use slogans, chants and songs to express their bid for freedom from Indian rule, drawing thousands onto the streets to protest in the process.
The Copyright Amendment Bill gives those with disabilities greater access to copyrighted material while supporting education and creators. But it is yet to be signed into law and not everyone is behind it.
The National Prosecuting Authority has won the latest round in the fight for accountability after the high court dismissed the former president’s application for a permanent stay of corruption charges.
The Labour Court has granted the state-owned catering firm an interim interdict to stop workers from striking over the cancellation of anniversary bonuses, a move Numsa says is to ‘silence workers’.
The plight of men and women working in South Africa’s private security sector is worsened by low pay, dangerous conditions and manipulation by superiors.
Scores of protesters have been detained following a crackdown on activists who are calling for the departure of the current political elite and the army chief of staff Ahmed Gaid Salah.
Controversy over the set-top box, which has delayed the government’s rollout of digital terrestrial television for 16 years, rages on at the Zondo commission.