A street in Phoenix, Durban. The Special Tribunal has set aside eThekwini’s “irregular” Phoenix housing deals. Archive photo: Benita Enoch The Special Tribunal has found eThekwini Municipality’s arrangements with three housing companies — Madupha Business Enterprise, Ready Homes and Woodglaze Trading — unlawful and constitutionally invalid. Judge Margaret Victor said the municipality created and perpetuated […]
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Sex workers and activists protested outside Parliament in May 2024, calling for the decriminalisation of sex work to be fast-tracked. Archive photo: Liezl Human The long-awaited draft sex work decriminalisation bill will return to Parliament for consideration, three years after it was sent back to be redrafted. Department of Justice spokesperson Samuel Modipane revealed to […]
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Residents of Melville and surrounding suburbs, such as Westdene and Sophiatown, protested on Friday, 14 August, about ongoing water outages. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee Between June 2025 and June 2026, Johannesburg recorded an average of almost 140 water pipe leaks a day. The City spent at least R650-million over five years on water tankers, which critics […]
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In December 2021, hundreds of people protested in Muizenberg, Cape Town, against Shell’s planned seismic survey to explore oil and gas deposits off the Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks The Constitutional Court has overturned a Supreme Court of Appeal order that had allowed Shell and Impact Africa another chance to renew an […]
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Shack dwellers from Mfuleni marched to the Western Cape Premier’s office in Cape Town on Friday to demand water and electricity. Photo: Vincent Lali Over 100 shack dwellers from Mfuleni marched to the Western Cape Premier’s office and the Civic Centre in Cape Town on Friday to demand water and electricity. This follows a shack […]
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Cebisa Silwana’s sister (left) and daughter (right) at a picket outside the Muizenberg police station on Thursday. Photos: Brenton Geach Cebisa Silwana was handcuffed and taken to Muizenberg police station on Saturday 8 August. Less than an hour later, she died. She was still recovering from a recent operation. It is yet to be established […]
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Hundreds of Ngcobo residents marched through the town on Wednesday. Photo: Johnnie Isaac Many businesses in Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape remained closed on Friday morning, following protests led by the Ngcobo Yethu Civic Organisation. Residents have been marching through the streets since Tuesday. On 29 June, protesters renewed calls for the removal of municipal […]
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45% of people in South Africa aged 15-34 are NEET: not in employment, education or training, according to Stats SA. In 2012, it was 38%. NEET includes those who did not work during the survey reference week and are not enrolled in education or training. It also covers people who are inactive for other reasons […]
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Magret Mathekga has been living in an RDP house in Tshikota without water and electricity since 2021. Photo: Thembi Siaga New state housing is being built in Tshikota, Limpopo, while people living in RDP homes built in 2021 still do not have water and electricity. GroundUp found that 100 houses in the older development do […]
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Hundreds of film industry professionals protested in Cape Town on 28 January 2026. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks. The process to address the backlog of about R700-million in film production applications is expected to resume on 30 September. This comes after adjudication meetings stalled for more than two years. The industry says 1,850 jobs and R822-million […]
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