SA’s insecurity cluster of overburdened detectives, ineffective courts and overcrowded prisons
A big gap between arrests and convictions plagues the criminal justice system
Cape Town
Shack dwellers in Khayelitsha endure another winter flood
Severe winter flooding has left families in Cape Town’s informal settlements cold, homeless, and desperate.
‘Another Enyobeni waiting to happen’ as schools close and taverns open
The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance warns that unlicensed taverns and lax liquor regulation is fuelling underage drinking.
Domestic workers demand end to abuse on International Domestic Workers’ Day
Domestic workers in South Africa are by law meant to have the same rights and protections as other workers.
Cape Town’s central line reopens
R1.3 billion spent to restore rail corridor suspended in 2019 due to land occupations and vandalism.
Women farmworkers call for land redistribution to address hunger
Access to food for farmworkers can depend on the season and on violence in the home and in the community.
Protest leaders arrested as tensions grow in Covid Village
Protesters allegedly burned down shacks belonging to residents not joining the protest action.
Alternative budget calls for taxing of the rich
The People Against Budget Cuts want a budget that responds to the crises of public services.
Cape Town commemorates the 1948 Nakba as the beginning of the genocide underway
“We will never allow another Nakba on our watch”
SA lags behind African unions in organising e-hailing workers
E-hailing workers are organised in unions in Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.
Farm workers march to demand services from the Department of Labour
The protesters called for the department of labour to enforce all labour laws, including the national minimum wage and harsh punishment for non-compliant employers,
Court interpreters in W Cape on strike
The strike by court interpreters over non-payment has entered its fourth day on Thursday.
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