Author name: Scott Balson

The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal will return to the drawing board to reassess its internal dispute resolution mechanisms, according to Provincial Task Team Co-ordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. The move, however, is not an indication of the party questioning its role in the province’s Government of Provincial Unity (GPU). Mabuyakhulu addressed the media following recent […]

About 200 protesters marched through the sewage-soaked streets of Bloekombos and Wallacedene in Cape Town on Wednesday, with lists of complaints, including a demand for better sanitation. Both areas contain a mix of formal housing and shacks. They gathered in Bloekombos near Covid informal settlement, then marched to the Kraaifontein police station, the Kraaifontein Community

About 300 early childhood development (ECD) educators protested over unpaid subsidies in Johannesburg on Thursday. They demanded Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi urgently intervene in the funding crisis. Led by the South African Congress for Early Childhood Development, the educators, dressed in white, marched from Beyers Naudé Square to the Premier’s office. The protesters say ECD

Shoprite Group opens 500th Usave store in SA, expanding access to affordable essentials   The Shoprite Group has opened its 500th Usave store in South Africa: a significant achievement in its ongoing efforts to provide underserved areas with access to low-cost groceries and household goods.  Usave offers more than 420 products priced under R10, including many

Construction of a cultural, sports and community resource centre in the rural Eastern Cape town of Tsomo started in January 2015. It was meant to take nine months. A decade later, it remains unfinished. More than one construction company has been hired over the years and millions of rands have spent on it. After R11-million

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) will introduce mandatory biometric enrolment for beneficiaries at its offices from 1 September. Until now the system has only applied to applicants for the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant and to beneficiaries whose grants are being reviewed by SASSA. Now it will be extended to all new

The Green Scorpions have taken action against Brent Harper, owner-manager of the controversial Harper’s Creek motocross track between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. He has been told to stop clearing indigenous vegetation and to rehabilitate the area. The Bitou municipality has received numerous complaints about noise from the motocross track, which is on the edge of

Two trucks, one carrying bread, were torched during a protest by about 200 protesters from Westville informal settlement in KwaDwesi Extension, Gqeberha, on Wednesday. On Tuesday a bus was set alight when residents of Westville and Bayland protested. They were demanding electricity and a municipal layout plan for the provision of water, sewers and streets,

The Somerset West taxi rank has been closed for two days by police amid a surge in taxi-related violence across the Cape Town metro. At least five people have been killed and nine wounded since Monday. The Western Cape Government has filed an urgent court application to quell the violence between the Cape Amalgamated Taxi

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is calling for a thorough and exhaustive police investigation into the murder of its Member of Parliament, Mr. Khethamabala Sithole, who was shot and killed in late May while conducting party work. The incident, which took place at the Buyafuthi hostel in Katlehong east of Johannesburg, also left two other