Naledi Sikhakhane

The government committed to caring for those displaced in the 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods. But the shelters they've been placed in have sewage on the floors, mould on the walls and mixed genders of all ages living in single rooms. Now they say they face potential eviction.

The roads agency will repair the 64-year-old Ezimbokodweni River Bridge in two phases after ‘wear and tear' resulted in cracks. However, it expects high waters caused by the summer rains will pose a challenge to fixing the bridge.

Human rights defenders from across South Africa shared their fears and victories with Mary Lawlor, the UN Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, who was on a self-initiated visit to the country.

President Cyril Ramaphosa endorses the expansion of a VAT-free basket while researchers warn that despite cooler food inflation the food basket is still unaffordable for many South Africans this festive season.

Deputy President Paul Mashatile and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi accepted a memorandum from the Treatment Action Campaign and allied civil society organisations on World Aids Day.

Activists list being tracked, threatening calls, bribery and surveillance as deterrents to their fight against pollution, cracked houses, livestock dying everywhere and other results of living near mining establishments

Viatris says local production of antiretrovirals will further strengthen South Africa’s healthcare infrastructure. South African health bodies applaud this as a step in the right direction but say unless South Africa has its own licences and local core ingredients to create these chronic medications we are still vulnerable to a Covid-19 situation.

Children who have been admitted to hospital due to serious illnesses and new mothers were gifted with Christmas food buckets as part of a joint project by Daily Maverick and SA Harvest on Friday, 20 December 2024, after readers donated more than R900,000 for food rescue organisation SA Harvest to secure and distribute.

Workers unions say the community workers and public works programmes, which help supplement local government labour, expose people to precarious labour practices and plunges them back into abject poverty when the programmes end.

Despite multiple conversations and interventions by civil society and the government, the price of food baskets is still rising even if it's at a slower rate than previous years when food inflation was in double digits. Access to nutritious food is inadequate for millions of working class people and millions relying on grants.