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Residents of Saldanha Bay and nearby Vredenburg say red dust pollution from the Transnet Port Terminal, through which iron ore is exported, is staining their homes, cars, trees, roads and even pets.

The only public swimming pool in Ngcobo near Mthatha, Eastern Cape, has been left empty for four years. The pool was closed ...

For two years, small-scale farmers in Citrusdal have battled heavy rains that completely devastated their vegetable crops.

For years Reclaim the City and Ndifuna Ukwazi have been calling for leased golf courses to rather be used for social housing ...

Two housing occupations, both led by Reclaim the City, hosted open days last weekend to “showcase the affordable housing ...

The nice part about what we do is the day that we actually release a bird,” says Jacques Nel, the founder of the Owl ...

According to the new Local Spatial Development Framework for Cape Town, about 40,000 more people should be accommodated in the inner city by 2040. This is because of population growth and the need for ...

Municipalities, provincial governments and legislatures, and even some institutions set up to defend the Constitution, are flouting the provisions of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA).

Hundreds of protesters from Fleurhof, west of Johannesburg, took to the streets early on Tuesday morning, demanding the government build schools, a clinic and a police station in their area. They ...

A withering attack on the new National Lotteries Commission (NLC) in Parliament last week was led by three men: chair of the trade and industry portfolio committee Mzwandile Masina, former minister ...