South Africa: Families' 8-Year Battle for Housing Is Over
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How it spread - 51 original reports, 1 reprint
Wed, 5 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica10:49first to report
[GroundUp] The group living in a community hall in Cape Town have been resettled
- AllAfrica14:43
[GroundUp] "Immediately after we clean, people dump again"
Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica06:03
[GroundUp] Traders with documents and permits chased away, leaving Bellville bus terminus market almost empty
- allafrica.com11:30
South Africa's March and March anti-migrant movement, which demanded all undocumented migrants leave by June 30, continues to disrupt the country's economy. In Bellville, Cape Town, dozens of documented traders have abandoned a once-bustling market after harassment, leaving stalls empty despite holding valid permits. More broadly, Somali- and Ethiopian-owned spaza shops and cross-border trading hubs like Johannesburg's Jeppe Street were looted, torched or shuttered, threatening roughly three...
Wed, 12 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica10:48
[GroundUp] We contacted 12 schools and not one of them is still running the programme
Thu, 13 August 2026
3 reports- AllAfrica10:03
[GroundUp] Residents have to buy water privately
- AllAfrica10:03
[GroundUp] And SAPS is paying nearly R40-million a month to rent premises in the city centre
- AllAfrica14:05
[GroundUp] Film industry coalition reaches agreement with trade and industry department to start clearing funding application backlog
Fri, 14 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica10:06
[GroundUp] Ngcobo shut down for fourth day as residents call for removal of municipal manager
- AllAfrica15:33
[GroundUp] Poor management has caused frequent, prolonged water outages and left many families dependent on water tankers
Mon, 17 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica06:40
[GroundUp] SWEAT and Asijiki Coalition welcome some progress made by government
- punchng.com15:27
South Africa's anti-immigration group, March and March, issues a fresh September 30 deadline for undocumented foreigners to leave, sparking xenophobia conc
Tue, 18 August 2026
1 report- sowetan.co.za03:00
Patsing families have gone months without water as work stalls over unpaid contractors and funding woes
Wed, 19 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica07:10
[GroundUp] But this is probably less than a quarter of the illegal trade, CapeNature says
Thu, 20 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica06:20
[allAfrica]
- AllAfrica06:38
[GroundUp] Hundreds of people have been stuck for years in "temporary" accommodation
Fri, 21 August 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica06:53
[allAfrica]
- AllAfrica08:15
[GroundUp] It could take another 15 years to settle outstanding claims lodged by 1998
Mon, 24 August 2026
4 reports- AllAfrica06:06
[GroundUp] Matereality V2 opens at the Iziko South African National Gallery on Monday
- AllAfrica10:11
[GroundUp] Many clinical trials were halted, and many researchers were retrenched when the NIH stopped funding
- AllAfrica14:16
[Daily Maverick] As South Africa's data centre boom accelerates, civil society groups are petitioning the SAHRC for strict regulation and transparency before unmonitored facilities strain local water, land, and energy grids.
- AllAfrica14:16
[Daily Maverick] The deputy mayor's response to Daily Maverick's Municipal Planning Tribunal exposé suggests that anyone who tries to hold the tribunal accountable for its far-reaching decisions will be denounced and discredited.
Tue, 25 August 2026
3 reports- ewn.co.za10:12
“In the last 18 months, we’ve completed R250 billion worth of infrastructure projects," said Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean McPherson.
- AllAfrica10:25
[IPS] Blantyre, Malawi -- The xenophobic protests against Malawians, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and other Africans in South Africa not only created a humanitarian crisis but also jeopardised the achievement of some SDGs.
- AllAfrica10:25
[IPS] Blantyre, Malawi -- The xenophobic protests against Malawians, Nigerians, Zimbabweans, and other Africans in South Africa not only created a humanitarian crisis but also jeopardised the achievement of some SDGs.
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- AllAfrica11:08
[UCT] Every year, thousands of unidentified people pass through South Africa's forensic pathology system, leaving families without answers and many victims unnamed. A University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD study by Kate Reid has found that while Cape Town's forensic identification outcomes are better than previously believed, fragmented record-keeping, poor communication between stakeholders and inconsistent tracking systems continue to delay justice for many families.
Thu, 27 August 2026
2 reports- cbn.co.za05:03
- joburg.org.za12:00
Fri, 28 August 2026
3 reports- itweb.co.za09:25
- itweb.co.za11:30
- AllAfrica16:36
[263Chat] Residents and ratepayers in Harare have petitioned the city council to urgently tighten controls on industrial effluent warning that continued pollution of the capital's water sources is putting public health and water security at risk.
Mon, 31 August 2026
4 reports- AllAfrica01:27
[Daily Maverick] We live in an angry nation that has not fully come to terms with the trauma of our past. The governors of our land are not aiding the healing by trying to sweep the past under the carpet.
- AllAfrica05:33
[allAfrica]
- africa.com09:01
- AllAfrica10:49
[Daily Maverick] Very little to no progress has been made into the investigation of alleged misconduct by suspended Inspector General of Intelligence Imtiaz Fazel, and while his legal and parliamentary battles remain unresolved, expenditure of secret intelligence funds, estimated at more than R1-billion, has effectively gone without proper oversight for more than a year.
Tue, 1 September 2026
2 reports- AllAfrica05:23
[allAfrica]
- AllAfrica06:38
[New Zimbabwe] Zimbabweans living abroad have raised fresh concerns over worsening political, economic and human rights conditions in the country, warning that mounting pressures are increasingly forcing citizens to seek opportunities and sanctuary outside Zimbabwe.
Wed, 2 September 2026
4 reports- timeslive.co.za02:30
Dada Morero’s outburst is more than a lapse of judgment: it tests the ANC’s renewal claims and the moral discipline democratic leadership demands
- AllAfrica05:21
[GroundUp] Farmers saw it coming but they couldn't prevent it
- AllAfrica05:57
[allAfrica]
- AllAfrica06:41
[GroundUp] SAPS rejects allegations of indiscriminate arrests and unlawful treatment
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- ecr.co.za17:45
Two South African sisters, aged nine and 15, are back home after being rescued from Malawi, where they were allegedly trafficked with their family.
Fri, 4 September 2026
4 reports- AllAfrica05:35
[GroundUp] Vigilante group's "clean-up" targets displaced refugees in Durban
- AllAfrica06:27
[GroundUp] There are seven murders a day on the Cape Flats
- AllAfrica06:34
[allAfrica]
- newindianexpress.com12:08
JOHANNESBURG: South African civil rights groups are calling for a halt to the construction of additional data centers in the country until the use of scarce wat
1 reprint
- jamaica-gleaner.com6 Sept, 05:09their copy
Mon, 7 September 2026
5 reports- AllAfrica09:47
[Scrolla] Competition Commission found 53% of rural, 47% of township, and 39% of metro township people earn under R3,500 monthly. Shopping centres keep local businesses out through high rents and exclusive contracts that favour big national store brands.
- georgeherald.com14:04
NATIONAL NEWS - The Department of Social...
- AllAfrica16:01
[GroundUp] People who can hear wore earplugs for the 5km route
- AllAfrica16:01
[GroundUp] Newly launched Bail Fund has assisted 154 people so far
- dailymaverick.co.za23:07
South Africa’s water crisis is no longer just about dry taps, but what happens when emergency measures become a permanent business model. As municipalities spend hundreds of millions on water tankers,…