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“Surely the situation leaves me with no choice but to live under the radar,” says a maths teacher who has been living in South Africa since 2008 and now faces possible deportation with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit. Photos: Tariro Washinyira Three Zimbabweans who held Zimbabwean Exemption Permits, which the South African government has now scrapped, share … [Read more...] about As deadline approaches Zimbabweans face a stark choice: start from zero in a broken country or live undocumented in SA

[embedded content] On average three children are killed in South Africa every day, according to UNICEF South Africa. Balls Not Guns is a community organisation that tries to keep children on the Cape Flats away from gangs by encouraging them to get involved in sport. There are few recreational facilities in these areas, according to founder Gloria Veale. Balls Not Guns had a … [Read more...] about Video: How an organisation is giving Cape Flats children balls not guns

The Social Justice Coalition was at the forefront of campaigns for better policing and sanitation in Cape Town’s townships. Archive photo from 2015: Masixole Feni The Social Justice Coalition (SJC), once one of South Africa’s foremost social movements, is riddled with unexplained spending by the organisation’s top employee, its general manager Xolani Klaas. Bank statements … [Read more...] about Social movement rocked by corruption allegations

Civil society organisations are taking the the ministers of Social Development and Finance, as well as the South African Social Security Agency to court over what they say are “unfair” and “exclusionary” regulations for the R350 Social Relief of Distress Grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata Civil society organisations are taking the government to court over what they say are … [Read more...] about Activists takes government to court over “unfair” R350 grant application rules

Community leader Loyiso Nqintiza walks through the muddy pathways in Marikana. He was among the first to move onto the land now known as Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East in 2014. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana Nearly five years have passed since a court ordered the City of Cape Town to buy the parcels of land where Marikana informal settlement in Philippi is … [Read more...] about Marikana families remain in the dark five years after landmark ruling