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File photo of a homeless man sleeping on a Cape Town road.

Court ruling ordering alternative housing for homeless in Cape Town is welcomed

The city agreed to amend shelter rules to make them more humane and compliant with the Constitution

Housing shortage: Several buildings in the central district of Johannesburg are occupied by a large number of people who live in substandard conditions. Photo: Marco Longari/Getty Images

Joburg fire: Housing policy fails people – and the economy

The country’s biggest city will continue to grow as people seek jobs and a better life. But a ‘resentment’ towards urbanisation has prevented the government from unlocking its…

Scenes from a Jeppestown hostel during Operation Fiela in 2015.

Constitutional court confirms warrantless searches in cordoned off areas unconstitutional

The law was challenged in response to raids in inner Johannesburg seemingly targeting illegal immigrants and the highest court has pronounced itself 10 days before an election in…

Marikana court case back to haunt Ramaphosa

Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners

Scant progress: A view of the Marikana smelter from Nkaneng. (Paul Botes/M&G)

R170m of Marikana claims settled, but legal wrangles continue

Claimants are free to approach the state attorney’s office to check whether the figures released by the solicitor general are correct, the government says.

Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free

What will it take for the police to stop killing our citizens?

Even when their brutality is caught on camera and shown on television, officers seem to walk away scot-free

Dry: In Homu in Giyani, Limpopo, 19-year-old Reason Baloyi has to collect water every day after school from a stand tap in the village. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

The system to save failed councils needs a significant overhaul

Researchers found that interventions only come after the municipality has already collapsed, that the turnaround time is impossibly short, and that constitutional steps have been…

Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers

Farm dwellers fight to access water and other basic services

Municipalities have failed to prioritise the rights of labour tenants and farmworkers

‘Humiliating questioning’: A resident of Jeppestown workers’ hostel in Johannesburg is detained by a policeman during Operation Fiela in 2017. (Marco Longari/AFP/ Getty Images)

‘Raids invaded our privacy,’ contend residents

Occupants from buildings subjected to raids in Operation Fiela have taken the matter to court

Policing receives the most complaints regarding corruption

Inner-city raids: criminal police conduct violates residents’ privacy and dignity

Residents of 11 buildings in Johannesburg have challenged the constitutionality of the raids they were subjected to in the high court