Homeless man’s struggle to keep his beloved dogs
The City of Cape Town has told Clayton Smith to leave De Waal Park where he has lived for 13 years
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Homeless conference hears harrowing stories of street life
The 8th National Homeless Conversation was held in Durban this week
EThekwini faces backlash over last-minute invites to homeless workshop
The invite was a “sop to inclusivity and disrespectful” to stakeholders and homeless people, says Raymond Perrier of the Denis Hurley Centre
Extortionists now targeting social workers
Western Cape social development department had to spend R20-million on overtime to double-up social workers operating in high-risk areas
Marchers say Yes! and No! to new cannabis law
The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is awaiting the President’s signature to become law
The NYPD Descent on Columbia, Told by Student Journalists
The mayor and the police blamed “outside agitators” for campus protests. Student journalists reported what they saw.
Laundry offers free showers to homeless people
LaundReCycle is energy and water self-sufficient. It has been running since 2021 at the Streetscapes Urban Farm.
It’s tough to be old and without water in Joburg
“I’ve fallen down carrying a bucket of water with no one here to help me”
Tshwane’s derelict homeless shelter
“These children grow up in a dirty and dangerous place”
Social workers attacked and under severe strain in Cape Town townships
Western Cape will hire an extra 247 social workers for the coming financial year
Tensions brew between coloured and black communities in Nigel over housing occupation
“Our government has succeeded in dividing us as a people because we are now fighting against each other because of the mess it created”
Canadian soldier who filmed himself sexually abusing colleague has appeal dismissed
The Supreme Court of Canada on February 17 dismissed 8-0 an appeal by ex-corporal Colin McGregor arguing the investigation that led to his 2019 conviction for sexual assault violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms'…
Bulgarian police arrest four over eighteen dead migrants in abandoned truck
Bulgarian officials Friday reported police had discovered eighteen dead migrants, including a child, in an abandoned truck in Lokorsko, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of the capital,
Shooting injures three at Kennywood amusement park in Pennsylvania, US
On Saturday, September 24, three were injured at the Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania in the United States after a shooting had occurred inside the
Bans off Our Bodies protests occur across United States after leaked Supreme Court draft
Thousands of people joined Bans off Our Bodies protests Saturday in what organisers claimed was over 380 cities and towns across the United States. Protesters demanded that the government keep abortion legal and…
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick resigns amid criticism
The Commissioner of the London, United Kingdom Metropolitan Police (Met) Dame Cressida Dick resigned Thursday after losing the approval of London mayor Sadiq
Federal judge rejects hate crime plea in Arbery killing
On Monday, Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court in Brunswick, Georgia rejected a guilty plea from Travis McMichael after McMichael offered in court to plead guilty to federal hate crimes in the death of…
FBI arrests nuclear engineer and wife on charges of espionage
In the United States on Saturday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) arrested a couple in West Virginia. Court documents released Sunday allege they tried to…
Fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore dies aged 100 with COVID-19
On Tuesday, Captain Sir Tom Moore died after suffering from COVID-19 and pneumonia, in a hospital in Bedford, England. Moore had raised nearly £ 33 million for the National Health Service (NHS) last year by walking 100…
Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence
Friday was when, according to earlier event plans, millions of people were to storm Area 51, a classified facility within the United States Air Force's Nevada Test and Training Range, and the world was to finally learn…
