Sharpeville: “These politicians just come and create a spectacle”

Residents say Human Rights Day means little in their township

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Photo Essay | 21 March 2025

Political will needed to save lives amid USAID funding cuts, say activists

“We will not let our people die” says Zackie Achmat

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News | 20 March 2025

SASSA explains why it paid grants to 75,000 dead people

Systems are being improved to solve the problem

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News | 20 March 2025

Former lottery official fails in court bid to unfreeze his pension fund

Judge says former NLC chief risk officer Marubini Ramatsekisa didn’t explain how he could live at an expensive golf estate while claiming to be unemployed

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Law | 20 March 2025

Herd of life-sized animal puppets to travel through Central Africa to Norway

Large-scale public art project to raise awareness about climate change

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Photo Essay | 20 March 2025

Removal of illegal connections sparks protests in Khayelitsha

Residents of Social Distance informal settlement demand electricity supply

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Brief | 20 March 2025

More than 100 law firms defrauded the Road Accident Fund

Special Investigating Unit tells Parliament duplicate payments to lawyers amounted to R340-million

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News | 20 March 2025

Big oil find in Limpopo? Or just false hope?

Troubling questions for Booi Brothers about their exploration in Vhurivhuri

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News | 20 March 2025

Treasury and SASSA granted leave to appeal ruling on SRD grant

“Due to the complexity and seriousness of this case…it deserves the attention of the Supreme Court of Appeal,” says Judge Leonard Twala

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Brief | 19 March 2025

Metro police block roads in protest over working conditions

City of Ekhurhuleni says the protest is unlawful

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Brief | 19 March 2025

Fears grow that US may pull funding for South African medical research

Large clinical trials several years in and with millions of rands already spent are at risk

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News | 19 March 2025

PRASA can’t say when Durban’s Northern Coast line will open again

Agreement not yet reached between Transnet and PRASA

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Brief | 19 March 2025

Developer sues Sedgefield environmentalist for R5-million

Tessa Joubert, blamed for delaying the development, says the lawsuit is designed to silence her and others

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News | 19 March 2025

Open Book Youth Fest kicks off in Langa

Showcasing a range of mostly children’s books, the festival is set to run until next week

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News | 19 March 2025

Eskom suspends services in part of Khayelitsha after hijacking

Employees were robbed at gunpoint in Makhaza

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Brief | 18 March 2025