SASSA’s new ID verification process sparks alarm
Biometric identification has been introduced to fight fraud, says agency
News | 19 June 2024
Court grants order to evict hundreds of people living on streets of Cape Town
But judge puts strict conditions on the way the eviction must be carried out and emphasises that the city also belongs to the evictees, as it does to those who live in mansions
Law | 19 June 2024
Constitutional Court refuses Home Affairs leave to appeal Zimbabwe permit decision
In June 2023 the Pretoria High Court ruled that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit was unlawfully terminated
Brief | 19 June 2024
Huge housing project stopped by “masked thugs”
Beneficiaries of Covid Village relocation project in Cape Town marched to Mfuleni police station to demand SAPS take action
By Vincent Lali
News | 19 June 2024
Expanded Public Works Programme could play an important role in upgrading informal settlements
Workers recruited in informal settlements are well placed to manage the process
Opinion | 19 June 2024
Meet the beekeepers of the mangrove forests
Members of the Cwebeni cooperative trek four kilometres to harvest honey deep in the forests of the Wild Coast
News | 18 June 2024
Shelters in Cape Town are filling up as winter bites
The Haven’s shelters are already 85% full
Brief | 18 June 2024
Youth take to their bikes to protest against mining companies
Youth Affected by Mining United in Action cycled the “Toxic Tour” to various mining companies’ offices in Johannesburg
Brief | 18 June 2024
News24 vs Sunday Independent: a look at the Press Ombud’s ruling
Opinion may be “extreme, unjust, unbalanced, exaggerated and prejudiced” but it must be “honestly-held … without malice, on a matter of public interest on facts that are true”.
Law | 18 June 2024