Farming co-op appeals against fine imposed for illegal dam
Ja well, no fine … R625,000 is too much to pay says Piekenierskloof Vrugte
By John Yeld
News | 30 July 2024
Beneficiaries are still battling with SASSA’s new biometric system
Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity
News | 30 July 2024
SASSA’s fraud management system is fraught with danger
It is irrational to expect people who can’t afford food to have a smartphone and internet access
By Kelle Howson, Hoodah Abrahams-Fayker, Vayda Megannon and General Alfred Moyo
Opinion | 30 July 2024
New shelter for hundreds of homeless people opens in Green Point
This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town
Brief | 29 July 2024
Mpondoland dagga growers left out to dry
Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South Africa’s “cowboy” cannabis industry
Feature | 29 July 2024
Boksburg school hosts massive international marimba festival
This year’s International Marimba and Steelpan Festival featured a record 2,300 musicians from across South Africa and neighbouring countries
Photo Essay | 29 July 2024
Pressure mounts for Gwamanda to be removed as Joburg Mayor
Hundreds protest in Braamfontein
News | 29 July 2024
Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding
A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises
By Joseph Bracken, Raymond Joseph, Kimberly Mutandiro and Daniel Steyn
Feature | 27 July 2024
Churches join call for basic income grant
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
News | 26 July 2024