Helping hand offered to woman feeding children in East London

The Lunchbox Fund and the Development Bank have committed to providing meals to Zandile Mtungata’s organisation

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Lottery spent over R1-million on lawyers to stop GroundUp exposing corruption

Attacks were also launched on the integrity of our reporter

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News | 17 October 2024

Ombud lambasts Legal Practice Council

The council and its disciplinary committee not only failed to act in the public interest but also contributed to injustice, says Judge Siraj Desai

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Law | 17 October 2024

KZN villagers use social grants to fix broken taps, pipes and pumps

Ndatshana residents say they were without running water for seven years

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Brief | 17 October 2024

Six-year-old rescued from pit toilet in Eastern Cape school

At Mampondo Primary School, 135 learners and eight staff members share two pit toilets

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Brief | 17 October 2024

PRASA dealt with the Foreshore evictees in bad faith, says Ndifuna Ukwazi attorney

The rail agency has finally returned the group’s belongings, but in poor condition, say the evictees

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Brief | 16 October 2024

How government abandoned a multi-million-rand community dairy farm

After catastrophic floods, Minister Nomakhosazana Meth introduced a mysterious investor to the farm without any due diligence

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Feature | 16 October 2024

Community blocks R3-million park project, demands public participation

Tsomo residents and businesses say they were never consulted about the site

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News | 16 October 2024

Using radiation to stop the traffic of rhino horns

The Wits Rhisotope project hopes to help conservation efforts

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Science | 16 October 2024

What I learned on my journey through breast cancer

In Breast Cancer Awareness Month we can all do something to help

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Opinion | 16 October 2024

Education department fails to pay water and electricity bills: parents shut down school in protest

Failure to pay Msunduzi Municipality is a violation of human rights, say parents

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Brief | 15 October 2024

Lottery spent R1.5-million on “lawfare” to try to stop Minister Ebrahim Patel’s anti-corruption battle

For years, costly and sustained litigation funded by public money was launched against Patel

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News | 15 October 2024

MPs demand Postbank explain “persistent” problems with social grants

Beneficiaries with gold cards have been struggling to access their grants

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News | 15 October 2024

Cops accused of torture will plead not guilty

Three officers are accused of torturing a barber during a raid in Cape Town. The incident was caught on CCTV.

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News | 15 October 2024

Understanding the High Court ruling on rape and consent

Minister of Justice opposed the case to have “defence of subjective consent to rape” scrapped

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Law | 14 October 2024

We discovered massive fraud in SASSA’s grant system

SASSA needs to disclose how this happened and the scale of the problem

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Analysis | 14 October 2024