Pilot programme rolled out to help recipients of the Social Relief of Distress grant to verify their identity
News | 30 July 2024
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
This is one of five Safe Spaces run by the City of Cape Town
Brief | 29 July 2024
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
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
Hundreds protest in Braamfontein
News | 29 July 2024
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
Providing a guaranteed minimum level of income frees people from vicious cycle of poverty, says Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
News | 26 July 2024
More than 200 families live in the dilapidated Molo hostel in Butterworth without toilets - and the smell is annoying the neighbours
News | 26 July 2024
Municipal officials often misinterpret the law
By Omhle Ntshingila and Felix Quibe
Opinion | 26 July 2024
Unions welcome appointment of Godfrey Raliphada to Chief Financial Officer
Brief | 26 July 2024
Three officers are accused of assaulting Juma Igiranieza, a barber, at his workplace, in Mowbray on 7 November 2023
Brief | 25 July 2024
Expanded Public Works Programme workers lose jobs as budget is cut
Brief | 25 July 2024
Bo-Kaap residents appeal City’s decision to approve a new six-storey development in the historic suburb
News | 25 July 2024
Plan is to slash time spent on paperwork
News | 25 July 2024
The taxi is being piloted by AfriPaw and is aimed at providing access to its free monthly animal clinics for pets living in poor communities like Vrygrond
News | 25 July 2024
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