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Stop the killing and intimidation of whistleblowers, demand activists
Hundreds of people gathered at the Union Buildings four years to the day since environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase was murdered
News | 23 October 2024
Disability grant applicant collapses in long queue at SASSA office
SASSA’s Bellville office manager blames staff shortages
News | 23 October 2024
People wait months to be verified for R370 SRD grant
SASSA blames the Home Affairs online system
News | 22 October 2024
Seventh postponement in Durban police brutality case
The trial into the death in custody of Regan Naidoo in 2018 has still not begun, this time because of a complaint before the Legal Practice Council
By Benita Enoch
News | 21 October 2024
Talks on penguin litigation fail to break deadlock
But environment minister and bird conservation groups both say an out-of-court settlement is yet possible
By John Yeld
News | 21 October 2024
Informal miners burnt to death during police raid: Families demand justice
Several miners died and scores more sustained severe burns during an Operation Vala Umgodi raid in August
News | 21 October 2024
Donkey carts stand idle as tourism dies in Cederberg village
Heuningvlei was devastated by flooding for two consecutive years but the residents are determined to keep their town alive
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 October 2024
Government losing 1,800 firearms a year to criminals
Firearm-related murders in South Africa have risen to 34 per day
News | 18 October 2024
Criminal charges for previous head of Gauteng Department of Social Development
Matilda Gasela is facing corruption and fraud charges for tender irregularities when she was head of the agriculture department
By Daniel Steyn
News | 17 October 2024