News
State neglect of young children leads to lifelong damage
Only about one in four early learning programmes get subsidies, and that funding is only R17 per child per day and has not increased since 2019
By Liz McGregor
News | 21 May 2024
Last four traders at Salt River Market to fight their eviction
Site to be used for 1,000 affordable housing units
Text by Marecia Damons. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 21 May 2024
“Silent disease” outed at African Hepatitis Convention
Many South Africans with hepatitis go undiagnosed
By Liezl Human
News | 20 May 2024
Rainbow flags fill the streets of Nyanga and Gugulethu
In its 11th year, Khumbulani Pride renewed calls for justice for victims of hate crime
News | 20 May 2024
Not enough places in children’s centres after budget cuts
Children in KZN are being placed in foster care instead of care centres
News | 20 May 2024
Hundreds picket outside Gauteng social development offices
Protest highlights the catastrophic mess the department has made of funding for non-profit organisations
News | 17 May 2024
Ratepayers block plans to upgrade informal settlement in eThekwini
There are more than 300 shacks in Havelock next to the formal suburb of Greenwood Park
News | 17 May 2024
New police station finally opens in Khayelitsha, ending a nearly 20-year wait
Construction of a permanent station in Makhaza will start next year, says Bheki Cele
News | 17 May 2024
PRASA has failed to fix East Rand train stations
From Boksburg to Springs, stations remain in ruins
News | 17 May 2024